The Decatur Book Festival is Finally Here
Labor Day Weekend, September 4th through 6th
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival Presented by
DeKalb Medical is an annual, free book festival that takes place over
Labor Day weekend in Decatur, Georgia at several venues located in and
around the downtown Decatur Square. Conceived in 2005 and launched in
2006, the festival brings more than 200 authors to Decatur for the
holiday weekend. The authors give readings, talks, and panel
discussions. The event is free and open to the public. Authors include
Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling authors of fiction in many
genres and nonfiction on diverse topics.
The authors come to Decatur from across the country and international points as well.
The AJC DBF will feature lectures and signings from 250 national and local best-selling authors, representing all genres of books.
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2009 Author List:
- Franklin Abbott
- Karen Abbott
- Megan Abbott
- Shilpa Agarwal
- Kathleen Allen
- Ciara Anderson
- Mary Kay Andrews
- TIna Ansa
- Arlen Baila
- Kim Baldwin
- Jack Bass
- Hester Bass
- Reginald M. Beal
- Matthew Bernstein ---Saturday, Sept. 5 at 11:15 at the Decatur Library Stage
- Perry Binder
- Robyn Hood Black
- Douglas Blackmon
- Jennifer Bouani
- Peter Bourke
- Donna Bowman
- Rick Bragg
- Sonny Brewer
- Gino Brogdon
- Jericho Brown
- Stacey Lynn Brown
- Jessica Burkhart
- Robert Olen Butler
- Tim Byrd
- Gabrielle Calvocoressi
- Kevin Cantwell
- Bill Carpenter
- Ally Carter
- Lee Child
- Benyamin Cohen
- Meredith Cole
- Leigh Anne Couch
- Bruce Covey
- Joe Crespino
- D.U.C.K.
- Rebecca Dartt
- Chad Davidson
- Robert Davis
- Katie Davis
- Eleanor Davis
- James Dean
- Travis Denton
- Philip DePoy
- Alan Deutschman
- Kate DiCamillo
- Josh Dorfman
- Elizabeth Dulemba
- Ted Dunagan
- Donnell Duncan
- Nathalie Dupree
- Diane Durrett
- Z Egloff
- Sir Harold Evans
- Devin Fergus
- Rupert Fike
- Marc Fitten
- Adrian Fogelin
- Sohrab Homi Fracis
- Greg Fraser
- Richard Friedman
- Aimee Friedman
- David Fulmer
- Lise Funderburg
- Diana Gabaldon
- Amanda Gable
- Brett Gadsden
- Kent Germany
- Hollis Gillespie
- Ethan Gilsdorf
- Mitchell Graham
- Alan Gratz
- Jim Grimsley
- Sara Gruen
- Katharine Haake
- Carolyn Haines
- James Hall
- Barbara Hamby
- Masha Hamilton
- Jessica Handler
- James Hannaham
- Rosemary Harris
- Kodac Harrison
- Patti Callahan Henry
- Edward Hirsch
- Mary Jane Holt
- Tracie Howard
- Bram Hsieh
- Ad Hudler
- John Hulme
- James Iredell
- Joshilyn Jackson
- Xanthe Johnson
- Calvin Johnson
- Todd Johnson
- Carol Jones
- Kaylie Jones
- Patrik Jonsson
- River Jordan
- N.M. Kelby
- Collin Kelley
- Karen Kevorkian
- Cassandra King
- Amy King
- Keith Knight
- Michael Muhammad Knight
- Judith Kolberg
- Jarret J. Krosoczka
- Julie Kubala
- Elaine Lacy
- Ruby Lal
- Bob Lancer
- Robert Leleux
- David Levithan
- E. B. Lewis
- Tim Link
- Eric Litwin
- Loren Long
- Diana Love
- David Lubar
- Ann Lynn
- Michael Malone
- Christopher Manganiello
- Peter Martin
- Jonathan Maxwell
- Peter McCarthy
- Holly McClure
- Jeffrey McDaniel
- Pearl McHaney
- Janna McMahan --- Saturday, Sept. 5 at 3:45 at the Decatur Library Stage
- Terra McVoy
- Richelle Mead
- Brooks Mendell
- Celeste Miller
- Joe Mitchell
- Marissa (aka Pynk) Monteilh
- Selena Montgomery
- Mary B (aka HoneyB) Morrison
- Frank Morrison
- Laura Mullen
- Jason Myers
- Lauren Myracle
- Gina Nahai
- Richard Nash
- Don O'Briant
- Mary Odem
- David Olney
- Janis Owens
- Sang Pak
- Susan Parry
- Kathy Patrick
- Jackson Pearce
- Felice Picano
- W. Scott Poole
- Radclyffe
- G. Lee Ramsey
- Brian Ray
- J.M. Redmann
- Kathy Reichs
- Jack Riggs
- Charlotte Riley-Webb
- Art Roche
- Chuck Rosenthal
- Shawn S. Ruff
- Paul Sanchez
- Sharon Sanders
- Judy Schachner
- Robert Scheer
- Jon Scieszka
- Donny Seagraves
- Jennifer Shannon
- Alice Shapiro
- Sara Shepard
- George Singleton
- Skyy
- Haywood Smith
- Patricia Smith
- Lytton Smith
- Laurel Snyder
- Amy Sohn
- Robyn Spizman
- Warren St. John
- Niall Stanage
- Zachary Steele
- Maggie Stiefvater
- Kathryn Stockett
- Claire Strom
- Wytch Stubbs Jr.
- Evelyn Sweet-Hurd
- Barbara Brown Taylor
- Alice Teeter
- Julius Thompson
- Leonard Todd
- Shellie Tomlinson
- Natasha Trethewey
- Charles Tucker
- Luis Alberto Urrea
- Ursula Vernon
- Megan Volpert
- Daniel Wallace
- Peter Wallace
- Albert Way
- Anne Webster
- Michael Wexler
- Susan Rebecca White
- Jabari Williams
- Kevin Wilson
- Mary Wiltenburg
- Gail Wronsky
- C. Dale Young
- John Yow
- Narda Zacchino
- Fiona Zedde
The Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country.
The organization behind the festival promotes a year-round literary
community by hosting a series of fundraising and literary events.
For additional information about the Decatur Book Festival, visit
www.decaturbookfestival.com.
(Information about the festival courtesy of www.decaturbookfestival.com)