2025 Headline Authors
Sophie Blackall
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Beloved children’s author, illustrator, and two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall...
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Chris Bohjalian
New York Times bestselling author of 25 books and playwright
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Kate DiCamillo
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Beloved children’s author and two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo
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Amity Gaige
Acclaimed novelist, Yaddo artist, and author of the national bestseller Heartwood
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Ruth Reichl
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Award-winning chef, critic, editor, and bestselling author
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Festival Authors & Presenters
Marcus Kwame Anderson
Award-winning illustrator and graphic novelist
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Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder
Authors and Creatives of the Not So Tiny House
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Serena Burdick
Author of gripping saga of love and trauma
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Tim Cahill
Tim Cahill is currently an Associate Creative Director at Digitas
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Leza Cantoral
Leza Cantoral is the Publisher and Publicity Manager of CLASH Books
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Shannon Chakraborty
Critically acclaimed fantasy author
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Lauren Cobello
Lauren Cobello is the Founder and CEO of Leverage with Media PR.
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Mai Corland
Author of the bestselling fantasy series The Broken Blades
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Allyson Dahlin
Allyson Dahlin grew up on a farm, raised by a Francophile father...
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Victoria Dalpe
Victoria Dalpe is a Providence-based horror writer and painter.
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Lâle Davidson
A New York State Chancellor Award winner for Creative Activity and a distinguished professor of creative writing and public speaking...
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Mk Smith Despres
Mk Smith Despres writes, teaches, and reads lots of books with their family in western Massachusetts.
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Nicolas DiDomizio
Nicolas DiDomizio is the author of Nearlywed, The Gay Best Friend, and Burn It All Down
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Joe Donahue
Joe Donahue is a radio host and commentator on WAMC-Albany NPR.
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Jerry C. Drake PhD
Dr. Jerry C. Drake is a career civil servant, former professor of history
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Jennifer Fawcett
When I was a kid, I wanted to be Princess Leia.
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Juliette Fay
Juliette Fay is the bestselling, award-winning author of seven novels, including The Harvey Girls...
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Elizabeth and Ethan Finkelstein
From the founders of the HGTV show and viral Instagram feed Cheap Old Houses...
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Dan Forbush
Named one of the 100 most influential public relations practitioners of the 20th century by PR Week
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Catherine J. Golden
Catherine J. Golden is professor of English and Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters (2017-22) at Skidmore College.
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Katherine Harbour
Katherine Harbour was born in Albany, NY, where she attended the Russell Sage Junior College of Albany...
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Ron Hughes
Ron Hughes was born and raised in Troy, New York. He earned his Master’s from SUNY New Paltz.
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Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali is the award-winning author of The Lion Women of Tehran, an instant national bestseller...
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Kristina Kulin
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, literary curator Kristina Kulin ...
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Eric LaRocca
Bram Stoker Award®-nominated, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated, and Splatterpunk Award-winning Author
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Emily Layden
Emily Layden is a screenwriter and the author of the novels Once More From The Top and All Girls.
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Kristina Libby
Kristina Libby is a writer, artist, storyteller and technology executive living in NYC.
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Robert A. Lippman
Robert A. Lippman has over 36 years of experience representing clients in connection with a wide range of general business matters.
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Tiina Loite
Tiina Loite had a long career as a photo editor at The New York Times...
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Matt Lucas
Matthew Lucas is a Professor of Business at Skidmore College, a former global executive and AI pioneer...
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Halimah Marcus
Halimah Marcus is the Executive Director of Electric Literature, a nonprofit digital publisher...
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Cleyvis Natera
Cleyvis Natera is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic.
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Trevor Oakley
Trevor Oakley is the Head of Access and Outreach Services at the Saratoga Springs Public Library.
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Margaret J. Pearson, Ph.D.
Margaret J. Pearson, Ph.D., studied Chinese literature with Hellmut Wilhelm, and history with Jack Dull and Chan Hok-la.
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Tom Piazza
Piazza is a four-time winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Music Writing...
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Sam Rad
Sam Rad (Samantha Radocchia) is a lifelong student of humanity--futurist, anthropologist, and creative technologist...
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Jack Rightmyer
Jack Rightmyer has published two books of nonfiction A Funny Thing About Teaching and It’s Not About Winning.
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Gary Rivlin
Gary Rivlin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter who has been writing about technology since the mid-1990s...
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Saratoga Schaefer
Saratoga Schaefer (they/them) has a background in marketing, PR, film, and wellness.
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Michael J. Seidlinger
Michael J. Seidlinger is the Filipino-American author of On Submission, Anybody Home?...
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Jessica Shattuck
Jessica Shattuck is the author of the novels The Women in the Castle...
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Caitlin Sheldon
Caitlin Sheldon has been a full-time Adult Services Librarian for eleven years, and a Fantasy fan...
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Spencer Sherry
Originally from Laurens, NY, Spencer put down roots in the Capital Region right out of high school...
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Sydney J. Shields
A delicious debut that combines the swoon-worthy romance of Bridgerton...
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London Sperry
London Sperry is a New York based author of romantic comedies full of heart, humor, and hope who grew up in Saratoga Springs.
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Steve Stern
teve Stern's fiction, with its deep grounding in Yiddish folklore, has prompted critics...
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Mason Stokes
Mason Stokes is a professor of English at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York
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Sarah Sweeney
Sarah Sweeney is an artist who creates digital interventions in photography, sound and video.
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Abby Tegnelia
Abby Tegnelia is a world-renowned journalist who has interviewed celebrities such as Celine Dion and Robert De Niro...
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Paul Tremblay
Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Massachusetts Book awards...
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Kim van Alkemade
Kim van Alkemade is the New York Times bestselling author of the historical novels Counting Lost Stars, Orphan #8 and Bachelor Girl.
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Matt Witten
Matt Witten is a TV writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who has written for many TV shows...
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Melora Wolff
Melora Wolff is a prose writer whose book Bequeath: Essays is available from Louisiana State University Press on September 13, 2024.
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