Key	Imgs	Short Description
2006_DC_NBF_Stoddard_060930	3	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Alexandra Stoddard Alexandra Stoddard is a philosopher of contemporary living, an interior designer and an author of many best-selling books, including Choosing Happiness: Key to a Joyful Life (2002), which is in its fourth printing; Things I Want My Daughters to Know (2004), now in its ninth printing; and her most recent...
2006_DC_NBF_Woodward_060930	11	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Bob Woodward Bob Woodward: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bob Woodward, a reporter and editor at The Washington Post since 1971, has authored or co-authored 10 No. 1 national nonfiction best-sellers, including two on the George W. Bush presidency, Bush at War (2002) and Plan of Attack (2004). His first best-seller,...
2006_DC_NBF_Meltzer_060930	2	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer: Each of Brad Meltzer’s five novels has been a New York Times best-seller. He earned credit from Columbia Law School for writing his first book, which became The Tenth Justice (1997), an instant best-seller. His new novel is a thriller, The Book of Fate (Warner Books, 2006). His books have...
2006_DC_NBF_Collier_060930	2	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Bryan Collier Bryan Collier, who began creating artwork in his signature style at the age of 15, has illustrated numerous award-winning children’s books. He is the recipient of two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, for Uptown and Rosa, as well as Coretta Scott King Honors for Freedom River, Martin’s Big Words:...
2006_DC_NBF_Hoffman_060930	2	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Daniel Hoffman Daniel Hoffman: An award-winning poet, translator, and literary critic, Daniel Hoffman has published more than ten books of poetry. His first collection, An Armada of Thirty Whales (1954), was chosen by W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. His most recent book is Makes You Stop and Think:...
2006_DC_NBF_Goodwin_060930	34	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Kearns Goodwin, a former Harvard professor and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, is the author of several New York Times best-sellers, including No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt which was awarded the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in History and her latest book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of...
2006_DC_NBF_Brinkley_060930	9	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Douglas Brinkley Douglas Brinkley is professor of history and director of the Roosevelt Center at Tulane University. Four of his books were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. His last three historical narratives, Tour of Duty, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc and Parish Priest, were all New York Times...
2006_DC_NBF_Hill_060930	2	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Ezra Hill Veterans History event with Ezra Hill, a veteran who served as a Tuskegee airman.
2006_DC_NBF_Spirin_060930	5	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Gennady Spirin Gennady Spirin: The artist for this year's festival is award-winning Russian-born illustrator Gennady Spirin, whose lush contemporary technique brings a rich, imaginative depiction to the 2006 National Book Festival's poster. Mr. Spirin combines a modern aesthetic with the great traditions of the...
2006_DC_NBF_Pelacanos_060930	3	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- George P. Pelecanos George P. Pelecanos, the author of more than a dozen crime-noir novels, spent years developing his writing talent and gathering his material from his life experiences in Washington, D.C. He was employed as a line cook, dishwasher, bartender, shoe salesman, electronics salesman and unskilled laborer --...
2006_DC_NBF_Coben_060930	1	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Harlan Coben Harlan Coben: International best-selling author Harlan Coben’s novels, including his most recent, Promise Me (Dutton, 2006), become national best-sellers almost as soon as they are published. He has won the Edgar Award, Shamus Award and Anthony Award -- the first writer to win all three -- for his Myron...
2006_DC_NBF_Franklin_060930	4	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin, Duke University professor of history emeritus, is the author and editor of 17 books, including the best-selling From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. As the first distinguished visiting scholar at the Library of Congress under the John W. Kluge Endowment, he...
2006_DC_NBF_McCutcheon_060930	4	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- John McCutcheon John McCutcheon: Author, storyteller, singer and songwriter John McCutcheon is the recipient of several awards and honors. His 29 recordings have garnered five consecutive Grammy nominations, and he has produced more than twenty albums by other artists, from traditional fiddlers to contemporary...
2006_DC_NBF_Nelson_060930	3	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Kadir Nelson Kadir Nelson began his career in illustration by creating the storyboards for Steven Spielberg's film "Amistad." Since that time he has become a much-sought-after artist, illustrating many celebrated picture books, including the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Thunder Rose, the best-seller Salt in His...
2006_DC_NBF_Bird_060930	11	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Kai Bird Kai Bird is the author of The Chairman: John J. McCloy, The Making of the American Establishment and The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy, Brothers in Arms. He co-edited with Lawrence Lifschultz, Hiroshima’s Shadow: Writings on the Denial of History and the Smithsonian Controversy. His...
2006_DC_NBF_Hutchison_060930	15	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Kay Bailey Hutchison Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) became the first woman elected to the U. S. Senate from the state of Texas. She is a graduate of the University of Texas and the University of Texas Law School and was twice elected to the Texas House of Representatives. She has also received numerous awards and...
2006_DC_NBF_Hosseini_060930	2	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Khaled Hosseini : As a fourth grader, Khaled Hosseini was already reading Persian poetry as well as Farsi translations of novels ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer series. His debut novel, The Kite Runner (Penguin, 2003), has stayed on best-seller, book club and community-wide reading...
2006_DC_NBF_Sachar_060930	3	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Louis Sachar Louis Sachar is an award-winning author of more than 20 fiction and educational books for children. His book Holes won the prestigious National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. It was also an American Library Association (ALA) Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book, and it was made into a...
2006_DC_NBF_Misc_060930	22	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Miscellaneous
2006_DC_NBF_Meyer_060930	3	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Stephenie Meyer Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English literature. Her debut novel, Twilight (2005), was released to critical acclaim and became a New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, one of American Library Association’s Ten Best Books for...
2006_DC_NBF_Branch_060930	12	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Taylor Branch Taylor Branch: Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch is the author of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63, Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65, and At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 (Simon & Schuster, 2006), his three-volume account of the civil rights...
2006_DC_NBF_Miller_060930	12	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Veteran's History Project panel w/Donald Miller, Rick Newman, Don Shepperd, and Daun Van Ee Veteran's History Project panel discussion: Donald Miller, Rick Newman, Don Shepperd, and Daun Van Ee. Donald Miller, author of "Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany," and Rick Newman and Don Shepperd, authors of "Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots...
2006_DC_NBF_Hymel_060930	4	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Veteran's History Project panel w/Kevin Hymel and Bob Patrick Veteran's History Project panel discussion: Kevin Hymel and Bob Patrick: Bob Patrick, director of the Veterans History Project, will interview Kevin Hymel, author of "Patton's Photographs: War As He Saw It." Mr. Hymel will focus on General George S. Patton's personal photography of his service in World...
2006_DC_NBF_Yeutushenko_060930	2	Natl Book Festival 2006 -- Yevgeny Yevtushenko Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Born in Siberia near Lake Baikal, Yevgeny Yevtushenko is Russia's best-known living poet. He published his first poem in 1949, and his famous poem "Babi Yar," which inspired Dimitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, was published in 1961. Besides his poetry, Yevtushenko has also...

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