A Celebration of Books,
Writers & LIterary Excellence

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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Jeffery Deaver

Featured Title: South of Nowhere (A Colter Shaw Novel)

Jeffery Deaver is an international #1 best-selling author. His novels have appeared on best-seller lists around the world. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 2:15 pm

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 3:15 pm

David Ellis

Featured Title: The Best Lies

David Ellis is the Edgar-winning author of 11 suspense novels, as well as another 10 co-written with James Patterson. His most recent solo novels were “Look Closer” (2022) and “The Best Lies” (2024). He won the Edgar Award for Best… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 12:15 pm

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 1:15 pm

Parents Weekend by Alex Finlay

Alex Finlay

Featured Title: Parents Weekend

Alex Finlay is the best-selling author of several acclaimed novels, including the 2024 national bestseller, “If Something Happens to Me.” His work regularly appears on best-of-the-year lists and has been translated into 25 languages and sold around the world. Nearly… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 11:15 am

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 12:15 pm

The Vampire of Kings Street by Asha Greyling

Asha Greyling

Featured Title: The Vampire of Kings Street

Asha Greyling lives in Maryland with her furry four-footed muses, Gwin the terrier and a guinea pig who thinks she’s a cat. She likes nothing more than swinging in the playground (unless the local children scare her off), collecting acorns… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 2:15 pm

Venue: Rachel Carson Pavilion

Signing: 3:15 pm

Moderator

K.T. Nguyen

Featured Title: You Know What You Did

K.T. Nguyen is a former Glamour magazine editor. Her debut psychological thriller, “You Know What You Did,” has been nominated for Lefty and Agatha Awards. The Seattle Times called the novel “a swirly, tangled hair-raiser…as sinister as it is emotional.”… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 12:15 pm

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 1:15 pm

Chris Pavone

Featured Title: The Doorman

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

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 12:15 pm

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 1:15 pm

Aggie Blum Thompson

Featured Title: You Deserve to Know

Before turning to fiction, Aggie Blum Thompson covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. Aggie is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America and… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 10:15 am

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 11:15 am

Tell Me What You Did by Carter Wilson

Carter Wilson

Featured Title: Tell Me What You Did

Carter Wilson is the USA Today best-selling author of 10 critically acclaimed, standalone psychological thrillers, as well as numerous short stories. He is an ITW Thriller Award finalist, a five-time winner of the Colorado Book Award, and his works have… Continue Reading

Author Schedule:

Speaking: 4:15 pm

Venue: Dashiell Hammett Pavilion

Signing: 5:15 pm