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2013

The 13th Library of Congress National Book Festival once again will bring the nation's best authors, poets and illustrators to Washington to discuss their work and meet their fans. Our preliminary list of authors includes:

  • Katherine Applegate
  • Marie Arana
  • Rick Atkinson
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Nicholson Baker
  • Lynda Barry
  • Bonnie Benwick
  • A. Scott Berg
  • Holly Black
  • Fred Bowen
  • Taylor Branch
  • Monica Brown
  • Christopher Buckley
  • Fred Chao
  • Jeff Chu
  • Lesa Cline-Ransome
  • Steve Coll
  • Susan Cooper
  • Justin Cronin
  • Giada De Laurentiis
  • Don DeLillo
  • Katherine Erskine
  • Richard Paul Evans
  • David Finkel
  • Brian Floca
  • Eric Gansworth
  • Cristina Garcia
  • Kelly Gildea
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • Alyson Hagy
  • Mark Helprin
  • Kevin Henkes
  • Gilbert Hernandez
  • Jaime Hernandez
  • Juan Felipe Herrera
  • Jennifer L. Holm
  • Matthew Holm
  • Khaled Hosseini
  • Kay Bailey Hutchison
  • Sheila Miyoshi Jager
  • Oliver Jeffers
  • Pati Jinich
  • Adam Johnson
  • William P. Jones
  • Cynthia Kadohata
  • Thomas Keneally
  • Jamaica Kincaid
  • Matthew J. Kirby
  • Jon Klassen
  • Kirby Larson
  • Suzy Lee
  • Grace Lin
  • Mario Livio
  • Rafael López
  • D.J. MacHale
  • Kenneth W. Mack
  • William Martin
  • Ayana Mathis
  • James McBride
  • Heather McHugh
  • Lisa McMann
  • Terry McMillan
  • Brad Meltzer
  • Elizabeth Moon
  • Wes Moore
  • Christopher Myers
  • David Nasaw
  • Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  • Kadir Nelson
  • Patrick Ness
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Katherine Paterson
  • Richard Peck
  • Benjamin Percy
  • Matt de la Peña
  • Tamora Pierce
  • Daniel Pink
  • Andrea Davis Pinkney
  • Brian Pinkney
  • Matthew Quick
  • James Ransome
  • Vaddey Ratner
  • Veronica Roth
  • Christel Schmidt
  • Casey Scieszka
  • Jon Scieszka
  • Chad "Corntassel" Smith
  • Andrew Solomon
  • Sonya Sones
  • Walter Stahr
  • Manil Suri
  • James L. Swanson
  • Mark Teague
  • Evan Thomas
  • Natasha Trethewey
  • Steve Vogel
  • William Wegman
  • George Weigel
  • Charles Whelan
  • Henry Wiencek
  • Rick Yancey
  • Dean Young
  • A Book That Shaped Me Contest
  • Letters About Literature
  • National Student Poets
  • Poetry Out Loud
  • Readers Theater / Ambassador Program

Pavilion assignments have not been finalized for the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival, but will include the following:

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Contemporary Life
  • Fiction & Mystery
  • Graphic Novels
  • History & Biography
  • Poetry & Prose
  • Science-Fiction & Fantasy
  • Family Storytelling Stage

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