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Saturday, Sept. 24
Sunday, Sept. 25

Children

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-11:00	Mary Brigid Barrett	11:30-12:30
10:00-11:00	Exquisite Corpse Adventure
11:10-11:55	Julianne Moore	12:30-1:30
12:05-12:50	Calef Brown	1:30-2:30
1:00-1:45	Chris Van Dusen	2:30-3:30
1:55-2:40	Dorie McCullough Lawson	3:30-4:30
2:50-3:35	Tomie dePaola	4:00-5:00
3:45-4:30	Harry Bliss	2:30-3:30
4:40-5:25	William Joyce	1:30-2:30

Teens

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-10:45	Uma Krishnaswami	11:30-12:30
10:55-11:40	Sarah Dessen	12:30-1:30
11:50-12:35	Katherine Paterson	1:00-2:00
12:45-1:30	Jack Gantos	2:30-3:30
1:40-2:25	Gordon Korman	12:00-1:00
2:35-3:20	Cassandra Clare	12:00-1:00
3:30-4:15	Brian Selznick	2:00-3:00
4:25-5:10	Rita Williams-Garcia	1:30-2:30

Contemporary Life

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-10:45	Jim Lehrer	11:00-12:00
10:55-11:40	Leon Fleisher	12:30-1:30
10:55-11:40	Anne Midgette	12:30-1:30
11:50-12:35	Hoda Kotb	1:00-2:00
12:45-1:30	Sylvia Nasar	2:30-3:30
1:40-2:55	Sarah Vowell	3:00-4:00
2:35-3:20	Jessica Harris	4:00-5:00
4:25-5:10	Amy Chua	3:00-4:00

Fiction & Mystery

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-10:45	Toni Morrison	11:30-12:30
10:55-11:40	Jennifer Egan	12:00-1:00
11:50-12:35	Gregory Maguire	1:00-2:00
12:45-1:30	Steve Berry	2:30-3:30
1:40-2:25	Esmeralda Santiago	3:00-4:00
2:35-3:20	Russell Banks	3:30-4:30
3:30-4:15	Laura Lippman	1:30-2:30
4:25-5:10	Sara Paretsky	2:00-3:00

History & Biography

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-10:45	Eugene Robinson	11:30-12:30
10:55-11:40	Maya Jasanoff	12:30-1:30
11:50-12:35	Eric Foner	1:00-2:00
12:45-1:30	James L. Swanson	2:00-3:00
1:40-2:25	Candice Millard	4:00-5:00
2:35-3:20	Justin Martin	4:00-5:00
3:30-4:15	Edmund Morris	4:30-5:30
4:25-5:10	Isabel Wilkerson	2:00-3:00

Poetry & Prose

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-10:45	Michael Cunningham	11:30-12:30
10:55-11:40	Rita Dove	12:00-1:00
11:50-12:35	Jonathan Yardley	1:00-2:00
12:45-1:30	Linda Pastan	3:30-4:30
1:40-2:25	Mary Gordon	12:00-1:00
2:35-3:20	Claudia Emerson	4:00-5:00
3:30-4:15	Kimiko Hahn	1:30-2:30
4:25-5:10	Dave Eggers	2:30-3:30

Family Storytelling Stage

Time	Author	Signing
10:00-10:30	Okee Dokee Brothers
10:40-11:00	Matthew Reinhart	11:30-12:30
11:00-11:20	Lauren Myracle	12:00-1:00
11:20-11:40	James H. Billington
11:45-12:15	Hip Hop Harry
12:20-12:40	Mac Barnett	1:00-2:00
12:40-1:00	Ellen Sabin	1:30-2:30
1:00-1:20	Tom Lichtenheld	2:00-3:00
1:25-1:55	Choo Choo Soul with Genevieve
2:00-2:20	Jarrett J. Krosoczka	3:00-4:00
2:20-2:40	Loren Long	4:30-5:30
2:40-3:00	Josh Lewis	3:30-4:30
3:00-3:20	Julianne Moore
3:25-3:55	Moona Luna
4:00-4:20	John Rocco	2:30-3:30
4:20-4:40	Jane O'Connor	3:00-4:00
4:40-5:00	Daniel Kirk	3:00-4:00
5:10-5:40	Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players

Children

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Jon J Muth	2:30-3:30
1:55-2:40	John McCutcheon	3:30-4:30
1:55-2:40	Carmen Agra Deedy	3:30-4:30
2:50-3:35	John Bemelmans Marciano	4:30-5:30
3:45-4:30	Sam McBratney	1:30-2:30
4:40-5:25	Joe Hayes	1:30-2:30

Teens

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Susan Cooper	3:30-4:30
1:55-2:40	Shelia P. Moses	3:00-4:00
2:50-3:35	Kadir Nelson	4:30-5:30
3:45-4:30	Patricia McKissack	2:00-3:00
4:40-5:25	Gary Schmidt	2:30-3:30

Contemporary Life

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Joel Achenbach	3:30-4:30
1:55-2:40	Joshua Foer	4:00-5:00
2:50-3:35	Marc Kaufman	1:30-2:30
3:45-4:30	Siddhartha Mukherjee	1:00-2:00
4:40-5:25	Bob Edwards	1:30-2:30

Fiction & Mystery

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Sherman Alexie	2:30-3:30
1:55-2:40	Terry McMillan	3:30-4:30
2:50-3:35	Neal Stephenson	4:00-5:00
3:45-4:30	Louis Bayard	1:00-2:00
4:40-5:25	Margaret George	3:00-4:00

History & Biography

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Douglas Waller	2:30-3:30
1:55-2:40	Adam Goodheart	3:00-4:00
2:50-3:35	Kristie Miller	4:30-5:30
3:45-4:30	Carla L. Peterson	1:00-2:00
4:40-5:25	David McCullough	1:30-2:30

Poetry & Prose

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Poetry Out Loud
1:55-2:40	Terrance Hayes	3:00-4:00
2:50-3:35	John Milliken Thompson	4:30-5:30
3:45-4:30	Yusef Komunyakaa	1:00-2:00
4:40-5:25	Garrison Keillor	2:00-3:00

Family Storytelling Stage

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:20	Lisa Yee	2:00-3:00
1:20-1:40	Bob Shea	2:00-3:00
1:45-2:15	Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players
2:20-2:40	Tom Angleberger	3:30-3:30
2:40-3:00	Cedella Marley	4:00-5:00
3:00-3:20	Michael Buckley	4:30-5:30
3:20-3:50	Moona Luna
3:55-4:15	Angela Farris Watkins	1:30-2:30
4:15-4:35	Wally Amos
4:35-4:55	Mark Pett	3:30-4:30
4:35-4:55	Gary Rubinstein	3:30-4:30
5:00-5:30	Hip Hop Harry

The Cutting Edge

Time	Author	Signing
1:55-2:40	Eric Dezenhall	3:00-4:00
2:50-3:35	Kia DuPree	4:30-5:30
3:45-4:30	Colleen Houck	1:00-2:00
4:40-5:25	Kimberla Lawson Roby	1:30-2:30

Graphic Novels

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Richard Thompson	2:30-3:30
1:55-2:40	Kazu Kibuishi	4:00-5:00
2:50-3:35	Allen Say	4:00-5:00
3:45-4:30	Rachel Renee Russell	2:00-3:00
4:40-5:25	Eric Wight	3:00-4:00

State Poets Laureate

Time	Author	Signing
1:00-1:45	Dolores Kendrick	2:30-3:30
1:55-2:40	Kelly Cherry	3:00-4:00
2:50-3:35	Stanley Plumly	4:00-5:00
3:45-4:30	Wesley McNair	4:30-5:30
4:40-5:25	Carol Muske-Dukes	1:00-2:00

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