2019 National Book Festival Author Schedule - maint.loc.gov · Children's Purple Stage Matthew Gray...

Schedule

Main Stage

Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction: Richard Ford10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT

Main Stage

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presentation11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

Main Stage

José Andrés Presentation1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Main Stage

2019 National Book Festival Author ScheduleThe 19th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m.

Children's Green Stage

David Brooks Presentation2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT

Main Stage

Raina Telgemeier Presentation4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

Main Stage

David McCullough Presentation5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT

Main Stage

Michael Beschloss Presentation7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

Main Stage

Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg Presentation9:30 am - 9:55 am EDT


Brian Floca Presentation10:05 am - 10:30 am EDT


Linda Sue Park Presentation10:40 am - 11:05 am EDT


Sherri Duskey Rinker Presentation11:15 am - 11:40 am EDT


Cece Bell Presentation11:50 am - 12:15 pm EDT


Sophie Blackall Presentation12:25 pm - 12:50 pm EDT


Jon Klassen Presentation1:00 pm - 1:25 pm EDT


Fred Bowen Presentation1:35 pm - 2:00 pm EDT


Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Presentation2:10 pm - 2:35 pm EDT


Jennifer Swanson Presentation2:45 pm - 3:10 pm EDT


Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presentation3:20 pm - 3:45 pm EDT


Pablo Cartaya Presentation3:55 pm - 4:20 pm EDT


Children's Purple Stage

Matthew Gray Gubler Presentation4:30 pm - 5:10 pm EDT


Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Presentation9:30 am - 9:55 am EDT


Lucy Ruth Cummins Presentation10:05 am - 10:30 am EDT


Juana Medina Presentation10:40 am - 11:05 am EDT


Adam Rubin Presentation11:15 am - 11:40 am EDT


Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli Presentation11:50 am - 12:25 pm EDT


Max Brallier Presentation1:10 pm - 1:35 pm EDT


Molly Brooks Presentation1:45 pm - 2:10 pm EDT


Teens

Fabien Cousteau Presentation2:20 pm - 2:45 pm EDT


Gale Galligan and Ann M. Martin Presentation2:55 pm - 3:20 pm EDT


Matt Phelan Presentation3:30 pm - 3:55 pm EDT


Sharon Robinson Presentation4:05 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Ronald L. Smith Presentation4:40 pm - 5:05 pm EDT


R.J. Palacio Presentation5:15 pm - 5:45 pm EDT


Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan Presentation10:00 am - 10:35 pm EDT

Teens

Kathleen Glasgow Presentation10:50 am - 11:25 am EDT

Teens

Fiction

Scott Westerfeld Presentation11:40 am - 12:15 pm EDT

Teens

Holly Black Presentation12:30 pm - 1:05 pm EDT

Teens

Conversation: Finding Their Voices1:20 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Teens

Conversation: Growing Up Hard3:05 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

Teens

Markus Zusak Presentation4:00 pm - 4:40 pm EDT

Teens

Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Presentation4:50 pm - 5:30 pm EDT

Teens

Poetry Slam6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Teens

Rebecca Makkai Presentation10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT

Fiction

Conversation: Novels Based on Real People11:00 am - 11:50 am EDT

Fiction

Sigrid Nunez Presentation12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Thomas Mallon Presentation1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Ann Beattie Presentation2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Susan Choi Presentation3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Richard Powers Presentation4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Laila Lalami Presentation5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Barbara Kingsolver Presentation6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Genre Fiction

Joyce Carol Oates Presentation7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT

Fiction

Panel: Western Writers10:00 am - 10:50 am EDT

Genre Fiction

Victoria "V.E." Schwab Genre Fiction Presentation11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT

Genre Fiction

Seanan McGuire Presentation12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

John Scalzi Presentation1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

Brianna Labuskes Presentation2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

Charlie Jane Anders Presentation3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

History & Biography

Conversation: Historical Novels4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

Joe Ide Presentation5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

Sara Paretsky Presentation6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

James Ellroy Presentation7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT

Genre Fiction

David Maraniss Presentation10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT

History & Biography

Joanne B. Freeman Presentation11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT

History & Biography

Brenda Wineapple Presentation12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Casey Gerald Presentation1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

International

Conversation: Native American History1:55 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Elaine Weiss Presentation3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Douglas Brinkley Presentation4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Evan Thomas Presentation5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Andrew Roberts Presentation6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Rick Atkinson Presentation7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT

History & Biography

Panel: The View From Country—Australia's Aboriginal Writers10:00 am - 10:50 am EDT

International

Claudia Salazar Jiménez Presentation11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT

International

Inga Gaile Presentation12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

International

Amitav Ghosh Presentation1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

International

Olga Grjasnowa Presentation2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

International

Cristina Rivera Garza Presentation3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

International

Conversation: South American Fiction4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT

International

Caoilinn Hughes Presentation5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT

International

Kim Thúy Presentation6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT

International

María Dueñas Presentation7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT

International

Poetry & Prose

Jericho Brown and the Poetry Out Loud Winners10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT

Poetry & Prose

Panel: Fiction Through a Di�erent Lens11:00 am - 11:50 am EDT

Poetry & Prose

Conversation: Poetry With a Purpose12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Conversation: The Art of the Short Story1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Conversation: The Poetry of Place2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Julia Alvarez Presentation3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Conversation: The Poetry of Silence4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Panel: How to Raise a Reader5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Science

Nathan Englander Presentation6:10 pm - 6:55 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

Panel: The Enduring Appeal of the Odyssey7:05 pm - 7:55 pm EDT

Poetry & Prose

David Sloan Wilson Presentation10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT

Science

Jim Ottaviani Presentation11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT

Science

Conversation: Animal Emotions12:00 pm - 12:50 pm EDT

Science

Thomas W. Malone Presentation1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT

Science

Peter Brannen Presentation2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT

Science

Beth Macy Presentation3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT

Science

Understanding Our World

Daniel Stone Presentation4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT

Science

Lisa Margonelli Presentation5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT

Science

David Quammen Presentation6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT

Science

Douglas Rushko� Presentation7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT

Science

David Epstein Presentation10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT


Panel: Changemakers11:00 am - 12:15 pm EDT


Conversation: The Future of Western Capitalism and the Rise of Asia12:30 pm - 1:15 pm EDT


Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno Presentation1:30 pm - 2:20 pm EDT


Book Signings

David Grann Presentation2:30 pm - 3:15 pm EDT


Panel: From the Many, One—Immigration Memoirs3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Conversation: Essential Libraries4:45 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Elaine Pagels Presentation5:45 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Panel: Race in America6:45 pm - 7:45 pm EDT


Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Book Signing Line No. 610:30 am - 11:30 am EDT

Book Signing Lines 6-10

Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg Book Signing Line No. 1010:30 am - 11:30 am EDT


Brenton McKenna Book Signing Line No. 1811:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Brian Floca Book Signing Line No. 411:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Craig Johnson Book Signing Line No. 1511:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


David Epstein Book Signing Line No. 511:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


David Maraniss Book Signing Line No. 811:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


David Sloan Wilson Book Signing Line No. 311:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Jeanine Leane Book Signing Line No. 1711:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Johnny D. Boggs Book Signing Line No. 1211:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Anne Hillerman Book Signing Line No. 1311:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Kim Scott Book Signing Line No. 1911:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Lucy Ruth Cummins Book Signing Line No. 2211:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Marian Bantjes National Book Festival Poster Signing Line No. 2111:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Paul Andrew Hutton Book Signing Line No. 1411:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Rebecca Makkai Book Signing Line No. 2311:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan Book Signing Line No. 111:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Richard Ford Book Signing Line No. 1611:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT


Adam Rubin Book Signing Line No. 212:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Aminatta Forna Book Signing Line No. 812:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Claudia Salazar Jiménez Book Signing Line No. 112:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Jim Ottaviani Book Signing Line No. 1312:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Joanne B. Freeman Book Signing Line No. 612:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Juana Medina Book Signing Line No. 2312:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Kathleen Glasgow Book Signing Line No. 1212:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Linda Sue Park Book Signing Line No. 2012:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Louis Bayard Book Signing Line No. 1712:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


R.O. Kwon Book Signing Line No. 912:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Roxana Robinson Book Signing Line No. 1812:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Sherri Duskey Rinker Book Signing Line No. 712:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Valeria Luiselli Book Signing Line No. 1012:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT


Alexandra Horowitz Book Signing Line No. 131:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Andrea Barnet Book Signing Line No. 221:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Andrew Roberts Book Signing Line No. 211:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Brenda Wineapple Book Signing Line No. 161:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Cece Bell Book Signing Line No. 111:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


David W. Blight Book Signing Line No. 201:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Dorianne Laux Book Signing Line No. 71:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Elizabeth Acevedo Book Signing Line No. 91:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Frans de Waal Book Signing Line No. 141:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Inga Gaile Book Signing Line No. 21:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Jericho Brown Book Signing Line No. 61:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli Book Signing Line No. 151:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Raina Telgemeier Book Signing Line No. 191:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Scott Westerfeld Book Signing Line No. 51:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Seanan McGuire Book Signing Line No. 41:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Sophie Blackall Book Signing Line No. 11:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Victoria "V.E." Schwab Book Signing Line No. 81:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT


Alberto Manguel Book Signing Line No. 152:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Amitav Ghosh Book Signing Line No. 92:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Brendan Mathews Book Signing Line No. 102:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Casey Gerald Book Signing Line No. 32:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Emily Wilson Book Signing Line No. 142:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Fred Bowen Book Signing Line No. 52:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Holly Black Book Signing Line No. 122:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


John Scalzi Book Signing Line No. 222:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Jon Klassen Book Signing Line No. 42:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


José Andrés Book Signing Line No. 172:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Joshua Hammer Book Signing Line No. 162:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Lydia Millet Book Signing Line No. 112:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Madeline Miller Book Signing Line No. 132:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Max Brallier Book Signing Line No. 182:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Misa Sugiura Book Signing Line No. 212:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Mitali Perkins Book Signing Line No. 202:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Parag Khanna Book Signing Line No. 62:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


R.J. Palacio Book Signing Line No. 232:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Steven Pearlstein Book Signing Line No. 72:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Thomas W. Malone Book Signing Line No. 22:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT


Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno Book Signing Line No. 223:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Ann Beattie Book Signing Line No. 73:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Brianna Labuskes Book Signing Line No. 23:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Colin G. Calloway Book Signing Line No. 153:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


David Treuer Book Signing Line No. 163:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Elaine Pagels Book Signing Line No. 143:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Fabien Cousteau Book Signing Line No. 53:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Jenny Xie Book Signing Line No. 103:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Michael Beschloss Book Signing Line No. 13:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Molly Brooks Book Signing Line No. 213:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Natasha Trethewey Book Signing Line No. 93:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Ngozi Ukazu Book Signing Line No. 33:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Olga Grjasnowa Book Signing Line No. 83:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Peter Brannen Book Signing Line No. 193:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Book Signing Line No. 113:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT


Barbara Kingsolver Book Signing Line No. 124:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Beth Macy Book Signing Line No. 144:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Charlie Jane Anders Book Signing Line No. 114:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Cristina Rivera Garza Book Signing Line No. 104:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


David Brooks Book Signing Line No. 134:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


David Grann Book Signing Line No. 164:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


David Quammen Book Signing Line No. 174:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Elaine Weiss Book Signing Line No. 94:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Gale Galligan and Ann M. Martin Book Signing Line No. 154:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Henry Louis Gates Jr. Book Signing Line No. 54:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Jarrett J. Krosoczka Book Signing Line No. 84:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Jennifer Swanson Book Signing Line No. 234:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT Book Signing Lines 20-23

Judge Richard Gergel Book Signing Line No. 44:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Julia Alvarez Book Signing Line No. 184:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Kim Thúy Book Signing Line No. 214:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Monica Hesse Book Signing Line No. 74:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Nathan Englander Book Signing Line No. 194:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Sara Paretsky Book Signing Line No. 204:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Steve Luxenberg Book Signing Line No. 64:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Susan Choi Book Signing Line No. 34:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT


Aleksandar Hemon Book Signing Line No. 165:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Daniel Stone Book Signing Line No. 65:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Douglas Brinkley Book Signing Line No. 75:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Douglas Rushko� Book Signing Line No. 135:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Ilya Kaminsky Book Signing Line No. 125:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


James Ellroy Book Signing Line No. 195:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Joyce Carol Oates Book Signing Line No. 215:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Liliana Colanzi Book Signing Line No. 95:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Margaret George Book Signing Line No. 25:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


María Dueñas Book Signing Line No. 45:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Markus Zusak Book Signing Line No. 35:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Melba Escobar Book Signing Line No. 85:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Pablo Cartaya Book Signing Line No. 205:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Philippa Gregory Book Signing Line No. 15:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Reyna Grande Book Signing Line No. 155:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Richard Powers Book Signing Line No. 235:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Rick Atkinson Book Signing Line No. 105:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Ronald L. Smith Book Signing Line No. 225:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Sharon Robinson Book Signing Line No. 145:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Sheila Black Book Signing Line No. 115:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Suketu Mehta Book Signing Line No. 175:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT


Caoilinn Hughes Book Signing Line No. 226:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Evan Thomas Book Signing Line No. 186:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Joe Ide Book Signing Line No. 126:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Laila Lalami Book Signing Line No. 206:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Linda Holmes Book Signing Line No. 46:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Lisa Margonelli Book Signing Line No. 176:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Pamela Paul and Maria Russo Book Signing Line No. 116:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Book Signing Line No. 56:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT


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