2006 Decatur Book Festival

In the Festival's inaugural year, 50,000 festival-goers were treated to a keynote address by political blogger and author Arianna Huffington, signings and readings by bestselling and award-winning authors, live musical acts, poetry readings, cooking demonstrations, children's activities, and a Sunday night fireworks show. Click here to vist the 2006 Festival web site >>

Authors who participated in the first ever Decatur Book Festival included:

Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Known World
Michael Connelly, best-selling mystery and thriller writer
Dr. Timothy Johnson, medical editor for ABC’s Good Morning America and 20/20, and author of Finding God in the Questions: A Personal Journey
Terry Kay, author of To Dance with a White Dog and recent inductee to the Writer’s Hall of Fame
Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Pearl Cleage, author of the Oprah Book Club pick What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
Victor Navasky, publisher and editor emeritus of The Nation
Mark Bixler, AJC writer and author of The Lost Boys of Sudan
Tom Franklin, author of Hell at the Breech