2024 Festival Authors

Steve Sheinkin is the acclaimed author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Impossible Escape, Fallout…

E. L. Shen is a writer, editor, and the author of The Comeback, Maybe It’s a Sign…

Daphne Uviller is the author of the novel This Was Not the Plan and the novels Wife of the Day…

Ruta Sepetys (rutasepetys.com) is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction…

Steven Weinberg writes and illustrates kids’ books about dinosaurs (Rex Finds an Egg! Egg! Egg!)…

Joe Donahue is a nationally acclaimed host and interviewer.

For me, reading Black Science Fiction is a heuristic (a facilitator of one’s continued exploration)…

Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was a Good Morning America Book Club Pick…

Beck Krefting is Professor of American Studies specializing in stand-up comedy studies and Director of the Center for Leadership, Teaching, and Learning at Skidmore College…

Longtime independent scholar and freelance writer Amy Godine has been writing about Adirondack ethnic, Black, and migratory history since 1989…