2023 Book Festival Authors

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Frederick Luis Aldama
Juvenile
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Brian Alexander
Nonfiction
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Lisa J. Amstutz
Juvenile
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Breshea Anglen
Young Adult
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Karina Bartow
Fiction
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Tom Batiuk
Fiction
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Lindsay Bonilla
Juvenile
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Tim Bowers
Juvenile
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Kristy Boyce
Young Adult
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Erin Alon Brain
Juvenile
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Marcy Campbell
Juvenile
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Matthew Caracciolo
Nonfiction
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Mary Kay Carson
Juvenile
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Richard F. Celeste
Nonfiction
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Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Fiction
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e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Juvenile
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Cinda Williams Chima
Young Adult
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Terreece M. Clarke
Fiction
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Abby Collette
Fiction
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Renee Casteel Cook
Nonfiction
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Shane W. Croston
Nonfiction
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Karin Cecile Davidson
Fiction
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Mark Dawidziak
Nonfiction
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Keila V. Dawson
Juvenile
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Mark M. Dean
Poetry
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Darren C. Demaree
Poetry
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Guy Denny
Nonfiction
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Jen Devon
Fiction
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Srirupa Dhar
Fiction
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Meredith Doench
Fiction
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Jeffrey Ebbeler
Juvenile
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Kathy S. Elasky
Juvenile
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Alex Erickson
Fiction
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Erin Flanagan
Fiction
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Patti Flinn
Fiction
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Amanda Flower
Fiction
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Jessica Fries-Gaither
Nonfiction
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Adam J. Gellings
Poetry
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Chelsea Gottfried & 
Jim McCormac
Nonfiction
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John J. Grabowski
Nonfiction
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Jacob Grant
Juvenile
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Kari Gunter-Seymour
Poetry
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Margaret Peterson Haddix
Middle Grade
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Eileen Curley Hammond
Fiction
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Larisa Harper
Nonfiction
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S.R.D. Harris
Juvenile
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Anastasia Hastings
Fiction
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Nancy Herriman
Fiction
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Leanna Renee Hieber
Nonfiction
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Will Hillenbrand
Juvenile
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Kate Hoefler
Juvenile
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Edward P. Horvath
Nonfiction
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Manuel Iris
Poetry
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Teshauna L. Isaac
Nonfiction
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Judy Orr James
Nonfiction
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Kip Knott
Fiction
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Jen Knox
Fiction
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Robert Kroeger
Nonfiction
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John W. Kropf
Nonfiction
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Jason R. Lady
Middle Grade
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Florenza Lee
Juvenile
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Terri Libenson
Middle Grade
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Deseree Liddell & 
Mary Louise Ruehr
Nonfiction
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Jacqueline Lipton
Nonfiction
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Kathryn Long
Fiction
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Margeaux Lucas & 
Jean Colebank
Juvenile
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Allison Marks & Wayne Marks
Juvenile
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Olivia Matthews
Fiction
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Josef Matulich
Fiction
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Katie Mazeika
Juvenile
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Mindy McGinnis
Young Adult
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David Meyers & 
Elise Meyers Walker
Nonfiction
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Jeff Miller
Middle Grade
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Dia Mixon
Juvenile
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Wes Molebash
Middle Grade
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Bayyinah Monk-Nduaka
Nonficton
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Jess Montgomery
Fiction
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Brian Michael Murphy
Nonfiction
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Samuel Narh & Freda Narh
Juvenile
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Megan Neville
Poetry
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Stacy Nockowitz
Middle Grade
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Emily Patterson
Poetry
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Elana Pitts
Poetry
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Bryan Prosek
Young Adult
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Bonnie Proudfoot
Poetry
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Merrill Rainey
Juvenile
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Kerry Rea
Fiction
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Brad Ricca
Nonfiction
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Mar Romasco-Moore
Middle Grade
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Emilia Rosa
Fiction
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Steven Rosen
Nonfiction
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Jerry Roth
Fiction
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Blythe Russo
Juvenile
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Kathy Schulz
Nonfiction
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Jillian Scudder
Nonfiction
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Prince Shakur
Nonfiction
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Ric S. Sheffield
Nonfiction
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Jennifer Ann Shore
Young Adult
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Annette Dauphin Simon
Poetry
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Erik Jon Slangerup
Middle Grade
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Lucy A. Snyder
Fiction
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Jennifer Sommer
Nonfiction
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Tricia Springstubb
Middle Grade
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Jessica Strawser
Fiction
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Frances Smith Strickland
Middle Grade
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Nita Sweeney
Nonfiction
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Don Tassone
Fiction
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Samantha Tucker & 
Amy Spears
Nonfiction
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Judith Turner-Yamamoto
Fiction
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Jane Ann Turzillo
Nonfiction
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Carmella Van Vleet & 
Chiquita Mullins Lee
Middle Grade
Bios | Carmella’s Website | Chiquita’s Website
Marie Vibbert
Fiction
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Wendy Vogel
Fiction
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Andrea Wang
Juvenile
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Sara Bennett Wealer
Young Adult
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Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Fiction
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Julie Whitney
Juvenile
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Brieanna Wilkoff
Young Adult
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Misty Wilson & David Wilson
Middle Grade
Bios | Misty’s Website |
David’s Website
Felicia Zamora
Poetry
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Ticana Zhu
Fiction
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*Authors are subject to change.