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- 10 - 10:55 am Special Presentation
Children
Sponsored by AT&T
Book signing times in ().
- 10-11 Mary Brigid Barrett
(11:30-12:30) - 10:00-10:55 Kate DiCamillo (11:30-12:30)
- 10-10:55 Nikki Grimes (2:30-3:30)
- 10-10:55 Shannon Hale (2-3)
- 10-10:55 Steven Kellogg (1-2)
- 10-10:55 Megan McDonald (4-5)
- 10-10:55 Jon Scieszka (11:30-12:30)
- 11-11:30 Charles Santore (12-1, 3-4)
- 11:35-12:05 Nikki Grimes (2:30-3:30)
- 12:10-12:40 Craig Hatkoff (1-2)
- 12:45-1:15 Lois Lowry (3-4)
- 1:20-1:50 Kadir Nelson (2:30-3:30)
- 1:20-1:50 Sharon Robinson (2:30-3:30)
- 1:55-2:25 Megan McDonald (4-5)
- 2:30-3:00 Tony DiTerlizzi (12:30-1:30)
- 2:30-3:00 Holly Black (12:30-1:30)
- 3:05-3:35 Mo Willems (12:30-1:30)
- 3:40-4:10 Steven Kellogg (1-2)
- 4:15-4:45 Jerry Pinkney (2-3)
- 4:50-5:20 David Shannon (11:30-12:30)
- 4:50-5:20 Jon Scieszka (11:30-12:30)
Teens & Children
Sponsored by Target
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 James Patterson
(11-12) - 10:35-11:05 Liz Kessler (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 James L. Swanson
(2-3) - 11:45-12:15 Paula Deen (1-2)
- 12:20-12:50 Shannon Hale (2-3)
- 12:55-1:25 Carmen Agra Deedy (3:30-4:30)
- 12:55-1:25 Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah (3:30-4:30)
- 1:30-2 Jacqueline Woodson
(4-5) - 2:05-2:35 Sharon Creech (11-12)
- 2:40-3:10 Kate DiCamillo (11:30-12:30)
- 3:15-3:45 Rick Riordan (1:30-2:30)
- 3:50-4:20 Patrick Carman (2-3)
- 4:25-4:55 Jeff Kinney (1-2)
- 5:00-5:30 Judy Blume (11:30-12:30)
Fiction & Fantasy
Sponsored by Target
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:55 John Grisham (11-11:45)
- 11:00-11:30 Jodi Picoult
(12:30-1:30) - 11:35-12:05 Katherine Neville (12:30-1:30)
- 12:10-12:40 Jeannette Walls (1:30-2:30)
- 12:45-1:15 Sabiha Al Khemir
(2:30-3:30) - 1:20-2:05 Julia Alvarez (3-4)
- 2:10-2:55 John Irving (12-1)
- 3:00-3:30 Nicholas Sparks (12-1)
- 3:35-4:05 Junot Díaz (12:30-1:30)
- 4:10-4:40 Colson Whitehead
(1:30-2:30) - 4:45-5:15 David Wroblewski (3-4)
History & Biography
Sponsored by The James Madison Council
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Kirstin Downey (11-12)
- 10:35-11:05 Douglas Brinkley (12-1)
- 10:35-11:05 David A. Taylor (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 Mark Kurlansky (2-3)
- 11:45-12:15 Rickey Minor (3:30-4:30)
- 12:20-12:50 Annette Gordon-Reed (3:30-4:30)
- 12:55-1:25 Patricia Sullivan (2:30-3:30)
- 1:30-2:00 Sue Monk Kidd (11-12)
- 1:30-2:00 Ann Kidd Taylor (11-12)
- 2:05-2:35 Jon Meacham (3:30-4:30)
- 2:40-3:10 Simon Schama (4-5)
- 3:15-3:45 Gwen Ifill (4-5)
- 3:50-4:20 Dan Balz (4:30-5:30)
- 3:50-4:20 Haynes Johnson (4:30-5:30)
- 4:35-5:05 Ken Burns (3-4)
- 4:35-5:05 Dayton Duncan (3-4)
Mysteries & Thrillers
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Michael Connelly (11-12)
- 10:35-11:05 Margaret Coel (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 Craig Johnson (1:30-2:30)
- 11:45-12:15 Walter Mosley (4-5)
- 12:20-12:50 Mary Jane Clark (3:30-4:30)
- 12:55-1:25 James Patterson (11-12)
- 1:30-2 S.J. Rozan (2:30-3:30)
- 2:05-2:35 Lee Child (12:30-1:30)
- 2:40-3:10 George Pelecanos (11:30-12:30)
- 3:15-3:45 Lisa Scottoline (1-2)
- 3:50-4:20 Daniel Silva (1-2)
- 4:30-5:00 David Baldacci(1:30-2:30)
Poetry & Prose
Sponsored by The National Endowment for the Arts
- 10:00-10:30 Julia Glass (10:30-11)
- 10:30-11:00 Valerie Martinez (11-11:30)
- 11:00-11:30 Edward Hirsch (11:30-12)
- 11:30-12:00 Poetry Out Loud
- 12:00-12:45 Kay Ryan (1-1:30)
- 1-1:30 Jane Hirshfield (1:30-2)
- 1:30-2 Ana Menendez (2-2:30)
- 2-2:30 Patricia Smith (2:30-3)
- 2:30-3:00 W. Ralph Eubanks (3-3:30)
- 3:00-3:45 Azar Nafisi (4-5)
- 3:45-4:15 Marilynne Robinson
(2-3) - 4:15-5 Tim O'Brien (2:30-3:30)
