A Celebration of Books,
Writers & LIterary Excellence

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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 18, 2024

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


GBF Blog

Greer, Sierra

Sierra Greer grew up in Minnesota before attending Williams College and Johns Hopkins University. A former high school English teacher, she writes about the future from her home in rural Connecticut. Sierra will be presenting “Annie Bot.” Instagram: @sierra_greer_writer Twitter (X):… Continue Reading

Perrin, Lisa

Lisa Perrin is an illustrator, hand lettering artist, professor and author. Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Lisa now lives in Baltimore, where she is a full-time professor of illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work often explores… Continue Reading

Ewell, Andrew

Andrew Ewell is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Moulin à Nef Studio Center in Auvillar, France. He spent his early years on a sailboat in the Caribbean and was later… Continue Reading

Hylton, Antonia

Antonia Hylton is a Peabody and Emmy-award winning journalist at NBC News, reporting on politics and civil rights, and the co-host of the hit podcasts Southlake and Grapevine. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she received prizes… Continue Reading

Ryan, Kennedy

USA Today best-selling author and Audie Award-winner Kennedy Ryan writes for women from all walks of life, empowering them and placing them firmly at the center of each story and in charge of their own destinies. Kennedy and her writings… Continue Reading

James, Tania

Tania James is the author of the novels “The Tusk That Did the Damage” and “Atlas of Unknowns,” and the short story collection “Aerogrammes.” Her fiction has appeared in Boston Review, Granta, Guernica, One Story, A Public Space and The Kenyon… Continue Reading

Winkler, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Winkler is a journalist and critic whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement and The Economist, among other publications. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and… Continue Reading

Gundersheimer, Ben

Ben Gundersheimer, M.Ed (MISTER G) is a Latin Grammy Award-winning artist, author and educator. Hailed as “a bilingual rock star” by The Washington Post, Ben has released 14 albums and four children’s books (Penguin Random House) based on his original… Continue Reading

Illich, Donald

Donald Illich‘s work appears in journals such as Iowa Review, LIT, Nimrod, Passages North, Rattle, Fourteen Hills, The Louisville Review, Cimmaron Review, Map Literary, Spork, Cream City Review and Sixth Finch. His work has been anthologized in “A Face to Meet… Continue Reading

Eisenberg, John

John Eisenberg is one of the country’s most acclaimed sportswriters. A native of Dallas, and graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he started out at The Dallas Times Herald before joining The Baltimore Sun, where for 27 years he wrote… Continue Reading