2019 Festival Authors

Get Lit! 2019 Festival Authors

Rena Priest
Keetje Kuipers
Claudia Castro Luna
Jeremy Smith
Caitlin Palmer
Tommy Orange
Paul Lindholt
Anastacia Renee Tolbert
CMarie Fuhrman
Dawn Pichon Barron
Tony Flynn
Kathryn Smith
Alexis Smith
Caylie Hermann
Juan Mas
Chris Maccini
Amanda Mead
Kaveh Akbar
Wendy J. Fox
Dujie Tahat
Janaka Stucky
Jane Byers
Yvonne Higgins Leach
Ellie Kozlowski
Jess Walter
Kelly Schirmann
Simeon Mills
Tim Greenup
Rob Carney
Greg Gerding
Kailee Haong
Susan Hardie
Summer Hess
Shannon Cram
Leni Zumas
J. Anderson Coats
Sharma Shields
Anne DeGrace
Judy Toews
Roxane Gay
Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel
Joe Wilkins
Rebecca Brown
Bruce Holbert
Amy Ratto Parks
Leanne Howe
Joseph Haeger
Hannah Metcalf
Bryan Harnetiaux
Kathleen Jeffs
Rebecca Swanberg
Matthew Sullivan
Isaac Marion
Rob Schlegel
Asa Maria Bradley
Leesa Dean
Lindsey Drager
Samuel Ligon
Nance Van Winckel
Melissa Kwasny
Ruby Murray
Ellen Welcker
Kate Reed
Maxx Follis-Goodkind
Greg Spatz
Sandra Hosking
Malcolm Pelles
Taylor White
Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
Anca L. Szilagyi
Sierra Golden
Caitlin Hill
Stacy Boe Miller
Leyna Krow
Jonathan Johnson
Laura Read
Laura Da'
Jennifer Boyden
Emma Noyes
Kate Lebo
Lauren Gilmore
Chase Ogden
Eli Francovich
J.D. Mckee
Cassandra Lee

Previous Festival Authors

 

During the past 20 years, more than 600 authors have participated in our festival. Some of these authors include:

  • Anne Lamott
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Brit Bennet
  • Colson Whitehead
  • Jess Walter
  • Maggie Smith
  • Kurt Vonnegut
  • Tim O’Brien
  • Kim Barnes
  • Reza Aslan
  • Justin Torres
  • Garrison Keillor
  • bell hooks

… and many more!