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. Being held virtually in 2021, the Festival will feature programming throughout the month of May on its YouTube channel.

This year’s Festival will feature nearly 100 best-selling and award-winning authors who will participate in talks and panel discussions. Authors include:

Fiction
Ishmael Beah
Jeanine Cummins
Te-Ping Chen
Cory Doctorow
Robert Jones, Jr.
Elizabeth McCracken
Lisa Scottoline

Non-Fiction
Pam Fessler
Michio Kaku
Carlos Lozada
Susan Page
Karen Tumulty

Mystery
Alyssa Cole
S. A. Cosby

Poetry
Sandra Beasley
Kim Addonizio
Tara Campbell
Joseph Ross
Katherine E. Young

Children’s
Tom Angleberger
Atinuke
Elisha Cooper
Angela Dominguez
Meena Harris
Jon Klassen
David LaRochelle
Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr
Mike Wohnoutka

Graphic Novels
Jerry Craft
Remy Lai
Dave Roman

Middle Grade
Alan Gratz
Jerry Craft
Gordon Korman
Remy Lai
Jordan Sonnenblick

Young Adult
Sharon Flake
Francisco X Stork
Deborah Wiles

The virtual Festival also offers free interactive, hands-on writing workshops for children and adults/teens on a variety of topics via Zoom.

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is sponsored by The David and Mikel Family Foundation and presented in partnership with Politics & Prose, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce, rio, The Washington Independent Review of Books, and Montgomery County Public Schools.

Visit http://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org for more info!