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The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a free annual celebration of great books and great writing that has made its mark as one of the nation’s top literary events. This year’s Festival – celebrating its 15th year and taking place May 18 – will feature more than 100 best-selling and award-winning authors who will participate in talks and panel discussions. Authors include: 
Fiction
Adrienne Brodeur
Tania James
Alice McDermott
Jayne Anne Phillips
Angie Kim
Paul Yoon
Non-Fiction
Liza Mundy
A J Jacobs
Nicholas Kristof
Carlos Lozado
Susan Page
Mystery/Thriller
Vera Kurian 
Lauren Thoman
Kate White
Sara Shepard
Poetry
Richard Blanco
Jessica Cuello
Edgar Kunz
Clint Smith
Ping Wang
Children’s
Cece Bell 
Lesa Cline-Ransome 
Brian LIes
James Ransome 
Graphic Novels
John Patrick Green 
Tim Probert 
Dave Roman 
Jonathan Roth 
Cynthia Leitich Smith and Kekla Magoon
Middle Grade
Derrick Barnes 
Elizabeth Bunce 
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Kekla Magoon 
Gary Schmidt and Leah Henderson 
Carole Boston Weatherford
Young Adult
Kim Johnson
Brigid Kemmerer 
William Ritter 
John Schu 
Andrew Joseph White 
The Festival also includes interactive writing workshops, a Children’s Village, book sales, author signings and more. Admission and shuttles from Shady Grove Metro and Montgomery County Fairgrounds are FREE.
The Gaithersburg Book Festival is sponsored by The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Dawson's Market, DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC North Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Montgomery County Public Schools, Chatter on Books, RIO Washingtonian Center, Washington Independent Review of Books, C-SPAN Book TV, Asbury Methodist Village, Maryland State Arts Council and Montgomery Community Media.

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