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. More than 100 featured best-selling and award-winning authors – including Alice McDermott, Angie Kim, Clint Smith, Nicholas Kristof, Liza Mundy, Cece Bell, Brigid Kemmerer and more – will participate in presentations and panel discussions. Being held May 18 in Gaithersburg, Md., 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.
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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 15th year and taking place May 18 – will feature more than 100 best-selling and award-winning authors who will participate in talks and panel discussions. Authors include:
Fiction
Adrienne Brodeur
Tania James
Alice McDermott
Jayne Anne Phillips
Angie Kim
Paul Yoon
Non-Fiction
Liza Mundy
A J Jacobs
Nicholas Kristof
Carlos Lozado
Susan Page
Mystery/Thriller
Vera Kurian
Lauren Thoman
Kate White
Sara Shepard
Poetry
Richard Blanco
Jessica Cuello
Edgar Kunz
Clint Smith
Ping Wang
Children’s
Cece Bell
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Brian LIes
James Ransome
Graphic Novels
John Patrick Green
Tim Probert
Dave Roman
Jonathan Roth
Cynthia Leitich Smith and Kekla Magoon
Middle Grade
Derrick Barnes
Elizabeth Bunce
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Kekla Magoon
Gary Schmidt and Leah Henderson
Carole Boston Weatherford
Young Adult
Kim Johnson
Brigid Kemmerer
William Ritter
John Schu
Andrew Joseph White
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 is sponsored by The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Dawson's Market, 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, Asbury Methodist Village, Maryland State Arts Council and Montgomery Community Media
