2026 Festival Indie Authors (A-Z)

Numerous Indie Authors were selected to appear on panels; check them out here and maybe see the next big star.

If you are attending author events, bring a clear bag to avoid entry delays while adhering to the University's Clear Bag Policy.  

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C.R. Allen

Whitney Amazeen

Riley Andrews

Patricia Averbach

Michael Ballard

Leia Barrett

Monica Bauer

Alice Benson

BreAnna Borah

Barbara Bradley

Ivy Bronson

Rocio Carranza

Sanaa Chege

Christabel Choi

Benjamin Coe

Leslie Colburn

Barb Czinger-Pacheco

Rossana D'Antonio

Timothy Dahms

Suzanne Dana

Jonathan Danielson

David Davis

Tom Deady

Darlene Deluca

Deborah Derrickson Kossmann

Sonja Dewing

Tom Diggs

Matthew Don

Kiersten Dunbar Chace

Matthew Duncan

Sara Ella

Anne Emerson

Curt Ench

Antonio Farias

Joan Fernandez

Douglas Fifer

Ranch Preservation Foundation

Pat Gaffey

Kaia Gallagher

Héctor García-Chávez

Mignon Gardner

Lizzy Gayle

Wendy Gee

Shane Gericke

Renata Golden

Robert Goluba

Elysabeth Grace

David Grassé

C.A. Gray

Alexander Greengaard

Erika Hamden

Gregory Harmon

Kenneth Harrell

Ray Harris

Jennie Hedges

Sedona Heeler

Mia Heintzelman

Neha Hewitt

Sue Hinkin

Nora Ho

Diana Hochberg

Christopher Jansmann

David Jensen

Laura Jenski

Christopher Johnston

Cynthia Johnston

Jay Jones

Patricia Jones

Kimberly Keagan

Kami King Larsen

Jean Klein

Tyler LaBelle

Rebecca Laff

Nico Lang

Krissy Lanier

Andrea Leeb

April Lesher

Jonathan Liebson

Lezlee Liljenberg

Robert Luce

Eve Luckring

Lisa MacDonald

L. L. Madrid

Susan Magestro

Beth Malow

Danny Marianino

Guillermo Marquez-Sterling

Daniel Martinez

Lisa McGraw

Robin Merle

Emily Michel

Linda Moore

Patricia Moore

Hugo Moreno

Holly Morgan

Jack Myers

Melissa Naatz

Shannon Nace

Leslie Nack

Karen Nelson

Barbara Nichols, Ph.D.

Richard Noble

Ellen O'Brien

Abigail O'Bryan

Leslie O'Sullivan

Rashell Orey

Kelli Peacock

Yolanda Pigatt

Nancy Poling

Mike Powell

Francis Gary Powers Jr

Erica Prather

Ariel Rathbun

Rosalie Rayburn

Shannon Reedy

Brian Reiss

Jeanne Renee

Sandra Richmond

Vicki Riske

C.A. River

Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford

Dora Rodriguez

Rosalinda Rodriguez

Judith Rooney

Andrew Ross

Yun Rou

Sequoia Rudolph

Suzanne Samuels

Julie Seyler

Sheena Sharma

Maegan Simpson

A. Skoda

Becki Stockton

Ariel Strobel

Ashley Sweeney

Sharon Takerer

Karissa Thomas

K. Thompson

Pamela Thompson

Niki Tilicki

Terrilyn Trejo

Randall Tyrone

AD Uhlar

Russell Vanderboom

Robert Varady

Brant Vickers

Lucy Walsh

Erica Watson

R. Weir

Sue Wells

Kari Wergeland

Tim White

Jean Widner

Thomas Wolf

Michelle Yang

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