Sponsors and Friends of the Festival are invited to a books launch party with authors in attendance.
| Fast Passes: | This event has free Fast Passes. Fast Passes are not available yet. |
| Where: | Campus Store - Hot Off the Press (Seats 250, Wheelchair accessible)  |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 8:00 am - 9:00 am |
David Blumenthal, a leading expert on health and social policies in the United States, has served as a practicing physician, government and foundation leader, and author and professor throughout his distinguished career....
C. J. Box is the bestselling author of 31 novels, 26 of them in his signature Joe Pickett series. More than 20 million copies of his books have been sold, and his work has been translated into 26 different languages....
Elle Cosimano is a New York Times bestselling author, an International Thriller Award winner, and an Edgar Award nominee. Elle’s debut novel for adults, "Finlay Donovan Is Killing It," kicked off a witty, fast-paced contemporary mystery series which was one of the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2021....
Elon Green has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker, and appears in Unspeakable Acts, Sarah Weinman’s anthology of true crime. "Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York" was his first book and won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime....
Adib Khorram is a queer Iranian American author whose acclaimed novels include “Darius the Great is Not Okay,” “Darius the Great Deserves Better,” “Kiss & Tell,” and “The Breakup Lists....
T Kira Māhealani Madden is a diasporic Kanaka 'Ōiwi, Native Hawaiian, writer and author of the acclaimed memoir "Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls," which was named a New York Times Editors' Choice, as well as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize and the Lambda Literary Award....
Loubna Mrie is a Syrian journalist, photographer, and writer, and a frequent commentator on Syrian and Middle Eastern affairs. The recipient of fellowships and residencies from Magnum Foundation, Ucross Foundation, and MacDowell, she has published work in The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, The Nation, Time, and London Review of Books....
Born and raised in Colorado, Megan Kate Nelson is a writer and historian based in Boston. Her most recent book is "The Westerners." She has written about US western history, the Civil War, and American culture for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Smithsonian Magazine....
Keith O'Brien is The New York Times bestselling author of "Charlie Hustle," "Paradise Falls," "Fly Girls," and "Outside Shot." He has won the 2025 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld award for biography, has been a finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, NPR, and This American Life....
Caroline Paul is the author of eight books for kids and adults, including The New York Times bestseller "The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure." Her latest book is "Why Fly: Seeking Awe, Healing, and Our True Selves in the Sky," that explores the art, history, and psychology of aeronautics....
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