TEST1 The BOOKMARKS project began through the dedicated action of a volunteer planning committee organized in 2001. By 2004, the first BOOKMARKS festival was held to rave reviews and much success. Each festival since, the event has drawn over 7,500+ attendees from the Triad and beyond. Collectively, past festivals and author events have presented more than 250 authors, chefs, and illustrators to approximately 35,000 people!
Check out the list of our past authors below.
Peter Abrahams ('07)
Kevin Adams ('04)
Nigel Alston ('07)
Julia Alvarez ('05)
Joseph Anderson ('07)
Mary Kay Andrews ('04)
Carol Andrews ('04, '05)
Bonnie Angelo ('05)
Maya Angelou ('04)
Mike Artell ('07)
Nancy Atherton ('08)
Ellyn Bache ('05)
Daniel Barefoot ('04, '05, '08)
Donald Barickman ('07)
Molly Barker ('05)
Nevada Barr ('04)
Pat Battaglia ('05, ‘07)
Al Bigley ('04)
Jerry Bledsoe ('04, '05)
Toby Bost ('04)
Michele Andrea Bowen ('04, '05)
Amy Knox Brown ('04, '08)
Dale Brown ('05)
Kathryn Stripling Byer ('05)
Orson Scott Card ('07)
Michael Chabon ('04)
Karl Campbell ('08)
Fred Chappell ('04)
Justin Catanoso ('08)
Gene Cheek ('05)
Ginjer Clarke ('08)
Mary Jane Clark ('07)
Sherry Colarusso ('07)
Terry Collins ('04)
Eiler R. Cook ('04)
Tonya C. Cook ('05)
Donna Cooper ('04)
Carol Crane ('04)
Doreen Cronin ('08)
James E. Crisp ('05)
Hal Crowther ('04)
Chris Crutcher ('08)
Paul Cuadros ('07)
John Dalton ('04)
Quinn Dalton ('05, '08)
Donald Davis ('04)
Mark de Castrique ('08)
Carmen Agra Deedy ('08)
Craig Deihl ('07)
Julia T. Ebel ('08)
Elizabeth Edwards ('07)
Kim Edwards ('07)
Jennifer Egan ('07)
John Ehle ('04)
Vic Elford ('07)
Edward Falco ('05)
Lauren Faulkenberry ('04)
Kathleen Flinn ('08)
Nathan Ross Freeman ('08)
Karen Joy Fowler ('04)
Dorothea Benton Frank ('05)
Sarah Froeber ('04)
David Fulmer ('05)
Frye Gaillard ('05)
Bob Garner ('04)
Nancy Gates ('04)
Marianne Gingher ('04, '05)
Judith Geary ('04)
Nikki Giovanni ('08)
Helen Goodman ('04)
Joe and Terry Graedon ('08)
Luli Gray ('05)
Gail Greer ('05)
Cecelia Budd Grimes ('04)
Michelle Groce ('04)
Aaron Gwyn ('04)
Lynette H. Hampton ('04)
John Hart ('07)
Louise Hawes ('05)
Anna R. Hayes ('08)
Tommy Hays ('05)
Ginger Hendricks ('07)
Meg Herndon ('05)
Eileen Heyes ('04)
Brian Hicks ('05)
Orville Hicks ('08)
Lynne Hinton ('05)
Fred Hobson ('07)
Karla FC Holloway ('07)
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter ('04)
Andy Husbands ('04
John Hutton ('07)
Bob Inman ('04)
Jerma Jackson ('04)
Joshilyn Jackson ('07)
Richard Jackson ('04)
Clint Johnson ('04)
Craig Allen Johnson ('08)
Kimberly Johnson ('04, '05)
Elizabeth McDavid Jones ('04)
Josephus III ('07)
Amy Joyner ('04)
Richard Katrovas ('04)
Cameron Kent ('04)
Caroline Kettlewell ('04)
Michael Keyser ('08)
Galway Kinnell ('04)
Lisa Kline ('04)
Lee Kinard ('04)
Dixie Land ('04)
Joyce and Jim Lavene ('08)
Janet Lembke ('08)
Bill Leuchtenburg ('07)
Frank Levering ('04)
Betsy Lewin ('08)
William A. Link ('08)
Ellen Bryant Lloyd ('08)
Zelda Lockhart ('04)
Peter Loewer ('05
Stephanie Lovett ('04)
Charlie Lovett ('08)
David Lubin ('04)
Mary Madden ('04)
D. G. Martin ('08) & Honorary Chair
Rubén Martinez ('04)
John May ('04)
Rue McClanahan ('08)
Will and Deni McIntyre ('05)
Kaya McLaren ('08)
Alice Medrich ('04)
David Menconi ('05)
Rebecca Merrill ('04)
Eric Metaxas ('07)
Bryce Milligan ('04)
Joseph Mills ('04)
Patrick Minges ('05)
Rosie Molinary ('07)
Robert Morgan ('04)
Fred Morgan ('04)
Hugh Morton ('04)
Sheila P. Moses ('04)
BJ Mountford ('04)
Robert Moyer ('07)
Micah Nathan ('05)
Lawrence Naumoff ('04,'05)
Jerry Neal ('05)
Scott Nelson ('08)
Valerie Nieman ('07)
Penelope Niven ('04)
Elizabeth Norfleet ('04)
Dawn O’Brien ('04)
Michael O’Keeffe ('07)
Dorothy O’Neill ('04)
Elaine Orr ('05)
Michael Parker ('04, '05)
Nancy Pate ('05)
Jim Peacock ('07)
Nora Laurie Percival ('05)
Peter Perret ('04)
Al Perry ('04, ‘07)
Katherine Hall Page ('08)
Cathy Pickens ('07)
Gloria Pinkney ('07)
Jerry Pinkney ('07)
Charles Price ('04)
Carmine Prioli ('07)
Ken Putnam ('04)
Cindy Horrell Ramsey ('07)
Richard Rankin ('04)
William Rawlings ('05)
Glenis Redmond ('08)
Scott Rempe ('07)
J.D. Rhoades ('08)
Nancy Rhyne ('04)
Gene Roberts (‘07)
Nancy Roberts ('04)
Sallie Ann Robinson ('04,'05,'08)
Amy Rogers ('04, '05)
William Pitt Root ('04)
Ann B. Ross ('05)
Anna Rubino ('08)
Randy Russell ('08)
Carolyn Sakowski ('04, '07)
René Saldaña ('04, '05)
Dennis Sampson ('04)
Dori Sanders ('05)
Marisa de los Santos ('08)
David Schulman ('04)
Tracey Seaman ('08)
Allison Seay ('07)
Amy Sedaris ('07)
Lynn Setzer ('04)
Sarah Shaber ('05)
David Shaffer ('04)
Karen Jo Shapiro ('04)
Evie Shockley ('04)
Elizabeth Skinner ('04)
Lee Smith ('04)
Mark Smith-Soto ('07)
Ed Southern ('04, '05, '08)
Tanya Steel ('08)
Mark Strausman ('08)
Denzil Strickland ('08)
Carmen Tafolla ('04)
Danielle Tarmey ('04, '07)
Charlotte Staub Thomas ('04)
Bill Thompson ('05, '08)
Melinda Rainey Thompson ('07)
Charles Todd ('04)
Stephanie Tolan ('04)
Ben Towle ('08)
William R. Trotter ('04)
Omar Tyree ('05)
Tim Tyson ('04)
Kim Underwood ('04)
Wanda Urbanska ('04)
Pamela Uschuk ('04)
Michael Verde ('05)
Susan Vreeland ('05)
Judi Wallace ('04)
Carol BostonWeatherford ('04, '07)
Margaret Weis ('05)
Luke Whisnant ('05)
Robert Whitlow ('05)
Bill Winokur ('08)
Allan Wolf ('05)
Lynn York ('05)
Jon Young ('04)
Lee Zacharius ('07)
Isabel Zuber (‘04)
