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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 16, 2026

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


GBF Blog

F. Scott Fitzgerald

10:00 Andrew Dayton 10:20 Melanie Hatter 10:40 E Dee Monnen 11:00 Keith Donohue 11:40 Diana Abu-Jaber 12:20 Tom McNeal 1:00 Stewart O’Nan in conversation with Ron Charles 2:00 Jennifer Miller 2:40 Sarah McCoy 3:20 Alex George 4:00 Madeline Miller 4:40… Continue Reading

Edgar Allan Poe

10:00 Gilbert Cooper II 10:20 Melissa Foster 10:40 Caroline Alethia 11:00 Meredith Goldstein 11:40 L.E. Modesitt, Jr. 12:20 Thomas Mullen 1:00 Alma Katsu 1:30 Varley O’Connor 2:40 Samuel Park 3:20 Christopher Tilghman 4:00 Mathew Norman 4:40 Richard Peabody- Panel

Coll, Susan

“The Literati” is Susan Coll’s eighth novel. Her previous works include the USA Today best-selling “Real Life and Other Fictions,” “Bookish People,” and “The Stager,” a New York Times and Chicago Tribune Editor’s Choice. Her novel, “Acceptance,” was made into… Continue Reading

Vogel, Steve

Steve Vogel is a veteran journalist who reported for The Washington Post for more than two decades, writing extensively about military affairs. His reporting about the war in Afghanistan was part of a package of Washington Post stories selected as… Continue Reading

Zuravleff, Mary Kay

Mary Kay Zuravleff is the author of “The Frequency of Souls,” winner of the American Academy’s Rosenthal Award and nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction; “The Bowl Is Already Broken,” which The New York Times called “a tart, affectionate… Continue Reading

Cummins, Jeanine

Jeanine Cummins is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of “American Dirt,” which was an Oprah’s Book Club and a Barnes & Noble Book Club selection, as well as a #1 Indie Next pick. The novel has been translated… Continue Reading

Mott, Jason

Best-selling author Jason Mott has a B.F.A. in Fiction and an M.F.A. in Poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is the author of two poetry collections and five novels. Jason’s fourth novel, “Hell Of A… Continue Reading

Oh, Ellen

Ellen Oh is an award-winning author of the middle-grade novels “Finding Junie Kim,” “Dragon Egg Princess,” “The Spirit Hunters” trilogy, and the YA fantasy trilogy, “The Prophecy Series: Prophecy, Warrior, and King.” She is the editor of the middle-grade anthologies,… Continue Reading

Pavone, Chris

Chris Pavone is the author of “The Paris Diversion,” “The Travelers,” “The Accident” and “The Expats.” His novels have appeared on the best-seller lists of The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal; have won both the Edgar… Continue Reading

Norman, Matthew

Matthew Norman lives in Baltimore with his wife and two children. His latest novel, “Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon,” is out now. His previous novels include “Charm City Rocks,” “All Together Now,” “Last Couple Standing,” “We’re All Damaged,” and… Continue Reading