National Book Festival Tomorrow (Sept 29) in D.C.

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I am so going! Yea! Look at this list of authors who will be there. They will give a 30 minute talk and then sign books. Go! Go! Go!
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MYSTERIES & THRILLERS (sponsored by The Amend Group)
  • David Baldacci, "Simple Genius"
  • Stephen L. Carter, "New England White"
  • Deborah Crombie, "Water Like a Stone"
  • Brian Haig, "Man in the Middle"
  • Carolyn Hart, "Set Sail for Murder"
  • Stephen Hunter, "The 47th Samurai"
  • David Ignatius, "Body of Lies"
  • J. A. Jance, "Justice Denied"
  • Lisa Scottoline, "Daddy’s Girl"
  • Daniel Silva, "The Secret Servant"
FICTION & FANTASY (sponsored by the James Madison Council)
  • Edward P. Jones, "All Aunt Hagar’s Children"
  • Thomas Mallon, "Fellow Travelers"
  • Sena Jeter Naslund, "Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette"
  • Joyce Carol Oates, "The Gravedigger’s Daughter"
  • Jodi Picoult, "Nineteen Minutes"
  • Terry Pratchett, "Making Money"
  • Jeff Shaara, "The Rising Tide"
  • Lalita Tademy, "Red River"
  • Harry Turtledove, "The Gladiator"
  • Susan Vreeland, "Luncheon of the Boating Party"

CHILDREN (sponsored by AT&T)
  • María Celeste Arrarás, "The Magic Cane"
  • Ashley Bryan/Jan Spivey Gilchrist, "My America"
  • Carmen Deedy, "Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale"
  • Mercer Mayer, "The Bravest Knight" and "There’s a Nightmare in My Closet"
  • Megan McDonald, "Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday"
  • Judy Schachner, "Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones"
  • Rosemary Wells, "Red Moon at Sharpsburg" and "Max’s ABCs"
  • David Wiesner, "Flotsam"
  • Jacqueline Wilson, "Candyfloss"
  • NBA/WNBA
TEENS & CHILDREN (sponsored by Target)
  • M.T. Anderson, "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1"
  • Holly Black, "Ironside"
  • Jennifer Holm, "Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf"
  • Gail Carson Levine, "Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand"
  • Patricia MacLachlan, "Edward’s Eyes"
  • Patricia McCormick, "Sold"
  • Shelia P. Moses, "The Baptism"
  • Cynthia Leitich Smith, "Tantalize"
  • Gene Luen Yang, "American Born Chinese"
  • Letters About Literature
HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY (sponsored by AARP)
  • Diane Ackerman, "The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story"
  • Michael Beschloss, "Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America
  • 1789-1989"
  • Ken Burns/Geoffrey Ward, "The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945"
  • Elizabeth Drew, "Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974"
  • Jan Crawford Greenburg, "Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court"
  • David M. Kennedy, "The Library of Congress World War II Companion"
  • Michael B. Oren, "Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present"
  • Arnold Rampersad, "Ralph Ellison: A Biography"
  • Meryle Secrest, "Shoot the Widow: Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject"
  • James Swanson, "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer"
  • Douglas L. Wilson, "Lincoln’s Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words"
HOME & FAMILY (sponsored by Target)
  • Ann Amernick, "The Art of the Dessert"
  • Cat Cora, "Cooking from the Hip: Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals"
  • Dr. Sanjay Gupta, "Chasing Life: New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today"
  • Judith Martin, "No Vulgar Hotel/The Desire and Pursuit of Venice"
  • Joan Nathan, "The New American Cooking"
  • Nancy Pearl, "Book Crush"
  • Martha Raddatz, "A Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family"
  • Steve Raichlen, "How to Grill"
  • Victoria Rowell, "The Women Who Raised Me"
  • Patricia Schultz, "1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die"
POETRY (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts)
  • Francisco Hernández
  • N. Scott Momaday, "The Way to Rainy Mountain" and "House Made of Dawn"
  • Jack Prelutsky, "The Wizard" and "In Aunt Giraffe’s Green Garden"
  • Kevin Prufer, "Fallen from a Chariot"
  • Jon Stallworthy, "Body Language"
  • Anne Stevenson, "Stone Milk"
  • Diane Thiel, "Echolocations"
  • Kevin Young, "For the Confederate Dead"
  • U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic, "My Noiseless Entourage: Poems"
  • Poetry Out Loud
 

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Okay, I went, if was great. Go next year if you can. It's free free free! I am a fan of Daniel Silva, and I heard him talk, met him afterwards, gushed like a silly fan and got a book signed. It was worth the 2 hour drive.
 
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