The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a free annual celebration of great books and great writing that has made its mark as one of the nation’s top literary events. More than 100 featured best-selling and award-winning authors – including Alice McDermott, Angie Kim, Clint Smith, Nicholas Kristof, Liza Mundy, Cece Bell, Brigid Kemmerer and more – will participate in presentations and panel discussions. Being held May 18 in Gaithersburg, Md., the Festival also includes interactive writing workshops, a Children’s Village, book sales, author signings and more. Admission and shuttles from Shady Grove Metro and Montgomery County Fairgrounds are FREE.

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The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a free annual celebration of great books and great writing that has made its mark as one of the nation’s top literary events. This year’s Festival – celebrating its 15th year and  taking place May 18 – will feature more than 100 best-selling and award-winning authors who will participate in talks and panel discussions. Authors include: 

Fiction

Adrienne Brodeur

Tania James

Alice McDermott

Jayne Anne Phillips

Angie Kim

Paul Yoon

Non-Fiction

Liza Mundy

A J Jacobs

Nicholas Kristof

Carlos Lozado

Susan Page

Mystery/Thriller

Vera Kurian 

Lauren Thoman

Kate White

Sara Shepard

Poetry

Richard Blanco

Jessica Cuello

Edgar Kunz

Clint Smith

Ping Wang

Children’s

Cece Bell 

Lesa Cline-Ransome 

Brian LIes

James Ransome 

Graphic Novels

John Patrick Green 

Tim Probert 

Dave Roman 

Jonathan Roth 

Cynthia Leitich Smith and Kekla Magoon

Middle Grade

Derrick Barnes 

Elizabeth Bunce 

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Kekla Magoon 

Gary Schmidt and Leah Henderson 

Carole Boston Weatherford

Young Adult

Kim Johnson

Brigid Kemmerer 

William Ritter 

John Schu 

Andrew Joseph White 

The Festival also includes interactive writing workshops, a Children’s Village, book sales, author signings and more. Admission and shuttles from Shady Grove Metro and Montgomery County Fairgrounds are FREE.

The Gaithersburg Book Festival is sponsored by The Carnegie at Washingtonian Center, Politics and Prose Bookstore, Dawson's Market, DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC North Gaithersburg, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Montgomery County Public Schools, Chatter on Books, RIO Washingtonian Center, Washington Independent Review of Books, C-SPAN Book TV, Asbury Methodist Village, Maryland State Arts Council and Montgomery Community Media