Name up to five authors you would like to see at a book festival who would make it "worth the trip."
Janice
David Baldacci; Carolyn Hart; George Will; William Zinsser: Jacques Barzun
Ann Bowen
Dan Brown, Nora Roberts, Dorothy Benton Frank, Jennifer Haigh, Ray Bradbury
Beverly Rowe
Conn Iggulden
Charles Mc Cain
James Lee Burke
Kathy Reichs
Laura Caldwell
Pat Stuckey
Jan Karon
Charlene Baumlich
Dorothy Benton Frank
Diane Mott Davidson
Joanne Fluke
Dorothy Turk
Michael Connelly
Lee Child
Lawrence Block
George Pelecanos
Robert Crais
LuAnn Morgan
David Baldacci
David Guterson
Fredrica Wagman
Barbara Delinsky
JA Jance
Jacques Filippi
Stephen King
John Irving
Dennis Lehane
Michael Connelly
George Pelecanos
Mary Branham
I would like to see Barbara Delinsky, Mary Alice Monroe, Patti Callahan Henry, Penelope J. Stokes, and Maureen Lee.
Sharon W.
John Sandford
Daniel Silva
Maeve Binchey
Rosamund Pilcher
Alison Weir
Kathy Starr
David Baldacci, Dan Brown, CJ Box, Nevada Barr and Stephen White
Mike Mailley
Jodi Picoult
Lisa Scottoline
Jacqueline Carey
Andrew M. Greeley
Bill Dimmick
Allison Brennan
Dan Brown
Bob Morris
James Rollins
Kate Mosse
Jan Atkins
John Grisham
Pat Conroy
Kathryn Stockett
Charles Davis
Dennis Lahane
Whitney
Lee Child, Carl Hiaasen, Patricia Cornwell, John Sandford
Ray Palen
Stephen King
Clive Barker
Steve Berry
George Pelecanos
Dennis Lehane
Anne L.
Jasper Fforde, Neil Gaiman, Janet Evanovich, J.K. Rowling, Barbara Mertz
J M Armour
Dan Brown
Janet Evanovich
Nancy Atherton
Katherine Howe
Larry McMurtry
Peggy
Steve Berry, David Baldacci, Jonathan Kellerman, Matthew Reilly and James Rollins
Lynn Marler
F. Paul Wilson; Jack McDevitt; Lee Child; Barbara Ehrenreich; Celia Rivenbark
Jen
Nicholas Sparks, Therese Fowler, Stephenie Meyer, Jodie Picoult, and James Patterson
Martha
J. D. Robb
Lora Leigh
Angela Knight
Lynn Viehl
J. R. Ward
Christine Feehan
Marjorie M. Liu
Nalin Singh
Christi King
Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, Deborah Crombie, William Kent Krueger, Louise Penny
Dia
Pat Conroy, John Irving, and Ken Follett.
Fran
Jodi Picoult
J.K. Rowling
Stephen King
Ellen Rey
Neil Gaiman
Stephen King
Elizabeth Strout
Antoinette from Calgary
Wally Lamb
Marcus Zusak
Carlos Ruiz Zafon,
Anita Diamant
Ann Patchett
Armand Boehme
Philip Jenkins, Peter Kreeft, Tammy Bruce, Miroslav Volf, Emmanuel Katangole
Carol Grubbs
Fannie Flagg
Barbara Kingsolver
J. J. Hebert
Ken Follett
Jim Ross
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Tucker Malarkey
Lisa Fugard
Barbara Kingsolver
Diane Setterfield
Eric
Arnon Grunberg
Chuck Palahniuk
Tony Morrison
Mercedes Lackey
Elmore Leonard
Judith Williams
Louise Penny
Frank Tallis
Anne Perry
Elizabeth Peters
Donna Leon
Sharon
Ann Patchett
Dan Brown
Mitch Albom
Malcolm Gladwell
Michael Geffen
Richard North Patterson
Vince Flynn
John Sandford
David Rosenfeld
Carol O'Connell
Petra Julia Zigon
Dennis Lehane, John Irving, Chuck Palahniuk, Jodi Picoult
Ann
Louis Bayard, Alan Brennert, Penny Vincenzi, Chris Bohjalian, Joyce Carol Oates
Claire Wilkins
James Lee Burke, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Pat Conroy, Margaret Maron, Nelson Demille
Peggy Slater
Ann B. Ross
Patti Callahan Henry
Dorothea Benton Clark
TaB
Jeffery Deaver, J.A. Konrath, Charlie Huston, Linwood Barclay and Karin Slaughter
Lisa
Markus Zusak, Jeannette Walls, Jo Nesbo, Lisa Lutz, and Fred Vargas.
Lois
Lisa Kleypas
Julia Quinn
Marianne Stillings
Sabrina Jeffries
Vicki Lewis Thompson
Sandra Stiles
Neal Shusterman
Scott Westerfeld
Neil Gaiman
Suzanne Collins
Carrie Ryan
Louise Pledge
Brenda Novak
Carlene Thompson
Meg O'Brien
Stephanie Meyer
Marie Osmond
Mickie Young
Andrew M. Greeley, Diane Mott Davidson, Diana Galbadon, Maeve Binchey, Jill Conner Brown
Linda
Francine Rivers, Terri Blackstock, Mark Mynheir, James Scott Bell, Brandilyn Collins
Enid Grabiner
I would love to see:
Harlen Coben
Daniel Silva
Fay & Jonathan Kellerman
James Patterson
Jodi Picoult
It would be nice to give a longer lead to the time of the festival. I love Arizona and would come in a minute in the winter.
Freda
Nelson Demille, Michael Connelly, Jeff Abbott, Robert Crais, Steve Berry
Freda
Steve Womack, Gregg Hurwitz, William Lashner, John Lescroart, Stephen White
T. Semidey
Dan Brown, Jodi Picoult, Meg Tabot, Martha Stewart, Wally Lamb
Kaye
Penny Vincenzi
Dorothea Benton Frank
Adriana Trigiani
Carolyn Hart
Laura Childs
Beckie Burnham
Francine Rivers
Karen Kingsbury
Terri Blackstock
Robert Whitlow
Mark Mynhier
Kristy
Pat Conroy
James Lee Burke
Rebecca Wells
John Grogan
Jan
P. D. James
Martha Grimes
Peter Robinson
Steven King
Ann Granger
Dona Malesic
Jodi Picoult, James Patterson, Sarah Dunant, Ann Patchett, Tracy Chevalier
Ellen
Michael Connelly
Patricia Cornwell
Janet Evanovich
Kathy Reichs
Stephen White
Ellen
Nevada Barr
Chris Bohjalian
John Sandford
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Jeffery Deaver
Connie Tritt
Dan Brown, John Grisham, Daniel Silva, Brad Thor, James Grippando
Tamara
Barbara Kingsolver
Dan Brown
Susanne Gregory
Micheal Chabon
Matthew Pearl
Lois Cairl
Elizabeth George
Michael Connelly
Alexander McCall Smith
Louise Erdrich
Marge Piercy
Maryann Aidikoff
Jodi Pocoult
Lisa See
Nicholas Sparks
Emily Giffin
Mitch Albom
Andrea
Stephen King
Anthony Bourdain
Carol O'Connell
Kathy Reichs
Tess Gerritsen
Kathryn R
Nora Roberts
Barbara Delinsky
Diana Gabaldon
J. A. Jance
Robin Carr
Mary Q.
My #1 choice would be Marisa de los Santos. Other strong draws for me would be Sue Miller, Lisa Genova, Anna Quindlen, and Caroline Leavitt.
Lori Schultz
Stephen King
James Patterson
Janet Evanovich
Dan Simmons
Ann Rule
Amy T Gross
Harlen Coben
Karin Slaughter
Tess Gerritsen
Janet Evanovich
James Patterson
Jay
Harlan Coben, Lisa See, Philip Margolin, Laura Lippman, Michael Connelly
Elizabeth V
Dennis Lehane, Joseph Kanon, John Hart, Deirdre McNamer
Michele L.
J.K Rowling, Dan Brown, James Patterson, Carly Phillips, Janet Evanovich
Vicky
Nora Roberts
Christine Feehan
James Patterson
Heather Graham
Janet Evanovich
Rosalie Sambuco
Joel C. Rosenberg
Steve Berry
David McCullough
Robert Alexander
Anne Easter Smith
Linda Bannan
Sue Monk Kidd
Sarah Bird
Diane Mott Davidson
Jennifer Louden
Carolyn Stewart
Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown, Ward Just, Richard Russo, and Anita Diamant
James Keith
David Morrell
David Baldacci
Michael Connelly
Lee Child
Allison Brennan
Ed Hahn
James Lee Burke
David McCullough
Robert Parker
Colleen McCullough
Jonathan Kellerman
Kellie Smith
Elizabeth George, Robert B. Parker, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Connelly, and Barbara Walters.
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Anne McCaffrey, Jim Butcher, Nora Roberts, Piers Anthony, James Patterson
Janet Stewart
Jodi Picoult
Christopher Moore
Anita Shreve
Laurie Notaro
Sophie Kinsella
A. Osteen
David Liss
Ariana Franklin
Jessica Anthony
Jason Goodwin
Mark Kurlansky
Karen Coulson
Janet Evanovich
Nevada Barr
Nora Roberts
J. A. Jance
Pat Conroy
Cheryl Kraus
Garth Stein, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Dan Brown and David Rosenfelt
Sue Spencer
Dan Brown
Mary Higgins Clark
Jodi Picoult
Rita Bueter
1. Dan Brown
2. Maeve Binchy
3. Adriana Trigiani
4. Elizabeth Peters
5. Jodi Picoult
Brenda Tucker
Jeffery Deaver, Janet Evanovich, Stuart Woods, Elizabeth George, and Sue Grafton.
Sandy Greathouse
James Patterson
Deanna Raybourn
Jan Karon
John Sanford
Stephen King
Shaaron Loveless
Jon Krakauer
E. L. Doctorow
Pete Dexter
Kathy Reichs
Michael Gruber
Judy Bates
David McCullough
Lisa See
Tony Hillerman
Hampton Sides
Simon Winchester
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Khaled Hosseini
Ann Patchett
Dan Brown
Barbara Kingsolver
Mickey Spencer
Charles DeLint
Lauren Willig
Katherine Neville
Elizabeth Peters
Craig Ferguson
Merry Waldrip
John Hart
Nora Roberts
Nevada Barr
Ann M. Boles
Pat Conroy
Barbara Kingsolver
Lee Child
John Sandford
Anna Quindlen
M Davis
1) Stephen White
2) Greg Iles
3) Lee Child
4) C. J. Box
5) Harlan Coben
Rita Carter
Nelson DeMille, Kathy Reichs, Jack Higgins, Kay Hooper, and Anita Diamant.
F Tessa Bartels
Sandra Dallas
Kaye Gibbons
Alexander McCall Smith
David Wroblewski
Linda Olsson
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John Grisham, Anne Lamott, J.K. Rowling, Stephanie Meyers, Janet Evanovich
Sandra Hughes
I could name a lot more than 5 authors who will be at the Texas Book Festival in Austin the last week of Oct., but here are my top favorites who will be there along with over a hundred more! Jeannette Walls, Amanda Eyre Ward, David Wroblewski, Kinky Friedman, and Elizabeth Berg. This is a great book fest and living over a hundred miles from Austin is no problem at all!
Pat Jones
Lisa See
Dorothea Benton Frank
Isabel Allende
Anita Diamant
Sue Monk Kidd
Kris Radish
Diana Huey
Janet Evanovich
Kaye Gibbons
Amy Tan
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Patty Coyle
Minette Walters
Nevada Barr
Geraldine Brooks
Nelson DeMille
Melissa
Dennis L McKiernan
Charles De Lint
Lee Child
Jeffery Deaver
Julie E Czerneda
Kathie Marsico
John Sandford
Alex Kava
Iris Johansen
Kay Hooper
Lisa Jackson
Susan
Sharon Kay Penman, Robert Crais, Nelson DeMille, Geraldine Brooks, Janet Evanovich
Rita Powell
Ann Rule, James Patterson, David Baldacci, and Stephen King.
Carol Crumpton
Jim Butcher
Janet Evanovich
Ann McCaffrey
Laurell K. Hamilton
Charlaine Harris
Katherine Stephens
James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, Janet Evanovich, and Sandra Brown.
Lila Skinner
Jeffrey Archer. Russell Baker, Pat Conroy, David Baldacci and Geraldine Brooks.
Carol Finfrock
James Patterson
Clive Cussler
Mary Higgins Clark
John Grisham
Dean Koontz
Lea Ann in Seattle
Diana Gabaladon
Katherine Neville
Mary Doria Russell
Russell Banks
Jane Smiley
Beverly Haas
James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark, Jonathan Kellerman, and Janet Evanovich.
Sherman Hughes
Mark Spragg
Larry McMurtry
Ivan Doig
Patricia Schrot
Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, John Harvey, Karin Slaughter, and Nelson DeMille.
Jane
Stephen King
Carl Hiaasen
David Sedaris
Pat Conroy
Sarah Vowells
Jan West
Lee Child, Alexander McCall Smith, Jonathan Kellerman, Robert Parker, David Baldacci
Jeannie
John Grisham
John Sanford
Harlan Coben
Fern Michaels
Barbara Delinsky
Patricia Phillips
Nora Roberts, Anne George, Carly Phillips, Diane Mott Davidson, Monica Ferris
Marleen Davis
Stephen King, Dennis LeHane, Annie Proulx, Mark Spragg, David Wroblewski
Jerri Patton
Pat Conroy
Paul Threaux
John Grisham
Jane Auel
Michael Dirda
Jerri Patton
Pat Conroy
Paul Threaux
John Grisham
Jane Auel
Michael Dirda
Janet
Louise Penny
Pat Conroy
Jacqueline Winspear
Richard Russo
Elizabeth George
Ramona Young
James Patterson
Phillippa Gregory
Nicholas Sparks
Diana Gabaldon
J. D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
Jeannine
Kathryn Stockett
Abraham Verghese
Richard Farrell
Nick Reding
Sharon Rainey
Fern Michaels
Jennifer Weiner
Debbie Malcomber
Faye Kellerman
Catherine Coultier
Gina
Michael Connelly, Jonathan Kellerman, Fay Kellerman
Dianne Hall
Kate DiCamillo (Southern Book Festival-Nashville, Oct 10!)
Sue Monk Kidd
Lois Lowry
Dena Walton
Karen Moning, Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Robin Cook, Keri Arthur, and James Patterson
Dan
James Patterson
Jonathan Kellerman
Nicolas Sparks
David Rosenfelt
Lisa Scottoline
Christine
The five authors, if I can only choose five, would be has follows:
1. Alice Hoffman
2. Amy Tan
3. Anne Tyler
4. Jodi Picoult
5. Barbara Kingsolver
Joan Woods
Nora Roberts, Karen Rose, Iris Johansen, Catherine Coulter and Kay Hooper
Pam Cox
Mary Doria Russell
Kate Atkinson
Anita Diamant
Anne Marie McDonald
Chris Bojalian
Madeline Fischer
Andrew Gross, Harlan Coben, Linwood Barclay, Rick Mofina
Tom Fisher
Michael Connelly
Dennis Lehane
Diane Gabaldon
Charlaine Harris
Lee Child
Jo Ann White
Robin Carr
Janet Evanovich
Beverley Barton
Stephanie Bond
James Patterson
Catherine Coulter
Kate Collins
Dorothy Boyum
Mary Higgins Clark
Janet Evanovich
Anita Diamant
Vince Flynn
John Sanford
Arthur Harriman
Michael Connelly
Elmore Leonard
Dan Brown
Mary Higgins Clark
Jonathan Kellerman
Cindy Sivula
Jeffrey Archer
Roger Welsch
David Brinkley
Andrew Greeley
Maeve Binchey
Barbbroberg
1. Sean Shercover
2. Nevada Barr
3. Barbara Kingsolver
4. Michael Connally
5. William Krueger
Dr. Judith Glies
James Lee Burke
Andrea Camilleri
Donna Leon
Janet Evanovich
Robert Wilson
Gerry Chevalier
Chris Kuzneski; Stuart Woods; James Patterson; James Rollins; and Jeffery Deaver. This to me is a wonderful mix of newer and older talent in a variety of genres that all contribute tirelessly and with dedication and enthusiasm at what they do best. I would like to include many more but space does not permit. Thanks.
Val Pearson
Margie Church, Rebecca Vickery, Sharon Donovan, James Patterson, Roxanne St. Claire and Joyce Meyer
Tanya Brown
Jean M. Auel
Jodie Picoult
Sara Gruen
Maeve Binchy
Adriana Trigiani
Julie Failla Earhart
Jamie Ford, Maeve Binchy, Walter Mosley, Mitch Albom
Joan
Diana Gabaldon
Janet Evanovich
Anne Tyler
Dia
John Irving, Pat Conroy, Wally Lamb, Ken Follet
Jean Hogue
Deborah Crombie
Harlan Coben
C.J. Box
Jan Burke
Jacqueline Winspear
Suzanne in Ohio
Barbara Delinsky, Sandra Brown, Nicholas Sparks, James Patterson, Debbie Macomber. Top 5 of a long list!!!
Janet
Brian Freeman,
Julia Dreyfus Spencer
HW Brands
Anita Shreve
Ellin Hilderbrand
Terri Bray
Dean Koontz
Patricia Cornwell
Karin Slaughter
Harlan Coben
Tami Hoag
Terri Bray
James Patterson
Jodi Picoult
Sandra Brown
Philippa Gregory
Mary Higgins Clark
Diana Trabanco
Of living authors my list would include: J.K.Rowling, Robert B. Parker, Janet Evanovitch, Jodi Picoult, Jaqueline Mitchard
Jim
Robert B. Parker
Gerry Boyle
Vince Flynn
Paul Kemprecous
Clive Cussler
Jane Howland
Kris Radish
Lorna Landvik
Sophia Kinsella
Carroll Savage
David Baldacci
Debbie Macomber
Mo Willems
Gary Paulsen
Dan Gutman
Darlene
Sue Miller
Louise Erdrich
Christopher Bohjalian
Khaled Hosseini
Elizabeth Strout
LC
Jodi Picoult
Sarah Dessen
Markus Zusak
Ian McEwan
Ann Patchett
Joan Didion
Linda S. Miller
Faye Kellerman
Jonathan Kellerman
John Sandford
Ken Follet
Patricia Cornwell
Chris Jones
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Charlaine Harris
Adrian Phoenix
Candace Havens
Toni Causey
Sandra Baltazar
Michael Connolley, Nelson DeMille,Kathryn Stockett, Randy Wayne White
Cecile Cherry
Janet Evanovich
Garth Stein
J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts
J.A. Jance
Jon Gordon
Mary Lou Wachsmith
Stephen King, James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, not to mention A RELIABLE WIFE's author whose name escapes me (a senior moment) and Harper Lee.
Jim Graves
Cormac McCarthy
Harlan Ellison
Sherman Alexie
Ana Menendez
D Marazzo
Lisa Scottoline, Elizabeth George, Janet Evanovich, Lee Child, PD James
Rachel
Lisa Genova
Chris Bohjolian
Nicholas Sparks
Greg Mortenson
Elizabeth Gilbert
Tina Schultz
Sarah Strohmeyer
Charlaine Harris
Lisa Kleypas
Colleen Gleason
Janet Evanovich
Marge Hodge
Janet Evanovich
Nora Roberts
Patricia Smiley
Karin Gillespie
Debbie Macomber
Betty Stern
Daniel Silva
Penny Vincenzi
Faye Kellerman
Richard Russo
Ana Marie
Eileen Goudge
Harlan Coben
Sandra Brown
David Baldacci
John Grisham
Candice Michalik
Chris Bohjalian
Elizabeth Berg
Rosamunde Pilcher
Jodi Picoult
Jhumpa Lahiri
Rita Carte
Jack Higgins, Kay Hooper, Catherine Coulter, Cline Cussler, Anita Diamant
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Stephenie Meyer, Alice Hoffman, Daniel Silva, Khaled Hosseini, and Joanne Harris.
Craig Rayl
1.Terry Brooks
2. Ray Bradbury
3. John Le Carré
4. James Patterson (they say he is really private, despite the sales)
5. Brad Meltzer
Marlyss Whigham
Sophie Kinsella
Jeanette Walls
Matt Rothschild
Claire
Colin Dexter
Martha Grimes
Frances Fyfield
Elizabeth George
Christopher Fowler
Dan Spurling
Stephen King
John Sandford
Tim Dorsey
Carl Hiaason
James Lee Burke
Dan Spurling
Janet Evanovich
Nora Roberts
Leonard Elmore
Lawrence Block
Andrew Vachss
Sharon
Debbie Macomber
J. R. Ward
Eileen Wilks
Maggie Shayne
Carolyn Hart
Carolann
Diana Gabaldon
Elizabeth Adler
Dan Brown
Jan Karon
Judith Hendricks
Diane Hammond
