Featured Authors, Panelists, and Other Participants
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Download the 2018 At-A-Glance Schedule updated 11/5/18
2018 Louisiana Book Festival Programs by Genre
Cancellations
- Gary Alipio
- Xhenet Aliu
- Jacob M. Appel
- Alys Arden
- Jeremiah Ariaz
- Sally Asher
- Anne Babson
- C. Morgan Babst
- Thomas Bailey
- Erin Z. Bass
- Justine Bateman
- Alvin Batiste
- Bryan Batt
- Patricia Austin Becker
- Jack B. Bedell
- Kimberly Belle
- Lou Berney
- Johnnie Bernhard
- Jason Berry
- The Bills
- Theodora Bishop
- Chris Russo Blackwood
- Judith H. Bonner
- Thomas Bonner
- Martha Boone
- Alysson Foti Bourque
- Darrell Bourque
- Amy Brashear
- Melanie Bratcher
- Alexis Braud
- Donna Brazile
- Rachel Breunlin
- Sonny Brewer
- Tyler Bridges
- Eve Brouwer
- Taylor Brown
- Bucket List
- Rosalind Bunn
- Megan Burns
- Jess Butterworth
- Ellen Byron
- Lisa Poché Calhoun
- Jen Calonita
- Bryan Camp
- Tucker Carrington
- Alton Carter
- Karen Celestan
- Joelle Charbonneau
- Svetlana Chmakova
- Jason Christian
- Nancy Churnin
- Circa Amore
- Olivia Clare
- Cherie Claire
- Iris Martin Cohen
- Gavin Cologne-Brookes
- Katie Cotugno
- Marita Woywod Crandle
- Joseph Crespino
- Pat Hornsby Crochet
- Susan Cushman
- Katy Danos
- Shome Dasgupta
- Angela Davis
- Clayton Delery
- Ann Brewster Dobie
- Johnette Downing
- Sylvie Dubois
- DUBYA
- Lindsey Duga
- Folwell Dunbar
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- Jeffrey David Ehrenreich
- Jan Eldredge
- David Elliott
- Ashley Elston
- Cindy Ermus
- Claudette Esmerelda
- Jonathan Evison
- Barbara C. Ewell
- Pamela Ewen
- Malaika Favorite
- Gina Ferrara
- Rien Fertel
- Robert W. Fieseler
- Rob Florence
- Tessa Fontaine
- Viola Fontenot
- Ben Forkner
- Joe Formichella
- Frye Gaillard
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Marcia Gaudet
- Mary E. Gehman
- Lauren Gibaldi
- Jeffrey Girard
- Tessa Gratton
- Matthew Griffin
- Lee Meitzen Grue
- Minrose Gwin
- Courtney Hargrave
- Alana Harris
- Victor Harris
- Daisy Harrison
- Barbara Hay
- Danny Heitman
- Katherine Henninger
- Emile Henriquez
- Deron Hicks
- Gwendolyn Hooks
- Candice Huber
- Kathe Hudson
- Suzanne Hudson
- Samuel C. Hyde, Jr.
- Justina Ireland
- Elista Istre
- Roger Johns
- David Johnson
- Joe Johnston
- James A. Jordan
- Katherine Joslin
- William Joyce
- Florence M. Jumonville
- Julie Kane
- L.A. Kelley
- John R. Kemp
- Al Kennedy
- Erik Kiesewetter
- John Klingman
- Dylan Krieger
- Brittany Lynn Kriger
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- Judith Lafitte
- David Langlinais
- Susan Larson
- Emilie Gagnet Leumas
- Donald Lewis
- Marjorie Herrera Lewis
- Robert L. Livingston
- Louis Maistros
- Inman Majors
- George T. Malvaney
- Mary H. Manhein
- Peter Manseau
- Peter Marina
- Marie Marquardt
- Maurice Martinez
- Larry Massey
- Jennifer Mathieu
- Marc R. Matrana
- Bren McClain
- Bernice L. McFadden
- Siobhán McKiernan
- Neena McLain
- Karen M. McManus
- Sherry Melancon
- Mandy Mikulencak
- Karen Milioto
- Connie Collins Morgan
- Benjamin Morris
- Jennifer Anne Moses
- Melanie Moyer
- Darlyne Nemeth
- GennaRose Nethercott
- James Nolan
- Justin A. Nystrom
- Daniel José Older
- Traci W. Olivier
- Ruth Owens
- Auseklis Ozols
- Melinda Palacio
- Natalie C. Parker
- Kaitlyn Sage Patterson
- Daniel Peña
- Frank Perez
- Rebecca Petruck
- Wesley Phillips
- Samuel E. Pittman II
- Andrew Plattner
- Ashley Poston
- Cassie Pruyn
- Jamie Quatro
- Pam Rabalais-Vinci
- Nathaniel Rich
- Armand "Sheik" Richardson
- Malcolm Richardson
- Anne Boyd Rioux
- Jan Risher
- Jack Robertson
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- Kalamu Ya Salaam
- Vicki Salloum
- Ruth Salvaggio
- J.C. Sasser
- Vanessa Schmid
- Nicole Seitz
- Martha Serpas
- Neil Shepard
- Margaret Simon
- Eric Smith
- Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith
- Howard Philips Smith
- John Warner Smith
- Michael Farris Smith
- W. Ryan Smith
- Kirstin Squint
- Sheryl St. Germain
- Rose Anne St. Romain
- Heather Stanley
- Whitney Stewart
- Shanna Swendson
- Julie M. Thomas
- Poppy Tooker
- Teresa Toulouse
- Isaac Toups
- Susan Tucker
- Henry Turner
- Peter Twal
- Tiffany Quay Tyson
- Karen Ullo
- Daniel H. Usner
- René Uzee
- Merlyna Mathieu Valentine
- Melissa Vandiver
- Jon Michael Varese
- Kim Vaz-Deville
- Sweta Vikram
- Season Vining
- Anders Walker
- Quvenzhané Wallis
- M.O. Walsh
- Kent Wascom
- Eric Waters
- Carole Boston Weatherford
- Ashley Weaver
- Alexandrea Weis
- Joshua Wheeler
- Cheryl H. White
- Nick White
- J.D. Wilkes
- Katie Williams
- Mary Ann Wilson
- Nancy Tregre Wilson
- Elizabeth H. Winthrop
- Spencer Wise
- Brandi Worley
- Amos Jasper Wright IV
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Volunteer
Book-loving volunteers are essential to the Louisiana Book Festival's success. Whether it's escorting authors, guiding visitors, selling refreshments, working with children in the Young Readers Pavilion or other fun and rewarding assignments, the Louisiana Book Festival wants you to join the volunteer team.
