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Kate DiCamillo
10:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Naomi Shihab Nye
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
Mac Barnett
12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Buzz Aldrin
1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Rachel Renee Russell
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Jon Scieszka
2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Gennifer Choldenko
3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Cece Bell
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Lynne Rae Perkins
4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Juan Felipe Herrera
5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Jennifer L. Holm
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Trevor Pryce
6:40 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.
Lin Oliver
7:20 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.
Teens
Cynthia Levinson
10:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Kwame Alexander
11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Ellen Oh
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
Letters About Literature
12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
A Book That Shaped Me Contest
12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Jenny Han
1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Michael Buckley
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Libba Bray
2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
David Baldacci
3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Sabaa Tahir
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Phillip M. Hoose
4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Sonia Manzano
5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Laura Amy Schlitz
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Meg Wolitzer
6:40 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.
Picture books
Christian Robinson
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Steve Light
10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
William Joyce
11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Cale Atkinson
Noon – 12:30 p.m.
Peter Sís
12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Elise Parsley
1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tad Hills
2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.
Jean Reagan
3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Dan Santat
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Stephen Savage
4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Audrey Wood & Don Wood
5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.
Tom Angleberger
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Diane Muldrow
6:40 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.
Biography & memoir
Amy Wilentz
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Walter Isaacson
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Jeanne Theoharis
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Evan Thomas
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Harlyn Geronimo
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Mary Jordan & Kevin Sullivan
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Richard Zoglin
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Bryan Stevenson
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
David McCullough
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
John Riordan
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Maureen Corrigan
7:10 p.m. – 7:55 p.m.
Contemporary life
Robin Givhan
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Morton Kondracke
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Manuel Castells
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Julia G. Young
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Al Roker
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Barry Svrluga
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Tom Gjelten
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Erika Lee
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Ray Suarez
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Héctor Tobar
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Yochi Dreazen
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
Shelia P. Moses
6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
David Maraniss
7:25 p.m. – 8:10 p.m.
Food
Bridget Lancaster & Bryan Roof
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Najmieh Batmanglij
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Nora Pouillon
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Patrick O'Connell
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Fiction
Louise Erdrich
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Marilynne Robinson
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Stephen L. Carter
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Jane Smiley
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Ha Jin
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Phil Klay
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Lalita Tademy
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Ward Just
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
Thomas Mallon
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Graphic novels
Scott Stantis
7:15 p.m. – 8:05 p.m.
Lalo Alcaraz
7:15 p.m. – 8:05 p.m.
Keith Knight
7:15 p.m. – 8:05 p.m.
Trina Robbins
8:10 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Miss Lasko-Gross
8:10 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Diane Noomin
8:10 p.m. – 8:55 p.m.
Stephan Pastis
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
History
Cokie Roberts
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Joseph Ellis
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Jan Jarboe Russell
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Edward J. Larson
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Fenn
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Evan Osnos
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Anne-Marie O'Connor
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Jay Winik
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Lawrence Wright
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
Danielle Allen
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
International programs
Jack Miles
10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Donald S. Lopez Jr.
10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Jane McAuliffe
10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Homero Aridjis
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Álvaro Enrigue
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Mariá José Navia
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Cristina Rivera Garza
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Alejandro Zambra
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Santiago Roncagliolo
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Alejandro Zambra
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Valeria Luiselli
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Andrés Neuman
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
John Hemming
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Mark Plotkin
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Lisa Scottoline
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
David Ignatius
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Jane Lindskold
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Walter Mosley
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Marlon James
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Laura Lippman
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
David Weber
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Jeffery Deaver
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Dan Wells
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
David Baldacci
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Poetry & Prose
Poetry Out Loud
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Kevin Young
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Geoffrey Kloske
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Kevin Larimer
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Lynn Freed
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Claudia Rankine
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Ishmael Reed
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Jeffrey Brown
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Jane Hirshfield
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Azar Nafisi
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Daniel Alarcón
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Jerome Charyn
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Marilyn Chin
5:20 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Eric Pankey
6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.
Poetry Slam
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Romance Fiction
Sarah MacLean
7:15 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.
Beverly Jenkins
7:40 p.m. – 8:05 p.m.
Paige Tyler
8:05 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Science
Andrea Wulf
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Rachel Swaby
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
David Quammen
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Judy Foreman
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Casey Schwartz
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Jeffrey D. Sachs
2:35 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Edward O. Wilson
2:35 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Paul Halpern
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Norman Doidge
5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m.
Terrence Holt
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Special Programs
Peter de Sève
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Henry Wiencek
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 p.m.
Annette Gordon-Reed
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m.
Joseph Ellis
12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Jon Meacham
1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
Tom Brokaw
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Rick Atkinson
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Christian G. Appy
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
5:20 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Elizabeth D. Samet
6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.
Roxana Robinson
6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.
Phil Klay
6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.
Elliot Ackerman
6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m.
Lawrence Wright
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
A. Scott Berg
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Anne-Marie O'Connor
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
First Nations of Australia
Jeanine Leane
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Tony Birch
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Melissa Lucashenko
2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Dub Leffler
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Bruce Pascoe
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Jared Thomas
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Ellen van Neerven
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Tony Birch
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Bruce Pascoe
4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
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Children
Kate DiCamillo
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Newbery Medal winner Kate DiCamillo, the Library of Congress’s national ambassador for young people’s literature, will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of her Mercy Watson series. DiCamillo won the 2014 Newbery Medal for her novel “Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.” Her first novel, “Because of Winn-Dixie,” was a Newbery Honor Book in 2001. Her new book is “Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon.” Stay after the Q&A for a special show by Story Pirates inspired by the porcine wonder herself, Mercy Watson.
Children
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Speaking at 11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 12:30 p.m.
Jarrett J. Krosoczka , a two-time winner of the Children’s Choice Book Award, has written and illustrated more than 25 books, including the popular Lunch Lady graphic novel series and the Platypus Police Squad novel series. “It’s Tough to Lose Your Balloon” is his latest book.
Children
Naomi Shihab Nye
Speaking at Noon – 12:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and a children’s author who has won four Pushcart Prizes and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. Her works include “Different Ways to Pray,” “Habibi” and “Sitti’s Secrets.” Her latest book is “The Turtle of Oman.”
Children
Mac Barnett
Speaking at 12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1:30 p.m.
Mac Barnett has written the Brixton Brothers mystery series and, in collaboration with Jon Klassen, “Extra Yarn,” and the Caldecott Honor-winning “Sam and Dave Dig a Hole.” His newest work is “The Terrible Two,” co-written with Jory John.
Buzz Aldrin Photo Archive
National Geographic Children's Books
Children
Buzz Aldrin
Speaking at 1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2:30 p.m.
Buzz Aldrin made the historic Apollo XI moon walk with Neil Armstrong in 1969. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Aldrin founded a rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters, and the Share Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization for pursuing space tourism. His books include “Reaching for the Moon” and his latest children’s book, “Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet.”
Children
Rachel Renee Russell
Speaking at 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Rachel Renee Russell is an attorney and the author of the Dork Diaries series. In 2014, she won the Milner Award for Children’s Literature.
Children
Jon Scieszka
Speaking at 2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Jon Scieszka is the author of the Trucktown and Frank Einstein series, as well as such books as “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales” and “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.” He also has a book series and Web site called Guys Read, a Web-based literacy program for boys.
Patricia Leeds
Children
Gennifer Choldenko
Speaking at 3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Gennifer Choldenko is the author of “Notes from a Liar and Her Dog,” “Moonstruck” and her newest work, “Chasing Secrets.” Her 2004 book “Al Capone Does My Shirts” won the Newbery Honor.
Children
Cece Bell
Speaking at 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Cece Bell is the author and illustrator of the 2015 Newbery Honor-winning “El Deafo,” a graphic-novel memoir chronicling Bell’s hearing loss. Bell is also the author and illustrator of “Itty Bitty,” “Bee-Wigged” and the Sock Monkey series.
Children
Lynne Rae Perkins
Speaking at 4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Lynne Rae Perkins won a Newbery Medal in 2006 for her novel “Criss Cross.” Her other works include the picture books “Home Lovely,” “The Cardboard Piano,” “Snow Music” and the novel “All Alone in the Universe.” Her latest novel is “Nuts to You.”
University of California/Riverside
Children
Juan Felipe Herrera
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Juan Felipe Herrera is the 2015-2016 poet laureate. Herrera is a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for “Half the World in Light,” and he has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is the author of more than 25 books of poetry, novels for young adults and collections for children, most recently “Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes.” His newest collection, “Notes on the Assemblage,” will be published in September.
Todd Rafalovich
Children
Jennifer L. Holm
Speaking at 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 7 p.m.
Jennifer L. Holm has written the Newbery Honor-award winning novels “Turtle in Paradise,” “Penny from Heaven” and “Our Only May Amelia,” as well as the Boston Jane series. Her newest work is “Sunny Side Up.”
Children
Trevor Pryce
Speaking at 6:40 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Trevor Pryce, a retired National Football League player, is the creator of the Kulipari series, illustrated children’s novels about warrior frogs. His newest volume is “The Rainbow Serpent.”
Grosset & Dunlap
Grosset & Dunlap
Children
Lin Oliver
Speaking at 7:20 p.m. – 7:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
A writer and producer of books, movies and television series, Lin Oliver collaborates with Henry Winkler to write the Hank Zipzer and Here’s Hank series about a young boy with dyslexia. The newest addition to the series is “Here’s Hank No. 5: There’s a Zombie in My Bathtub.” Oliver is also a founder of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Teens
Cynthia Levinson
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Cynthia Levinson’s most recent book is “Watch Out for Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community.” Levinson’s presentation will include a special performance by teenage circus members.
Teens
Kwame Alexander
Speaking at 11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 12:30 p.m.
Kwame Alexander is the author of 18 books and the founder of Book-in-a-Day, a literacy program that uses poetry to inspire students. He cofounded LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy project that builds libraries and empowers children through literature. “Crossover,” a novel in verse, received the 2015 Newbery Medal and was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
Teens
Ellen Oh
Speaking at Noon – 12:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Ellen Oh, a lawyer and writing teacher, is the author of the young adult “Prophecy” series. She is the founder of We Need Diverse Books, a grassroots organization promoting diverse narratives in children’s literature.
Teens
Letters About Literature
Speaking at 12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Letters About Literature/A Book That Shaped Me, with Walter Isaacson. Thousands of young readers participated in this year’s Letters About Literature, a reading and writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress that asks students in grades four through 12 to read a book, poem or speech and write to its author, living or dead. The initiative A Book That Shaped Me, targeted to rising 5th and 6th graders, encourages kids to reflect on a book that has made a personal impact on them. The top winners of the contests will be honored.
Teens
A Book That Shaped Me Contest
Speaking at 12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Letters About Literature/A Book That Shaped Me, with Walter Isaacson. Thousands of young readers participated in this year’s Letters About Literature, a reading and writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress that asks students in grades four through 12 to read a book, poem or speech and write to its author, living or dead. The initiative A Book That Shaped Me, targeted to rising 5th and 6th graders, encourages kids to reflect on a book that has made a personal impact on them. The top winners of the contests will be honored.
Adam Krause
Teens
Jenny Han
Speaking at 1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2:30 p.m.
Jenny Han is the author, among others, of the Summer series, which began with “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” Han’s most recent work, “P.S. I Still Love You,” is a sequel to her 2014 novel “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.”
Dana Gallagher
Teens
Michael Buckley
Speaking at 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Michael Buckley is the author of two series of books for children, “The Sisters Grimm” and “NERDS.” He has also written and produced the animated series “Robotomy” on the Cartoon Network. His most recent book is “Undertow.”
Teens
Libba Bray
Speaking at 2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Libba Bray is the author of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, “Beauty Queens,” and “Going Bovine,” a winner of the Michael L. Printz Award . She has also written the Diviners series, whose latest addition is “Lair of Dreams.”
Teens
David Baldacci
Speaking at 3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
David Baldacci , the author of 30 novels, is the co-founder, with his wife, Michelle, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy. In 2008, the foundation collaborated with Feeding America to establish Feeding Body & Mind, a program that distributes books through food banks in an effort to address the connection among literacy, poverty and hunger. Baldacci has also published several novels for young adults, including the fantasy adventure “The Finisher,” Book 1 featuring Vega Jane.
Joseph Siroker
Teens
Sabaa Tahir
Speaking at 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2:30 p.m.
Sabaa Tahir’s debut fantasy novel, “An Ember in the Ashes,” features Laia, a girl turned spy, and Elias, a young soldier questioning what he does. A sequel is scheduled for release in 2016.
Gordon Chibroski
Teens
Phillip M. Hoose
Speaking at 4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Phillip Hoose is the author of the National Book Award-winning “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.” He is also the author of “The Race to Save the Lord God Bird,” “We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History ” and the Christopher Award-winning manual for youth activism “It’s Our World Too!” His most recent book is “The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club.”
Teens
Sonia Manzano
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Actress and writer Sonia Manzano is best known for her role as Maria on “Sesame Street,” which she joined in 1971 . She won 15 Emmy Awards for her writing for the show and is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among her books are the novel “The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano,” the picture book “No Dogs Allowed!” and her memoir, “Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. ” Manzano will be in conversation with NPR’s Michel Martin.
Teens
Laura Amy Schlitz
Speaking at 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 7 p.m.
Librarian and writer Laura Amy Schlitz received the 2008 Newbery Medal for “Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,” and her “Splendors & Glooms” was a Newbery Honor book in 2013. Her other books include “The Night Fairy,” “The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm” and “A Drowned Maiden’s Hair.” Her most recent novel is “The Hired Girl.”
Teens
Meg Wolitzer
Speaking at 6:40 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Meg Wolitzer is best known for her novels, including “The Uncoupling” and “The Interestings.” Her short fiction has appeared in “Best American Short Stories” and “The Pushcart Prize.” Her most recent book, “Belzhar,” for young adults, is a story of romance, loss and the power of acceptance. Wolitzer will be in conversation with NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg.
Picture books
Christian Robinson
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Illustrator and animator Christian Robinson has worked with Pixar Animated Studios and the Sesame Street Workshop and is the illustrator of numerous books, including “Josephine,” by Patricia Hruby Powell, which won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor; “Last Stop on Market Street,” by Matt de la Peña; and most recent, “Leo, A Ghost Story,” by Mac Barnett.
Picture books
Steve Light
Speaking at 10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Steve Light is an illustrator and art teacher. His works include “Zephyr Takes Flight,” “I Am Happy” and most recently, “Have You Seen My Dragon?”
Picture books
William Joyce
Speaking at 11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 12:30 p.m.
William Joyce is an author, illustrator and filmmaker. His books include “George Shrinks” and “Santa Calls.” He has won three Emmy awards for the “Rolie Polie Olie” animated series and an Academy Award for the animated short “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.” He was also an executive producer of the 2012 film “Rise of the Guardians,” inspired by his “Guardians of Childhood” series. His newest book is “Billy’s Booger.”
Picture books
Cale Atkinson
Speaking at Noon – 12:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Cale Atkinson is an author, illustrator and creator of animated shorts and games. His illustrations appear in numerous books such as “Let’s Meet a Police Officer,” “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz” and “Muddy, Mud, Bud.” His new book is “To the Sea.”
Picture books
Peter Sís
Speaking at 12:40 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1:30 p.m.
Peter Sís is the author and illustrator of such works as “Tibet Through the Red Box,” “Beach Ball,” and “The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin.” He is a MacArthur Fellow and multiple Caldecott honoree and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner. His newest books are “The Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain,” about his childhood in the Czech Republic, and the picture book “Ice Cream Summer.”
Abby Anderson
Picture books
Elise Parsley
Speaking at 1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2:30 p.m.
Elise Parsley is a writer and illustrator whose first picture book is “If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!”
Jim Darling
Marc Andrew Stephens
Picture books
Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
Speaking at 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Amy Krouse Rosenthal has published more than 20 books for children including “Little Pea,”“Exclamation Mark,” “Spoon,” “Bedtime for Mommy.” Her new book, with Tom Lichtenheld , is “Friendshape.” Lichtenheld is an illustrator whose work has been featured in such books as “I Wish You More,” “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site” and “Duck! Rabbit!”
Picture books
Tad Hills
Speaking at 2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4 p.m.
Tad Hills is the author and illustrator of the Duck & Goose and Rocket children’s book series. Its newest volume is “R is for Rocket.”
Picture books
Jean Reagan
Speaking at 3:20 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Jean Reagan is the author of “How to Babysit a Grandpa,” “How to Babysit a Grandma” and the newest in the series, “How to Surprise a Dad.”
Picture books
Dan Santat
Speaking at 4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Dan Santat is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel series “Sidekicks,” and the 2015 Caldecott Medal Winner for “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.” He has illustrated more than 20 children’s books, including “The Secret Life of Walter Kitty” and “Dog in Charge.” Santat received a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators for his work on “Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World).” He is also the creator of the animated series “The Replacements.”
Jacob B. Murphy
Picture books
Stephen Savage
Speaking at 4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Stephen Savage is an illustrator whose works have appeared in numerous magazines and newsapers. His books include “Polar Bear Night” and “Where’s Walrus?” — both ALA Notable books. In 2008, he received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators.
Picture books
Audrey Wood & Don Wood
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Audrey Wood and her husband, illustrator Don Wood, have created children’s books such as “The Napping House,” “Tickle-Octopus” and “Moonflute.”
Picture books
Tom Angleberger
Speaking at 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2:30 p.m.
Tom Angleberger , a former newspaper reporter and columnist, is best known for his “Origami Yoda” series. His latest book is “McToad Mows Tiny Island.”
Golden/Disney
Picture books
Diane Muldrow
Speaking at 6:40 p.m. – 7:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Diane Muldrow is a children’s book author as well as an editorial director at Golden Books/Random House. She has written the teen series Dish, the picture book “We Planted a Tree,” “Everything I Need to Know About Love I Learned from a Little Golden Book” and her newest book, “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Disney Little Golden Book.”
Paula Goldman
Biography & memoir
Amy Wilentz
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Amy Wilentz teaches in the Literary Journalism program at the University of California at Irvine. Her memoir, “Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti,” was the 2014 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography.
Patrice Gilbert
Biography & memoir
Walter Isaacson
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1:30 p.m.
Walter Isaacson is the president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a policy studies organization in Washington. His books include “Steve Jobs,” “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life” and “Kissinger: A Biography.” His newest work is “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.”
Tom Martinez
Biography & memoir
Jeanne Theoharis
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Jeanne Theoharis is a professor of political science at the City University of New York’s Brooklyn College and a writer on civil rights and political issues surrounding race in the United States. Her latest book is “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks.”
Oscie Thomas
Biography & memoir
Evan Thomas
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Evan Thomas is editor-at-large at Newsweek . His books include “The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst and the Rush to Empire, 1898,” “Ike’s Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret Battle to Save the World” and “The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA.” His newest biography is “Being Nixon: A Man Divided.” Thomas will be in conversation with David Rubenstein, co-chairman of the National Book Festival Board.
Corine Sombrun
Biography & memoir
Harlyn Geronimo
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Harlyn Geronimo is a Mescalero and Chiricahua Apache medicine man and the great-grandson of the legendary Chiricahua Apache Chief Geronimo. The book “In Geronimo’s Footsteps: A Journey Beyond Legend” records his journey with co-author Corine Sombrun to retrace Geronimo’s life.
Biography & memoir
Mary Jordan & Kevin Sullivan
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mary Jordan is a national correspondent at The Washington Post. She has written several articles and books in collaboration with her Pulitzer co-winner and husband, Kevin Sullivan , a senior correspondent at The Post. Their latest book, “Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland,” was co-authored by kidnapping victims Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus and describes their decade-long imprisonment by Ariel Castro, as well as their escape and rescue.
Howard Schatz
Simon & Schuster/AP
Biography & memoir
Richard Zoglin
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Richard Zoglin is a senior editor and theater critic at Time magazine. His books include “Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America” and his new work, “Hope: Entertainer of the Century,” a biography of Bob Hope.
Nina Subin
Biography & memoir
Bryan Stevenson
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Bryan Stevenson is a professor of law at New York University Law School and the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative , a nonprofit organization in Montgomery, Ala. His new book is “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.”
Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Biography & memoir
David McCullough
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Historian David McCullough won the Pulitzer Prize for “Truman” and “John Adams” and the National Book Award for “The Path Between the Seas” and “Mornings on Horseback.” He has also received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the National Humanities Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His newest book is “The Wright Brothers.” NPR special correspondent Melissa Block will be in conversation with McCullough.
AU
Biography & memoir
John Riordan
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
John Riordan is a former vice president of Citibank whose new book, “They Are All My Family: A Daring Rescue in the Chaos of Saigon’s Fall,” tells the tale of his efforts to save his South Vietnamese coworkers during the Vietnam War.
Nina Subin
Biography & memoir
Maureen Corrigan
Speaking at 7:10 p.m. – 7:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Maureen Corrigan is a lecturer at Georgetown University and a book critic for the NPR program “Fresh Air.” Her latest book is “So We Read On: How ‘The Great Gatsby’ Came to Be and Why It Endures.”
Paul Morigi/Getty
Contemporary life
Robin Givhan
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Robin Givhan is a Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion writer and editor at The Washington Post. She recently published “The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History.”
Contemporary life
Morton Kondracke
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Morton Kondracke has been a national journalist for nearly 50 years and is currently an editor and columnist at Roll Call. His new book is “Jack Kemp: The Bleeding-Heart Conservative Who Changed America.” He will be speaking at the Kluge Center presentation.
Contemporary life
Manuel Castells
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Manuel Castells is a professor of sociology and president of the Scientific Commission of the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona who has been knighted for scientific merit by the governments of France, Finland, Chile, Portugal and Catalonia. He is the author of more than 25 books, including “Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age.” He will be speaking at the Kluge Center presentation.
Contemporary life
Julia G. Young
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Julia G. Young is teaches history at Catholic University of America. She recently published “Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles and Refugees of the Cristero War.” She will be speaking at the Kluge Center presentation.
Mike Coppola/Getty
Contemporary life
Al Roker
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Al Roker is host and weatherman on NBC’s Today Show. His books include “The Morning Show Murders,” “The Midnight Show Murders,” “Don’t Make Me Stop This Car!: Adventures in Fatherhood” and his latest work, “The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival and the Epic True Story of America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900.”
Contemporary life
Lisa Scottoline & Francesca Serritella
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Lisa Scottoline has written more than 25 books, and co-writes a humor column with her daughter, Francesca Serritella , called “Chick Wit,” for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Their latest collection of funny stories and true confessions is “Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? True Stories and Confessions.” Scottoline’s newest thriller is “Every Fifteen Minutes.”
Blue Rider
Contemporary life
Barry Svrluga
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Barry Svrluga is a Washington Post sports reporter covering the Washington Redskins. He is the author of “National Pastime: Sports, Politics and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.,” which chronicles the debut year of the Washington Nationals. His latest book is “The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season.”
Contemporary life
Tom Gjelten
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Tom Gjelten has been a correspondent at NPR since 1986 and currently reports on religion and belief. He is the author of “Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent’s View” and “Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause.” His latest book, “A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story,” explores the effect of the 1965 Immigration Act.
Contemporary life
Erika Lee
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Erika Lee teaches history at the University of Minnesota, where she is also director of the Immigration History Research Center. She is the author of “Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America” and her new book, “The Making of Asian America: A History.”
Frederick M. Brown/Getty
Celebra
Contemporary life
Ray Suarez
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Ray Suarez, a broadcast journalist and currently the host of the daily program “Inside Story” on Al Jazeera America, will lead the conversation. His book “Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation” explores the rich history of one of the largest minorities in the United States.
Patrice Normand/Opale
Picador
Contemporary life
Héctor Tobar
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Héctor Tobar has been a national and foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times and currently teaches at the University of Oregon’s school of journalism and communication. His latest nonfiction book is “Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free.”
Contemporary life
Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Nicholas Kristof is a New York Times columnist who has co-written four books and shared a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting with his wife, former New York Times reporter Sheryl WuDunn . Their books include “China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power,” “Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia,” “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” and their latest, “A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity.”
Contemporary life
Yochi Dreazen
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Yochi Dreazen is a military journalist and managing editor for news at Foreign Policy. His recent book is “The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War,” the story of a family’s fight against the epidemic of military suicide after the deaths of two sons.
Contemporary life
Shelia P. Moses
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Shelia P. Moses is a poet, playwright and producer, as well as the author of several books for young readers: “The Legend of Buddy Bush,” “The Return of Buddy Bush,” “Joseph’s Grace,” “I, Dred Scott” and “The Baptism.” Her latest is “Dark Girls,” a full-color picture-book companion to the NAACP-nominated documentary of the same name.
Lucian Perkins
Contemporary life
David Maraniss
Speaking at 7:25 p.m. – 8:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
David Maraniss is an associate editor at The Washington Post who has recently published “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s other books include “When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi,” “Barack Obama: The Story,” “Rome 1960: The Olympics that Stirred the World,” “First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton” and “They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America.”
Daniel J. van Ackere/America's Test Kitchen
Daniel J. van Ackere/America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen
Food
Bridget Lancaster & Bryan Roof
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Bridget Lancaster is an executive food editor at America’s Test Kitchen. Since 1998, she has been a cast member of the television shows “America’s Test Kitchen” and “Cook’s Country,” as well as a co-host of the radio program “America’s Test Kitchen.”
Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post
Mage
Food
Najmieh Batmanglij
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Najmieh Batmanglij has written several cookbooks, including “From Persia to Napa: Wine at the Persian Table,” which in 2007 received the Gourmand Cookbook Award for best wine history. Her newest cookbook is a 25th-anniversary edition of “Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies.” Batmanglij lives in the District, where she teaches Persian and Silk Road cooking.
Linda Davidson/The Washington Post
Knopf
Food
Nora Pouillon
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Nora Pouillon is the owner of Restaurant Nora, the first certified organic restaurant in the United States. Her new memoir is “My Organic Life: How a Pioneering Chef Helped Shape the Way We Eat Today.”
Andre Chung for the Washington Post
Bulfinch
Food
Patrick O'Connell
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Patrick O’Connell is the chef and owner of the Inn at Little Washington. He has received numerous commendations, including the 2001 Outstanding Chef in America award, granted by the James Beard Foundation. His most recent book is “The Inn at Little Washington: A Magnificent Obsession.”
Paul Emmel
Fiction
Louise Erdrich
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Louise Erdrich, the author of celebrated novels, poetry, short stories, children’s and nonfiction books, is the winner of this year’s Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. She has received a Pushcart Prize and a PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction. Her books include “The Plague of Doves,” “Love Medicine,” “Four Souls,” “The Painted Drum,” “Shadow Tag” and, most recently, “The Round House,” which won the National Book Award for fiction. She will be in conversation with Marie Arana, co-director of the National Book Festival.
BeBe Jacobs
Fiction
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Viet Thanh Nguyen, an associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, is the author of several books and short stories, including “Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America,” “Fatherland” and “Just Memory: War and the Ethics of Remembrance.” His new novel is “The Sympathizer.”
Kelly Ruth Winter
Fiction
Marilynne Robinson
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Marilynne Robinson, who teaches at the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, won the Pulitzer Prize for her second novel, “Gilead,” and she has received the National Humanities Medal. Her most recent novel, “Lila,” won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. She will be in conversation with Book World editor Ron Charles.
Michael Lionstar
Vintage
Fiction
Stephen L. Carter
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Stephen L. Carter is a law professor at Yale University and the author of seven works of nonfiction and three novels, including “The Emperor of Ocean Park.” His latest novel is “Back Channel.”
Fiction
Jane Smiley
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley is the author of many novels, including “The Greenlanders,” “A Thousand Acres,” “Horse Heaven,” “Good Faith” and her latest, “Some Luck.” In 2006, she received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She will be in conversation with NPR arts correspondent Lynn Neary.
Fiction
Ha Jin
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4 p.m.
Ha Jin is the author of several novels, story collections, volumes of poetry and essays, including “Waiting” and “War Trash.” Among other prizes, he has received a National Book Award and two PEN/Faulkner Awards . His most recent novel is “A Map of Betrayal.” Jin currently teaches at Boston University.
Hannah Dunphy
Fiction
Phil Klay
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Phil Klay , a writer and veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer, won the 2014 National Book Award for his story collection “Redeployment.” He has been named a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and has received the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award.
Chris Hardy Photography
Fiction
Lalita Tademy
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Lalita Tademy was vice president and general manager of a Silicon Valley Fortune 500 company before turning to writing. Her novels include “Cane River,” “Red River” and, most recently, “Citizen’s Creek.”
Fiction
Ward Just
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Ward Just is the author of 17 novels, including“Exiles in the Garden,” “Forgetfulness,” “Echo House,” “A Dangerous Friend,” “An Unfinished Season” and, most recently, “American Romantic.” He will be in conversation with former Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley.
William Bodenschatz
Fiction
Thomas Mallon
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Thomas Mallon directs the Creative Writing Program at George Washington University. He is the author of several novels, including “Henry and Clara,” “Fellow Travelers,” “Watergate” and his latest, “Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years.”
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Andrews McMeel
Graphic novels
Scott Stantis
Speaking at 7:15 p.m. – 8:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Scott Stantis is an editorial cartoonist at the Chicago Tribune and USA Today. His work is syndicated to over 400 newspapers worldwide. Stantis began his comic strip “Prickly City” in 2004 and currently has several e-book collections available. He is speaking on the Political Cartoons panel, moderated by Michael Cavna, author of The Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog and a former syndicated cartoonist.
Lalo Alcarez
Basic
Graphic novels
Lalo Alcaraz
Speaking at 7:15 p.m. – 8:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is the creator of the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha.” He illustrated the book “Latino USA: A Cartoon History,” which has been updated for a special 15th anniversary edition. He is speaking on the Political Cartoons panel, moderated by Michael Cavna, author of The Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog and a former syndicated cartoonist.
Kerstin Knight
Grand Central
Graphic novels
Keith Knight
Speaking at 7:15 p.m. – 8:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Keith Knight is a musician and cartoonist whose works include The K Chronicles, (Th)ink and The Knight Life series. He has received the Comic-Con Inkpot Award for career achievement, multiple Glyph Awards for best comic strip and the Harvey Kurtzman Award for best syndicated comic strip. He is speaking on the Political Cartoons panel, moderated by Michael Cavna, author of The Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog and a former syndicated cartoonist.
Graphic novels
Trina Robbins
Speaking at 8:10 p.m. – 8:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Trina Robbins is a comic book artist and writer, as well as an author of nonfiction books, including “Women and the Comics,” “A Century of Women Cartoonists” and “From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women’s Comics from Teens to Zines.” Her latest book is “The Complete Wimmen’s Comix,” a collection of the first, long-out-of-print all-woman comics anthology. She will be speaking on the Women in Comics panel, moderated by Martha Kennedy.
Graphic novels
Miss Lasko-Gross
Speaking at 8:10 p.m. – 8:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Miss Lasko-Gross is a comics artist and author known for her semiautobiographical graphic novels “Escape from ‘Special’ ” and “A Mess of Everything.” Her latest graphic novel, “Henni,” features a girl who questions the religious rules of her community. She will be speaking on the Women in Comics panel, moderated by Martha Kennedy.
Graphic novels
Diane Noomin
Speaking at 8:10 p.m. – 8:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Diane Noomin is a comics artist best known as the creator of Didi Glitz. She is one of the original contributors to Wimmen’s Comix and is the editor of the anthology series Twisted Sisters. She has received an Inkpot Award . Her book “Glitz-2-Go” is the first collection of more than 40 years of Didi Glitz comics. She will be speaking on the Women in Comics panel, moderated by Martha Kennedy.
Stephan Pastis
Andrews McMeel
Graphic novels
Stephan Pastis
Speaking at 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Stephan Pastis creates “Pearls Before Swine,” a daily comic strip that runs in 750 newspapers worldwide. He is also the author of the kids’ series “Timmy Failure.” His latest collection is “King of the Comics: A Pearls Before Swine Collection.” He will be in conversation with Washington Post Comic Riffs author and former syndicated cartoonist Michael Cavna.
ABC Inc.
History
Cokie Roberts
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Journalist and author Cokie Roberts is a senior news analyst for NPR. She has received the Library of Congress’s Living Legend award, the Edward R. Murrow Award and three Emmys. Among her books are “We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters,” “Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation” and “Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation.” Roberts’s most recent book is “Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868.”
Peter W. Ellis
History
Joseph Ellis
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Joseph Ellis , a historian whose work focuses on the founders of the United States, is the author of nine books. He received the National Book Award for “American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson” and the Pulitzer Prize for “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation.” His most recent book is “The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789.”
Trish Simonite
History
Jan Jarboe Russell
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Journalist and author Jan Jarboe Russell writes on politics, religion and social issues. Among her books are “Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson” and, her most recent, “The Train to Crystal City: FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America’s Only Family Internment Camp During World War II.”
Ron Hall
History
Edward J. Larson
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Historian and legal scholar Edward J. Larson teaches at Pepperdine University. His book “Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion” received the Pulitzer Prize in history. Larson’s most recent book, “The Return of George Washington: Uniting the States, 1783-1789,” examines the period when Washington came out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and become the nation’s first president.
Peter H. Wood
History
Elizabeth A. Fenn
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Fenn chairs the history department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her books, including “Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82,” have focused on the early American West, disease, Native American history and environmental history. Fenn’s most recent book, “Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People,” won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in History.
Peter Marovich
History
Evan Osnos
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Evan Osnos is a staff writer for the New Yorker and a fellow at the Brookings Institution. As Beijing bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune, he contributed to a series of articles that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He received two Overseas Press Club awards, the Asia Society’s Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia, the Livingston Award for Young Journalists and a Mirror Award for profile writing. His recent book, “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China,” won the 2014 National Book Award for nonfiction.
Phoebe Ling
History
Anne-Marie O'Connor
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Foreign correspondent Anne-Marie O’Connor has covered post-Soviet Cuba, American artists and intellectuals, and wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. She has worked as a writer for the Reuters news service and for several newspapers including The Washington Post. Her book “The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer ” inspired the movie “Woman in Gold.”
Carl Caruso
History
Jay Winik
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Historian Jay Winik is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers. His books include “The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800” and “April 1865: The Month That Saved America,” which became a documentary on the History Channel and was the recipient of the first Walt Whitman Civil War Roundtable Award. Winik’s forthcoming book is “1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History.”
Kenny Braun
History
Lawrence Wright
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for the New Yorker as well as a screenwriter and playwright. He is a co-writer of the 1998 movie “The Siege.” His nonfiction works include “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11,” “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief” and his most recent book, “Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David .” He will be in conversation with NPR’s news chief, Michael Oreskes .
Laura Rose
History
Danielle Allen
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Danielle Allen directs the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Allen’s books include “The World of Prometheus: The Politics of Punishing in Democratic Athens,” “Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education ” and “Why Plato Wrote.” Her most recent book is “Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality.”
Ted Adams
International programs
Jack Miles
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Jack Miles, general editor of the anthology, is a professor at the University of California at Irvine whose books include “God: A Biography” and “Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God.” He will be moderating a conversation among three contributing editors to the recently published two-volume “Norton Anthology of World Religions.”
Myra Klarman
International programs
Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Islam scholar Jane McAuliffe, an emeritus president of Bryn Mawr College, is the director of National and International Outreach at the Library of Congress. Buddhism and Daoism scholar.
International programs
Jane McAuliffe
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Donald S. Lopez Jr. is a professor at the University of Michigan whose books include “From Stone to Flesh: A Short History of the Buddha” and “Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed.”
International programs
Homero Aridjis
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Homero Aridjis , a novelist, poet and former president of PEN International, will talk about Mexico’s literary traditions. His books include the novel “1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezón of Castile” and several collections of poetry, including the bilingual edition of “Eyes To See Otherwise/Ojos de Otro Mirar.”
Zony Maya
International programs
Álvaro Enrigue
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Mexican novelist Álvaro Enrigue won the Joaquín Mortiz Prize for his first novel, “La muerte de un instalador,”(“Death of an Installation Artist”) and the Herralde Prize for his most recent book, “Muerte súbita” (“Sudden Death”). Based in New York, Enrigue teaches at both Columbia and Princeton universities. He will be one of four writers discussing Contemporary Latin American Fiction.
Library of Congress
Sudaquia Editores
International programs
Mariá José Navia
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Chilean María José Navia has written short stories, articles and books, including the novel “SANT” and, most recently, “Instrucciones para ser feliz.” She is finishing a doctorate in literature and cultural studies at Georgetown University. She will be one of four writers discussing Contemporary Latin American Fiction.
International programs
Cristina Rivera Garza
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Cristina Rivera Garza, director of the creative writing program at the University of California, San Diego, has won several Mexican literary awards for works, including “Nadie me verá llorar” (“No One Will See Me Cry”). She will be one of four writers discussing Contemporary Latin American Fiction.
International programs
Alejandro Zambra
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Alejandro Zambra is a Chilean novelist and poet (also speaking at 2:35; see entry below). He will be one of four writers discussing Contemporary Latin American Fiction.
Ana Portnoy
Two Lines Press
International programs
Santiago Roncagliolo
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Santiago Roncagliolo is a Peruvian writer, translator and journalist whose books include “La cuarta espada,” which explores the mind of convicted terrorist Abimael Guzmán, and “Memorias de una dama,” which traces the origins of the Mafia in Cuba. He won the Alfaguara Prize in 2006 for the novel “Abril rojo” (“Red April”); the book’s main character returns in his latest thriller, “La pena máxima.” Roncagliolo will be in conversation with Washington Post reporter David Montgomery.
Alexandra Edwards
McSweeney's
International programs
Alejandro Zambra
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4 p.m.
Alejandro Zambra’s books include “Ways of Going Home,” which was awarded the Altazor Prize and was selected by Chile’s National Book Council as the best Chilean novel published during 2012; “The Private Lives of Trees”; and “Bonsai,” which was awarded a Chilean Critics Award for best novel. His most recent book is the short story collection “My Documents.”
Alfredo Pelcastre
International programs
Valeria Luiselli
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4 p.m.
Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City and grew up in South Africa, and was on the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” list in 2014. Her books include the novel “Faces in the Crowd,” the essay collection “Sidewalks” and, most recently, “The Story of My Teeth.”
Francisco Posse
International programs
Andrés Neuman
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Andrés Neuman grew up in Argentina and Spain and has taught Latin American literature at the University of Granada. His novel “El viajero del siglo” (“Traveler of the Century”) won Spain’s Alfaguara Prize and the National Critics Prize. His novel “Hablar Solos” (“Talking to Ourselves”) is newly available in English translation.
Hermance Triay BN
International programs
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
The novels of Juan Gabriel Vásquez include “The Sound of Things Falling,” “The Informers” and “The Secret History of Costaguana.” Vásquez, a Colombian, has received an International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the French Roger Caillois Prize and the Spanish Alfaguara Prize. His most recent book is “Lovers on All Saints’ Day: Stories.” Vásquez will be in conversation with NPR reporter and producer Bilal Qureshi.
International programs
John Hemming
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Canadian historian, author and explorer John Hemming will discuss his lifelong involvement with the Amazon River system, including visits with dozens of indigenous peoples, the exploration of a major tributary, and leadership of scientific research projects. His books include a three-volume history of Brazilian Indians and, recently, “Naturalists in Paradise: Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon.” Both Amazon Stories sessions (6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m.) will be moderated by Marie Arana, co-director of the National Book Festival.
Bill O'Leary/Washington Post
International programs
Mark Plotkin
Speaking at 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Mark Plotkin is an ethnobotanist and expert on rainforest ecosystems. His books include “The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria” and “Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest.” He will be speaking with David Good, the son of an American anthropologist and a Yanomami woman from a remote area of the Amazon rain forest. Good was raised in the United States, though his mother returned to Venezuela. After 20 years of separation, he returned to the Amazon to reconnect with his indigenous family. Both Amazon Stories sessions (6:15 p.m. and 7 p.m.) will be moderated by Marie Arana, co-director of the National Book Festival.
April Narby
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Lisa Scottoline
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Edgar Award-winner Lisa Scottoline is the author of 30 books with more than 30 million copies in print. Her writing career began — after law school and work as a litigator — with her first novel, “Everywhere That Mary Went,” in 1994. Scottoline’s most recent thriller is “Every Fifteen Minutes.”
Diana Walker
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
David Ignatius
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
David Ignatius, a columnist for The Washington Post, has served as a reporter and foreign correspondent, covering the CIA and the Middle East, among other subjects, and as an editor, including a stint as editor of the International Herald Tribune in Paris. Ignatius is also the author of several suspense novels, including “Bloodmoney,” “Agents of Innocence” and his most recent work, “The Director.”
Tor
Tor
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Jane Lindskold
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Jane Lindskold is the author of more than 20 science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Her books include “Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls,” and many books in several series, among them the Firekeeper Saga, the Artemis Awakening series and the Breaking the Wall series.
Marcia E Wilson/Widevision Photography
Doubleday
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Walter Mosley
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Walter Mosley, the recipient of an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, is the author of more than 40 books, including the Easy Rawlins mystery series. Mosley’s most recent Leonid McGill mystery is “And Sometimes I Wonder About You.”
Jeffrey Skemp
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Marlon James
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Marlon James’s most recent novel, “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” was one of The Washington Post’s best books of 2014, and it is currently longlisted for the Man Booker Prize . James is a professor of English and creative writing at Macalester College. His earlier books include “The Book of Night Women” and “John Crow’s Devil.”
Jan Cobb
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Laura Lippman
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4 p.m.
Laura Lippman has won nearly every award given for U.S. crime writing, including the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Nero Wolfe, Shamus and Quill awards. Her books include “What the Dead Know,” “Every Secret Thing,” “The Girl in the Green Raincoat” and her latest Tess Monaghan novel, “Hush, Hush.”
Tor
Tor
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
David Weber
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
David Weber is a storyteller whose more than 40 science fiction and fantasy books have often appeared in special series, including the Honor Harrington, Dahak, War God, Safehold and Fury series. Weber frequently writes in collaboration with other authors, including Steve White, John Ringo and Linda Evans. One of his most recent books, written with Timothy Zahn, is “A Call To Duty,” book one in the Manticore Ascendant series.
Niko Giovanni Coniglio
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Jeffery Deaver
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Jeffery Deaver, a former journalist and attorney, has written more than 30 novels . He has been nominated for or awarded numerous honors, including seven Edgar Awards and an Anthony Award and was a winner of the W.H. Smith Thumping Good Read Award. His most recent book is “Solitude Creek,” the fourth in the Kathryn Dance series.
Micah Demoux
Tor
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
Dan Wells
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Dan Wells is the author of books that combine a variety of genres, from dark humor to science fiction and fantasy to supernatural thrillers. Wells has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Campbell awards and has won several awards for the weekly podcast “Writing Excuses,” which he co-hosts. His most recent novel is “The Devil’s Only Friend,” the latest in the John Cleaver series.
Alexander James
Mystery, Thrillers & Science Fiction
David Baldacci
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
David Baldacci is the author of 30 novels, with more than 110 million copies are in print worldwide. He is the co-founder, with his wife, Michelle, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America. Baldacci’s most recent books are “The Escape” and “Memory Man.”
Poetry & Prose
Poetry Out Loud
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Poetry Out Loud is a national contest that introduces youth to great poetry. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, the program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage through memorization and recitation of poetry. Contest winners will be reciting poetry at the Festival.
Poetry & Prose
Kevin Young
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Kevin Young is the author of several poetry collections, including his most recent, “Book of Hours.” His first book, “Most Way Home,” was selected for the National Poetry Series and won the Zacharis First Book Prize from Ploughshares. He is also the recipient of the Paterson Poetry Prize for “Jelly Roll,” which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His nonfiction collection of essays “The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness” won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. ” He currently teaches English and creative writing at Emory University.
Riverhead Press
Riverhead Press
Poetry & Prose
Geoffrey Kloske
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Geoffrey Kloske is the vice president and publisher of Riverhead Books. He is one of three panelists discussing Publishing in the Digital Age: A Panel About the Ins and Outs of Publishing.
Poetry & Prose
Kevin Larimer
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Kevin Larimer is editor in chief of Poets & Writers magazine. He is one of three panelists discussing Publishing in the Digital Age: A Panel About the Ins and Outs of Publishing.
Poetry & Prose
Lynn Freed
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Lynn Freed is the author of six novels, including “The Servants’ Quarters” and “Home Ground,” a collection of stories. She received the inaugural Katherine Anne Porter Award for Fiction and two PEN/O. Henry Awards. She is one of three panelists discussing Publishing in the Digital Age: A Panel About the Ins and Outs of Publishing.
John Lucas
Poetry & Prose
Claudia Rankine
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Claudia Rankine is the author of several collections of poetry, including “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric,” “The End of the Alphbet ” and her latest, “Citizen: An American Lyric.” Rankine has received the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and the Cleveland State Poetry Prize as well as several fellowships. She has taught writing at various colleges and currently teaches poetry at Pomona College.
Baraka Books
Baraka
Poetry & Prose
Ishmael Reed
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
A finalist for two National Book Awards, Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, editor and essayist with 30 published books. His works include many collections of poetry as well as “Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down,” “The Last Days of Louisiana Red” and “MultiAmerica, Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace.” His most recent book is “The Complete Muhammad Ali.” Reed is also the founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, an organization that administers the American Book Awards, which recognize contributions to multicultural literature.
Poetry & Prose
Jeffrey Brown
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Jeffrey Brown is the chief correspondent for arts, culture and society at PBS NewsHour. His work as a producer and correspondent has earned an Emmy and several Cine Golden Eagle Awards. His debut poetry collection, “The News,” was published earlier this year. He is a panelist for "Why Literature Matters: A Conversation About the Importance of the Imagination."
Michael Lionstar
Poetry & Prose
Jane Hirshfield
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Poet, essayist and translator Jane Hirshfield is the author of several collections of poetry, including “After,” “Come, Thief” and her most recent, “The Beauty.” In 2004, Hirshfield was awarded the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by the Academy of American Poets. She is a panelist for "Why Literature Matters: A Conversation About the Importance of the Imagination."
Stanley Staniski
Poetry & Prose
Azar Nafisi
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Azar Nafisi is best known as the author of “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books.” She is the executive director of Cultural Conversations at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, where she is a professor of aesthetics, culture and literature. Nafisi’s new book is “The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books.” She is a panelist for "Why Literature Matters: A Conversation About the Importance of the Imagination."
Adrian Kinloch
Poetry & Prose
Daniel Alarcón
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
A former Fulbright scholar, Daniel Alarcón has written several novels and short stories, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s and Granta. Born in Peru, Alarcón is currently an associate editor at the Peruvian magazine Etiqueta Negra. His published works include “War by Candlelight,” “Lost City Radio” and his most recent novel, “At Night We Walk in Circles.” He has received a Whiting Foundation Award and a PEN Center USA award. Alarcón is also a co-founder and executive producer of Radio Ambulante, a Spanish-language storytelling podcast.
Mariana Cook
Liveright
Poetry & Prose
Jerome Charyn
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Jerome Charyn has published nearly 50 works, from novels and film criticism to memoirs and plays. He has received numerous awards and was named Commander of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture. Among his books are the novel “The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson” and a recent story collection, “Bitter Bronx.” He is best known for his crime novel series featuring homicide detective Isaac Sidel, which includes “Blue Eyes” and “Citizen Sidel.”
Don Romero
Poetry & Prose
Marilyn Chin
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Marilyn Chin is a writer, editor, translator and teacher. She has received numerous honors, including multiple Pushcart Prizes and the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award . Her work has been featured in “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry.” She has published several volumes of poetry, including “Rhapsody in Plain Yellow” and “The Phoenix Gone, the Terrace Empty.” Her most recent collection, “Hard Love Province,” won the 2015 Ainsfield-Wolf Prize for Poetry. Chin is currently professor of poetry at San Diego State University.
Milkweed Editions
Milkweed
Poetry & Prose
Eric Pankey
Speaking at 6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Eric Pankey, a poet and artist, has taught high school English and poetry and was the director of the creative writing program at Washington University in St. Louis. Currently, he teaches creative writing and poetry at George Mason University. Pankey has received the Walt Whitman Award, the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has published several collections of poetry, including “Heartwood,” “Trace” and “Dismantling the Angel.” His most recent volume of poetry is “Crow-Work.”
Poetry & Prose
Poetry Slam
Speaking at 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
A contest in which top youth slam groups from Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago will compete in reciting new works on subjects including books and reading. The event is a collaboration among the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center, the National Endowment for the Arts and the poetry organization Split This Rock. Judges will include poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, journalist Bilal Qureshi and Lauren Bullock, a performance poet and member of the 2015 Beltway Poetry Slam team. The host for the slam will be youth poet Kosi Dunn.
Romance Fiction
Sarah MacLean
Speaking at 7:15 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 9 a.m.
Sarah MacLean is the author of historical romance novels, including “A Rogue By Any Other Name” and “No Good Duke Goes Unpunished,” which both won RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America. Her latest book is “Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover.” MacLean also writes a monthly column about romance novels for The Washington Post.
Romance Fiction
Beverly Jenkins
Speaking at 7:40 p.m. – 8:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 9 a.m.
Beverly Jenkins writes African-American historical romance fiction. She has published more than 30 novels, including “Heart of Gold,” “Bring on the Blessings” and, most recently,“Destiny’s Captive.” Her work has been awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award and the Golden Pen Award from the Black Writer’s Guild.
Romance Fiction
Paige Tyler
Speaking at 8:05 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 9 a.m.
Paige Tyler has written more than 50 romance novels, including “Animal Attraction” and “Dead Sexy.” Her latest book is “Wolf Trouble.”
Science
Andrea Wulf
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Andrea Wulf has been a fellow of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and the Eccles British Library Writer in Residence. Her 2010 book “The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire, and the Birth of an Obsession” won the American Horticultural Society Book Award and the Annual Literature Award of the international Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Her most recent work is “The Invention of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World.”
Celine M. Grouard
Science
Rachel Swaby
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at noon
Rachel Swaby is a freelance writer and editor. Her first book, published earlier this year, is “Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science — and the World.”
Lynn Donaldson
Science
David Quammen
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
David Quammen was a columnist for Outside magazine for 15 years. He is the winner of three National Magazine Awards, including one for the National Geographic cover story “Was Darwin Wrong?” Quammen’s books include “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,” “Ebola: The Natural and Human History of a Deadly Virus” and, most recently, “The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From an African Forest.” He will be in conversation with NPR’s Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep.
Andy Dolph
Science
Judy Foreman
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11:30 a.m.
Judy Foreman is a medical specialist and science writer who has received many journalism awards, including a Peabody Award for the script for a video documentary about a young woman dying of breast cancer. Her recent book is “A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem.”
Science
Casey Schwartz
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Casey Schwartz is a staff writer at Newsweek and the Daily Beast, where she covers neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry. Her recent book “In the Mind Fields: Exploring the New Science of Neuropsychoanalysis” is a personal look at the culture of modern psychiatry. She will be in conversation with NPR reporter Adam Cole.
Science
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs and biologist Edward O. Wilson will discuss the global environment, the economy and the planet’s future. Sachs is a syndicated columnist, a special adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals and the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. His books include “Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet” and “The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity.” His most recent book is “The Age of Sustainable Development.”
Jerry Bauer
Science
Edward O. Wilson
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs and biologist Edward O. Wilson will discuss the global environment, the economy and the planet’s future. Wilson is a naturalist considered to be the world’s leading expert on ants and the author of more than 20 books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning “On Human Nature” and “The Ants” (written with Bert Hölldobler). His latest book is “The Meaning of Human Existence.”
University of the Sciences
Science
Paul Halpern
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Physicist Paul Halpern, a professor at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, has more than a dozen science books to his credit, among them “Countdown to Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration of the End of the World ” and “Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond.” His most recent book is “Einstein’s Dice and Schrödinger’s Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantam Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics.”
Denise Grant Toronto
Science
Norman Doidge
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:05 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 7 p.m.
Norman Doidge is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, essayist and poet. He is a faculty member of the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry as well as a member of the research faculty at Columbia University’s Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research . Doidge has written several books about the brain, including “The Brain That Changes Itself” and the more recent “The Brain’s Way of Healing.”
Science
Terrence Holt
Speaking at 6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5 p.m.
Terrence Holt teaches and practices medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His books are “In the Valley of the Kings,” a story collection and his most recent work, “Internal Medicine: A Doctor’s Stories.”
Library of Congress
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Special Programs
Peter de Sève
Speaking at 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 11 a.m.
Peter de Sève is an artist best known for his New Yorker covers and film-character designs. His print works include such memorable New Yorker covers as one that features the mythical figure Pan literally Pan-handling for money while playing street-corner music. If you’re a fan of animation, you probably know de Sève’s character designs for such films as “Finding Nemo,” “A Bug’s Life,” “Mulan,” “Tarzan” and, most notable, the “Ice Age” series. “Scrat,” de Sève says of his acorn-crazed, saber-toothed squirrel, “has become my calling card.” He created the offiical poster for the 2015 National Book Festival.
Tom Cogill
Special Programs
Henry Wiencek
Speaking at 10:55 a.m. – 11:40 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Henry Wiencek is a journalist, historian, editor and author of “Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves.” His other books include “The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White,” which won the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, and “An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves and the Creation of America,” which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Tony Rinaldo
Special Programs
Annette Gordon-Reed
Speaking at 11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 1 p.m.
Annette Gordon-Reed , a Harvard professor of law and history, received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her book “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.” She is the author of “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy” and the editor of the essay collection “Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History.”
Peter W. Ellis
Special Programs
Joseph Ellis
Speaking at 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
Joseph Ellis , a professor and historian, won a National Book Award for “American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson” and a Pulitzer Prize for “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation.” His most recent book is “The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution.”
Reuters
Special Programs
Jon Meacham
Speaking at 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3 p.m.
Jon Meacham’s “American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House” won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, Meacham is also the author of “American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers and the Making of a Nation” and editor of “Voices in Our Blood: America’s Best on the Civil Rights Movement.” His most recent work is “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power.”
Michael O'Neill
Special Programs
Tom Brokaw
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4 p.m.
Tom Brokaw is a television journalist best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News. He has won three Peabody Awards and several Emmys, as well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His books include “The Greatest Generation” and, most recently, “A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope.” Brokaw will be in conversation with David Rubenstein, co-chairman of the National Book Festival Board.
Avonlee Photography
Special Programs
Rick Atkinson
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 2 p.m.
A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Rick Atkinson has been a reporter for the Kansas City Times and The Washington Post. He is the author of “The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point’s Class of 1966” and the Liberation Trilogy: “An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943,” “The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944” and “The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945.” He recently published “Battle of the Bulge,” adapted from “The Guns at Last Light” for young readers.
Ian Kaye
Special Programs
Christian G. Appy
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 5:30 p.m.
Christian G. Appy, professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is the author of three books on the Vietnam War: “Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam”; “Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides,” which won the Massachusetts Book Award for nonfiction; and, most recently, “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity.”
Bill O'Leary
Knopf
Special Programs
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Speaking at 5:20 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6:30 p.m.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran served as The Washington Post’s bureau chief in Baghdad, Cairo and Southeast Asia, and as a correspondent covering the war in Afghanistan off and on for a decade. He is the author of “Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan” and “Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award. His latest book, written with Howard Schultz, is “For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can Teach Us About Citizenship, Heroism and Sacrifice.”
Bachrach Photography
Special Programs
Elizabeth D. Samet
Speaking at 6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Elizabeth D. Samet, an English professor at West Point and author of numerous books and essays on United States military history, including “No Man’s Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America.” She is moderating a discussion with Elliot Ackerman, Phil Klay and Roxana Robinson called Novels of War.
David Ignaszewski Koboy
Special Programs
Roxana Robinson
Speaking at 6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Roxana Robinson’s books include the novel “Cost” and the biography “Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life.” Her novel “Sparta” won the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s James Webb Award for fiction. She is participating in the Novels of War discussion moderated by Elizabeth D. Samet.
Hannah Dunphy
Special Programs
Phil Klay
Speaking at 6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 4:30 p.m.
Phil Klay, a writer and veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer, won the 2014 National Book Award for “Redeployment,” a collection of short stories. He is participating in the Novels of War discussion moderated by Elizabeth D. Samet.
Peter van Agtmael
Special Programs
Elliot Ackerman
Speaking at 6:10 p.m. – 6:55 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 3:30 p.m.
Elliot Ackerman is a decorated veteran, former White House Fellow and widely published author of essays and fiction. His first novel, “Green on Blue,” is a coming-of-age tale about an orphan in Afghanistan. She is participating in the Novels of War discussion moderated by Elizabeth D. Samet.
Kenny Braun
Knopf
Special Programs
Lawrence Wright
Speaking at 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will moderate a discussion with authors whose books have been made into movies, including A. Scott Berg, Lawrence Wright and Anne-Marie O’Connor . Wright, a staff writer for the New Yorker, co-wrote the movie “The Siege” (1998), starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis and Annette Bening. He also wrote the script of the Showtime movie “Noriega: God’s Favorite” (2000), based on his novel “God’s Favorite.”
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Special Programs
A. Scott Berg
Speaking at 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Pulitzer Prize-winner A. Scott Berg will provide an overview of Hollywood and the film industry to open the Books to Movies program. Berg’s first book, “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius,” won a National Book Award and is being released this fall as a movie, “Genius,” starring Colin Firth, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. A sneak peek of the film will be screened during Berg’s presentation.
Phoebe Ling
Vintage
Special Programs
Anne-Marie O'Connor
Speaking at 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday will moderate a discussion with authors whose books have been made into movies, including A. Scott Berg, Lawrence Wright and Anne-Marie O’Connor. Foreign correspondent O’Connor is the author of “The Lady in Gold,” which tells the story of Gustav Klimt’s masterpiece, a portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. She will comment on the 2015 movie “Woman in Gold,” starring Helen Mirren.
Univ. of Queensland Press
Univ. of Queensland Press
First Nations of Australia
Jeanine Leane
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Jeanine Leane is a teacher, researcher, writer and Wiradjuri woman from southwest New South Wales, Australia. Her book “Purple Threads” is a collection of stories based on her childhood.
Univ. of Queensland Press
Univ. of Queensland Press
First Nations of Australia
Tony Birch
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Tony Birch is the Aboriginal Australian author of the story collections “Father’s Day” and “The Promise” and the novels “Shadowboxing” and “Blood.” His new novel, “Ghost River,” is scheduled for release in October.
First Nations of Australia
Melissa Lucashenko
Speaking at 2:35 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Melissa Lucashenko is a novelist and essayist from Brisbane, Australia, with Goorie Aboriginal heritage. Her novels include “Steam Pigs,” “Hard Yards,” the young adult novels “Killing Darcy” and “Too Flash,” and her latest, “Mullumbimby.”
Magabala Books
Magabala
First Nations of Australia
Dub Leffler
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Dub Leffler is an Indigenous Australian illustrator of 18 children’s books, including “Once There Was a Boy,” which he also wrote.
Magabala Books
Magabala
First Nations of Australia
Bruce Pascoe
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Australian Bruce Pascoe is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian who has written more than 25 books. Some of his works include the story collections “Nightjar” and “Ocean” and the historical nonfiction books “Cape Otway: Coast of Secrets” and “Convincing Ground.” His most recent nonfiction work, “Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?,” describes the agricultural practices of the Australian Aborigines.
Magabala Books
Magabala
First Nations of Australia
Jared Thomas
Speaking at 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Jared Thomas is a Nukunu Aboriginal author and playwright from South Australia. His books include the young adult novels “Sweet Guy” and “Calypso Summer.” He has also written the children’s book “Dallas Davis: The Scientist and the City Kids.”
Univ. of Queensland Press
Univ. of Queensland Press
First Nations of Australia
Ellen van Neerven
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Ellen van Neerven is a young Aboriginal Australian writer from the Yugambeh people of South East Queensland. Her recently published debut novel is “Heat and Light.”
Univ. of Queensland Press
Univ. of Queensland Press
First Nations of Australia
Tony Birch
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Tony Birch is the Aboriginal Australian author of the story collections “Father’s Day” and “The Promise” and the novels “Shadowboxing” and “Blood.” His new novel, “Ghost River,” is scheduled for release in October.
Magabala Books
Magabala
First Nations of Australia
Bruce Pascoe
Speaking at 4:25 p.m. – 5:10 p.m. (Sept. 5, 2015)
Signing at 6 p.m.
Australian Bruce Pascoe is a Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian who has written more than 25 books. Some of his works include the story collections “Nightjar” and “Ocean” and the historical nonfiction books “Cape Otway: Coast of Secrets” and “Convincing Ground.” His most recent nonfiction work, “Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident?,” describes the agricultural practices of the Australian Aborigines.