17th Annual Gaithersburg Book Festival

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a free annual celebration of great books and great writing that has made its mark as one of the nation’s top literary events. This year’s Festival – celebrating its 17th year and taking place May 16 – will feature more than 100 best-selling and award-winning authors who will participate in talks and panel discussions. Authors include: 

Fiction

Rabih Alameddine

Sadeqa Johnson

Jason Mott

Stephanie Dray

Chanel Cleeton

Non-Fiction

Reyna Grande

Jonathan Karl

Susan Page

Keith O’Brien

Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis

Mystery/Thriller

Alex Finlay

Lori Rader-Day

Nick Petrie

Dan Fesperman

Sujata Massey

Romance

Madeline Bell

Sarah Adler

Matthew Norman

Sarah Goodman Confino

Audrey Ingram

Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Ayana Gray

Gretchen Powell Fox

George Packer

Thomas Elrod

Jenn Lyons

Poetry

Iain Haley Pollock

Steven Ratiner

Cynthia Manick

 Arden Levine

Dorian Elizabeth Knapp

Children’s Picture Books

Brian Lies

Sherri Duskey Rinker 

Derrick Barnes 

Amy Timberlake

Jonathan Roth

Graphic Novels

John Patrick Green

Leland Melvin

Dave Roman 

Nick Bruel

Gareth Hinds

Middle Grade

Erin Entrada Kelly

Jasmine Warga

Linda Sue Park

Leonard Marcus

Mikki Knudsen

Young Adult

Sarah Dessen 

Tony Keith Jr.

Alexandra Vilasante 

Darlene Campos 

Amanda McCrinna

The Festival also includes interactive writing workshops, a Children’s Village, book sales, author signings and more. Admission and shuttles from Shady Grove Metro and Montgomery County Fairgrounds are FREE.

The Gaithersburg Book Festival’s official bookseller is Politics and Prose Bookstore. The event is sponsored by The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center, DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC North Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Montgomery County Public Schools, Chatter on Books, RIO Washingtonian Center, Washington Independent Review of Books, C-SPAN Book TV, Maryland State Arts Council and Montgomery Community Media.

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