Authors through the Years

From our inaugural festival (2015) until 2024 (ten years later) here are the incredible authors who have graced our stage: 

Mitch Albom  |  Kwame Alexander  |  Louis Bayard  |  Leslie Bennetts  |  Dorothea Benton Frank  |  Keisha N. Blain  |  Ed Boland  |  Christopher Bonanos  |  Ben Bradlee Jr.  |  Joan Juliet Buck  |  Bruce Cameron  |  Alan Cumming  |  Troy Cummings  |  David Denby  |  Doris Downes  |  Scott Eyman  |  Linda Fairstein  |  Joseph Finder  |  Ben Fountain  |  Owen Gleiberman  |  Garrett Graff  |  James Grippando  |  Kathleen Grissom  |  Andrew Gross  |  Kristin Harmel  |  Robert Harris  |  Laurie Hernandez  |  Gerri Hirshey  |  Sebastian Junger  |  Tayari Jones  |  Erica Jong  |  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  |  Joe Klein  |  Eriq LaSalle  |  Mira T. Lee  |  Paul Levine  |  Bernard-Henri Levy  |  Allan Loeb  |  Larry Loftis  |  Juan Martinez  |  Patricia Marx  |  Jacqueline Mitchard  |  Liz Moore  |  Idra Novey  |  Susan Orlean  |  Joseph Papa  |  James Patterson  |  Dr. Imani Perry  |  Dan Rather  |  Joy-Ann Reid  |  Kiley Reid  |  Burt Reynolds  |  Molly Ringwald  |  George Saunders  |  Dani Shapiro  |  Cathleen Schine  |  Gail Sheehy  |  Barry Sonnenfeld  |  Oliver Stone  |  Margaret Thornton  |  Jeffrey Toobin  |  Amor Towles  |  Mark Thompson  |  Robert Wagner  |  James Wolcott  |  Lee Woodruff

For extensive bios hover on/click on their photo image below. For year-by-year appearances, please click on the following links: Authors 2022, Authors 2021, Authors 2020, Authors 2019Authors 2018, Authors 2017, Authors 2016, Authors 2015.   Our link cover shot is the iconic feminist  and author, Erica Jong.

 

2022 Authors

 

 

2021 Authors: The smaller VIRTUAL year (due to COVID).

 

 

2020 Authors

 

 

2019 Authors

 

2017 Authors

 

2016 Authors

 

2015 Authors

 

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Lois Cahall

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James Patterson

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