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Harbor Springs Festival of the Book 2025
The list for the 2025 Harbor Springs Festival of the Book presenters coming September 26th through 28th!
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- Alafair Burke is the Edgar-nominated New York Times best-selling author of fourteen suspense novels, including The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and Find Me, and co-author of the best-selling Under Suspicion series. A former prosecutor, Burke is…
- Jannie Ho was born in Hong Kong, raised in Philadelphia, and studied illustration at Parsons School of Design in New York. After working as a graphic designer and art director at fun places such as Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and TIME Magazine for…
- Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling writer of mostly science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. Her debut novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Nnedi…
- Joseph Finder is the New York Times best-selling author of sixteen suspense novels, including House on Fire, The Fixer, and Suspicion. Two of his novels have been adapted into major motion pictures—Paranoia (starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman)…
- Allegra Goodman is the author of six novels, including the national bestseller Sam, which was a “Read with Jenna” book club selection; two short story collections; and a novel for young readers. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and…
- Gregg Hurwitz is the author of the New York Times best-selling Orphan X novels. Critically acclaimed, his novels have been international bestsellers, graced top ten lists, and published in thirty-three languages. Additionally, he’s sold scripts to…
- owyn Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. She worked for nearly a decade as a bookseller at independent Fireside Books in Palmer, Alaska, and prior to that, as a reporter for the local newspaper,…
- Karen Russell is the author of six fiction books, including the New York Times bestsellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove. She has received MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Born and raised…
- Shelby Van Pelt was an instant New York Times bestseller and a “Read With Jenna” book club pick in 2022 with her debut novel Remarkably Bright Creatures. In 2023, she was awarded the Heartland Prize for Fiction and the McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns…
The Containment
Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North
Adams, Michelle, 1963-Michelle Adams is the Henry M. Butzel Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. The former co-director of the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, she served on the Biden administration’s…- Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She is the author of By The Fire We Carry: The Generation-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land and the writer and host of the podcast This Land. Her writing on Native…
The Wide Wide Sea
Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Sides, HamptonHampton Sides, a narrative historian, is best known for his gripping nonfiction adventure stories set in war or depicting epic expeditions of exploration. He is the author of the best-selling histories Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound On…- Allie Millington is a New York Times Bestselling author of books for the young and young at heart. Her debut middle grade novel, Olivetti, was an instant national bestseller and received a glowing review by Tom Hanks. Allie released two new books…
- Rosanne Parry is the author of the best-selling Voice of the Wilderness novels and nonfiction picture books. She grew up in Oregon, loving the wild places and fabulous libraries that surrounded her. Parry sells books at Annie Blooms and writes in…
- Brianne Farley is the author of Secret Tree Fort and Ike's Incredible Ink. She illustrated Dozens of Doughnuts by Carrie Finison, the Charlotte the Scientist books by Camille Andros, and Building Books by Megan Wagner Lloyd. Farley studied creative…
- Travis Jonker graduated from Petoskey High School and is now the school librarian for Dorr Elementary (Dorr, MI). He is the author of The Very Last Castle, Blue Floats Away, The Ship in the Window, and Caboose, as well as the author-illustrator of…
- Rebecca Lee Kunz grew up in Oklahoma and went on to earn a BFA in painting from the College of Santa Fe. Kunz is an artist and owns Tree of Life Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she runs her business and raises three daughters. A citizen of the…
- Nick Brooks is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and musician from Washington, DC. His first YA novel, Promise Boys, debuted in January 2023 and was the largest publishing deal for a Young Adult debut in history. The book received critical acclaim,…
- Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. School Library Journal praised her most recent title, Murder Among Friends, which received four-starred reviews, as a "chilling…
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