Key	Imgs	Short Description
2018_DC_NBF_Tan_180901	10	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Amy Tan w/Marie Arana Amy Tan Amy Tan is the author of “The Valley of Amazement,” “The Joy Luck Club,” “The Kitchen God’s Wife,” “The Hundred Secret Senses,” “The Bonesetter’s Daughter” and “The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life.” She has also penned two children’s books: “The Moon Lady” and “Sagwa,” which has...
2018_DC_NBF_Proulx_180901	37	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Annie Proulx w/Carla Hayden and Marie Arana Annie Proulx Annie Proulx is the 2018 recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. Her novel “The Shipping News” won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was adapted into a major motion picture. Her short story “Brokeback Mountain” (from the story collection...
2018_DC_NBF_CSpan_180901	29	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Book TV on C-Span2 Folks here include Doris Kearns Goodwin and Alfredo Corchado being interviewed by Peter Slen (Host, C-Span) Alfredo Corchado Alfredo Corchado is the Mexico border correspondent for The Dallas Morning News and author of “Midnight in Mexico.” He is a Nieman, Lannan, USMEX, Woodrow Wilson and...
2018_DC_NBF_Meltzer_180901	13	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer Brad Meltzer is the No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of “The Inner Circle,” “The Book of Fate” and nine other best-selling thrillers, including “The Tenth Justice,” “The First Counsel,” “The Millionaires” and “The President’s Shadow.” His newest book is “The Escape Artist” (Grand...
2018_DC_NBF_Kilmeade_180901	9	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Brian Kilmeade Brian Kilmeade One of the co-hosts of “Fox & Friends,” Brian Kilemeade is also an author of history books such as “George Washington’s Secret Six” and “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.” His new work, “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny”...
2018_DC_NBF_Selznick_180901	18	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Brian Selznick w/Barrie Hardymon Brian Selznick Brian Selznick’s books have garnered countless accolades worldwide and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He is the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the No. 1 New York Times best-sellers “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” adapted into Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning movie...
2018_DC_NBF_Grabenstein_180901	3	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Chris Grabenstein Chris Grabenstein Chris Grabenstein is the No, 1 New York Times best-selling author of “Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library,” “Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics,” “Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race” and “The Island of Dr. Libris.” He has co-written numerous bestselling books with James Patterson....
2018_DC_NBF_CK_EAD_180901	29	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Conversation: Founders and Their Slaves w/Catherine Kerrison and Erica Armstrong Dunbar w/Eric Deggans Catherine Kerrison Catherine Kerrison is an associate professor of history at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses in colonial and revolutionary America and women's and gender history. She holds a Ph.D. in American history from the College of William and Mary. Her...
2018_DC_NBF_Ignatius_180901	6	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- David Ignatius w/Stephanie Merry David Ignatius David Ignatius is an associate editor for The Washington Post. Since 2003, he has been the author of a twice-weekly, globally distributed column on global politics, economics and international affairs. He has held important positions at the International Herald Tribune and The Wasll...
2018_DC_NBF_Goodwin_180901	23	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Doris Kearns Goodwin w/David Rubenstein Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Kearns Goodwin’s interest in leadership began more than half a century ago as a teacher at Harvard. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House and later assisting him on his memoirs led to “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.” She followed up with the Pulitzer...
2018_DC_NBF_Wood_180901	11	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Gordon S. Wood w/David Rubenstein Gordon S. Wood An emeritus professor of history at Brown University, Gordon S. Wood is the author of “Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787,” which won the Bancroft Prize and the John H. Dunning Prize in 1970, and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for...
2018_DC_NBF_McDonnell_180901	54	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Graphic Novels 1 of 4: Patrick McDonnell w/Michael Cavna Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the comic strip “Mutts,” which is syndicated in more than 700 newspapers in 20 countries. He is also the author of the children’s books “The Gift of Nothing” and a Caldecott Honor book “Me . . . Jane,” among others.
2018_DC_NBF_PB_TW_180901	79	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Graphic Novels 2 of 4: Pénélope Bagieu and Tillie Walden w/Michael Cavna Pénélope Bagieu Pénélope Bagieu was born in Paris in 1982 to Corsican and Basque parents. She is a best-selling graphic novel author, and her editorial illustrations have appeared all over the French media. In America, her graphic novels include “Exquisite Corpse,” “California Dreamin’” and, most...
2018_DC_NBF_Piskor_180901	53	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Graphic Novels 3 of 4: Ed Piskor w/Michael Cavna Ed Piskor Ed Piskor is the writer and artist behind “X-Men: Grand Design” (Marvel). This deeply personal and heavily researched reimagining of the origins of the world famous X-Men incorporates the past 40 years of the title’s history and has been met with critical acclaim from all corners of the...
2018_DC_NBF_Gay_180901	15	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Graphic Novels 4 of 4: Roxane Gay w/Michael Cavna Roxane Gay Roxane Gay’s writing appears in “Best American Mystery Stories 20140,” “Best American Short Stories 2012,” “Best Sex Writing 2012,” and the magazines Harper’s Bazaar, A Public Space, McSweeney’s, Tin House, Oxford American, American Short Fiction, Virginia Quarterly Review and many others....
2018_DC_NBF_Swanson_180901	8	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- James L. Swanson James L. Swanson James L. Swanson is the award-winning author of the best-seller “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer.” His other books include his newest: “Chasing King’s Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassin” (Scholastic). Swanson has also written “Chasing Lincoln's...
2018_DC_NBF_Meacham_180901	17	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Jon Meacham Jon Meacham Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian. A contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review and a contributing editor of Time magazine, he is the author of the New York Times best-sellers “Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,”...
2018_DC_NBF_KD_HB_180901	10	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Kate DiCamillo and Harry Bliss Kate DiCamillo Kate DiCamillo is the beloved author of many books for children, including “Flora & Ulysses” and “The Tale of Despereaux,” both of which received Newbery Medals. Her most recent middle-grade novel, “Raymie Nightingale,” was an instant No. 1 New York Times best-seller and a National Book...
2018_DC_NBF_Albright_180901	12	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Madeleine Albright w/David Rubenstein Madeleine Albright Madeleine Albright served from 1997 until 2001 as the first woman secretary of state. She was born in the former Czechoslovakia, and her family immigrated to the United States in 1948. She followed in her father’s footsteps by also becoming a diplomat. Prior to being secretary of...
2018_DC_NBF_Misc_180901	21	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Miscellaneous Miscellaneous things. The Poltics and prose book sale area, the Pavilion of States, the Library of Congress Town Square, etc. Folks include Carla Hayden, Michelle Krowl, Martha Kennedy, Joe Wos, Robert Pohl, Stephanie Stebich, Peter Slen (the C-Span interviewer), and Carlos Lozada.
2018_DC_NBF_Monumental_180901	17	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Panel: Monumental Decisions w/Kirk Savage, Kristin Ann Hass, Brent D. Glass, and James Reston Jr. Kirk Savage Kirk Savage has been writing about public monuments and collective memory for over 30 years. He is the author of “Standing Soldiers, Kneeling Slaves: Race, War, and Monument in Nineteenth-Century America” (Princeton University), now available in a new edition, and “Monument Wars: Washington...
2018_DC_NBF_PP_180901	12	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Politics and Prose Area
2018_DC_NBF_Chernow_180901	15	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Ron Chernow w/Colleen Shogan Ron Chernow Ron Chernow is the prize-winning author of six previous books and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, “The House of Morgan,” won the National Book Award. “Washington: A Life” won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and “Alexander Hamilton”—the inspiration for...
2018_DC_NBF_Sotomayor_180901	44	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Sonia Sotomayor w/Carla Hayden U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Sotomayor, an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County and then as a litigator...
2018_DC_NBF_Coll_180901	13	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Steve Coll Steve Coll Steve Coll was appointed Dean of Columbia Journalism School in 2013 after serving as president of New America Foundation (2007-2012). He joined the New Yorker as a staff writer in 2005 and continues to write for the publication on politics, national security and the media. Coll is also the...
2018_DC_NBF_Eizenstat_180901	17	Natl Book Festival 2018 -- Stuart E. Eizenstat w/David Rubenstein Stuart E. Eizenstat Stuart E. Eizenstat is a diplomat and an attorney. His work as a lawyer focuses on resolving international trade problems and business disputes between the United States and other governments. Eizenstat was the U.S. ambassador to the European Union in 1993-1996 and deputy secretary...

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