PLEASE NOTE: Webcast links on each author page will be available shortly after their appearance at the Book Festival. If the webcast is not live, please check back at a later time.
Children
Sponsored by AT&T
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Megan McDonald (11-12)
- 10:40-11:10 Jacqueline Wilson (12-1)
- 11:20-11:50 Maria Celeste Arrarás (12-1)
- 12:00-12:30 Rosemary Wells (1-2)
- 12:45-1:15 NBA/WNBA
- 1:25-2:10 Ashley Bryan&Jan Spivey Gilchrist (3-4)
- 2:20-2:50 Judy Schachner (3-4)
- 3:00-3:30 David Wiesner (4-5)
- 3:40-4:10 Carmen Agra Deedy* (1-2)
- 4:20-4:50 Mercer Mayer* (10-11:30, 1-2)
Teens & Children
Sponsored by Target
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Patricia MacLachlan (11-12)
- 10:40-11:10 Jennifer L. Holm (12-1)
- 11:20-12:05 Letters About Literature (1-2)
- 12:15-12:45 Gail Carson Levine (1-2)
- 12:55-1:25 Cynthia Leitich Smith(2-3)
- 1:35-2:05 Shelia P. Moses (3-4)
- 2:15-2:45 Holly Black (3-4)
- 2:55-3:25 Gene Luen Yang (4-5)
- 3:35-4:05 Patricia McCormick* (2-3)
- 4:15-4:45 M.T. Anderson* (2-3)
Fiction & Fantasy
Sponsored by The James Madison Council
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Susan Vreeland (11-12)
- 10:40-11:10 Jeff Shaara (12-1)
- 11:20-11:50 Lalita Tademy (12-1)
- 12:00-12:30 Terry Pratchett (1-2)
- 12:40-1:10 Edward P. Jones (2-3)
- 1:20-1:50 Joyce Carol Oates(2-3)
- 2:00-2:30 Harry Turtledove (3-4)
- 2:40-3:10 Sena Jeter Naslund (4-5)
- 3:20-3:50 Thomas Mallon (4-5)
- 4:00-4:30 Jodi Picoult* (2-3)
History & Biography
Sponsored by AARP
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Jan Crawford Greenburg (11-12)
- 10:35-11:05 Arnold Rampersad (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 Meryle Secrest (12-1)
- 11:45-12:15 Douglas L. Wilson (1-2)
- 12:20-12:50 James Swanson (1-2)
- 1:30-2:00 Michael Beschloss (3-4)
- 2:05-2:35 Michael B. Oren (3-4)
- 2:40-3:10 Diane Ackerman (4-5)
- 3:20-3:50 David M. Kennedy (4-5)
- 4:00-4:45 Ken Burns & Geoffrey Ward*(2-3)
Home & Family
Sponsored by Target
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Victoria Rowell (10:30-11:30)
- 10:40-11:10 Patricia Schultz (12-1)
- 11:20-11:50 Judith Martin (12-1)
- 12:00-12:30 Dr. Sanjay Gupta (1-2)
- 12:40-1:10 Nancy Pearl (2-3)
- 1:20-1:50 Steven Raichlen(2-3)
- 2:00-2:30 Cat Cora (3-4)
- 2:40-3:10 Ann Amernick (4-5)
- 3:20-3:50 Joan Nathan (4-5)
- 4:00-4:30 Martha Raddatz* (2-3)
- 4:35-5:00 Doro Bush Koch (3-4)
Mysteries & Thrillers
Sponsored by The Amend Group
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Stephen Hunter (11-12)
- 10:40-11:10 Deoborah Crombie (12-1)
- 11:20- 11:50 Brian Haig (12-1)
- 12:00-12:30 Lisa Scottoline (1-2)
- 12:40-1:10 Stephen L. Carter (2-3)
- 1:20-1:50 Carolyn Hart(2-3)
- 2:00-2:30 David Ignatius (3-4)
- 2:40-3:10 Daniel Silva(4-5)
- 3:20-3:50 J.A. Jance (4-5)
- 4:00-4:30 David Baldacci (2-3)
Poetry
Sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts
- 10:00-10:30 Kevin Prufer (10:30-11:00)
- 10:30-11:00 Diane Thiel (11:00-11:30)
- 11:00-12:00 Poetry Out Loud
- 12:00-1:00 Charles Simic (1-1:30)
- 1:00-1:45 Jack Prelutsky (2-3)
- 1:45-2:30 Francisco Hernández (2:30-3)
- 2:30-3:00 N. Scott Momaday (3-3:30)
- 3:00-3:30 Jon Stallworthy (3:30-4)
- 3:30-4:00 Kevin Young (4-4:30)
- 4:00-4:30 Anne Stevenson (4:30-5)
