PAST FESTIVAL AUTHORS
Since 2014, MFOB has kept some impressive company.
MFOB is proud to have welcomed such esteemed authors to our events for readers of all ages over these past years. From New York Times bestselling authors to Caldecott winners, from debut novelists to globally recognized names, our speakers span all genres of writing.
2022
| Laurie Lico Albanese | Eva Cristina Hoffman Jedruch | |
| Heather Alexander | Eva Jurczyk | |
| Mateo Askaripour | Alan Katz | |
| Tracey Baptiste | Erica Katz | |
| Caitlin Barasch | Lucy Keating | |
| Kalynn Bayron | Eric Kim | |
| Marie Benedict | Jean Hanff Korelitz | |
| Ariel Bernstein | Kevin Lewis | |
| Phil Bildner | Elizabeth Lim | |
| Tashie Bhuiyan | Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa | |
| Michael Buckley | Lynda Cohen Loigman | |
| Cindy Callaghan | Alex London | |
| Jeff Campbell | Roger Lowenstein | |
| Jason Chin | Kyle Lukoff | |
| Sona Charaipotra | “Mr. Jay” Miletsky | |
| Bill Chuck | Paul Muldoon | |
| Elle Cosimano | Adele Myers | |
| Tom Coyne | Yevgenia Nayberg | |
| Sharon Lee de la Cruz | Hazel Newlevant | |
| Navdeep Singh Dhillon | James Patterson | |
| Payal Doshi | Chris Pavone | |
| Maggie Doyne | Dolen Perkins-Valdez | |
| Dylan Dreyer | Sara Manning Peskin | |
| M. Chris Fabricant | Nita Prose | |
| Kellye Garrett | Bob Ryan | |
| V. Gagnon | Jimmy Soni | |
| Allen Gannett | Adriana Trigiani | |
| Dan Gutman | Katy Tur | |
| Iman Hariri-Kia | Matthew & Mara Van Fleet | |
| Jessi Hempel | BJ Ward | |
| Jamie Fiore Higgins | Karen Winn | |
| Tad Hills | ||
2021
| Lee Bacon | Hugh O’Neill | |
| Jess Brallier | Charles Ricciardi | |
| Nick Bruel | Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | |
| Jen Calonita | Geoff Rodkey | |
| Chris Grabenstein | Corey Rosen Schwartz | |
| Dan Gutman | Nisha Sharma | |
| Kathryn Holmes | David Ezra Stein | |
| Meredith Ireland | David O. Stewart | |
| William Jimeno | Jordyn Taylor | |
| Sadeqa Johnson | Caroline Tung Richmond | |
| Brigid Kemmerer | Lenora Todaro | |
| Jennifer Li Shotz | Wendy Whitman | |
| Torrey Maldonado | Lauren Willig | |
| Kimberly McCreight | Dan Yaccarino | |
| Kayla Miller | Katie Zhao | |
| Megan Miranda | Courtney Zoffness | |
2020
| Kristin Hannah | Nadia Owusu | |
| David Michaelis | Victoria “V.E.” Schwab | |
2019
| Kwame Alexander | Marjan Kamali |
| Katherine Arden | Ibram X. Kendi |
| Rick Atkinson | Michael Kranish |
| Safi Bahcall | Jean Kwok |
| Tessa Bailey | Claire Legrand |
| Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen | Andrew Lewis |
| Marie Benedict | Elizabeth Lim |
| Preet Bharara | T Kira Madden |
| Sarah Blake | Jen Malone |
| Meg Cabot | Madeline Miller |
| S.A. Chakraborty | Eva Lesko Natiello |
| Tena Clark | Paul Noth |
| Ben Coes | Tea Obreht |
| Jerry Craft | Julie Orringer |
| Anika Denise | Joanne Ramos |
| Benjamin Dreyer | James Riley |
| Ame Dyckman | Jennifer Robson |
| Val Emmich | Heather Ross |
| David Epstein | Stephanie Sabol |
| Jason Fry | Whitney Scharer |
| Gilbert M. Gaul | Francesco Sedita |
| Karina Yan Glaser | Brenda Shaughnessy |
| Paul Goldberger | Jessie Sima |
| Andrew Gross | Katy Tur |
| Rob Hart | Chuck Wendig |
| Heidi Heilig | Lauren Wilkinson |
| Pam Jenoff | Beatriz Williams |
| JJ Johnson |
2018
| Megan Abbott | Emmy Laybourne |
| Roda Ahmed | Peter Lerangis |
| Heather Alexander | Jessica Love |
| Alafair Burke | Julie Maloney |
| Caroline Campion | Sujata Massey |
| Diane Chamberlain | Chris Matthews |
| Dhonielle Clayton | Margaret McNamara |
| Zoraida Córdova | Aimee Molloy |
| Sayantani DasGupta | Kate Moore |
| Christian Davenport | Kass Morgan |
| Fiona Davis | Kate Morton |
| Matt de la Peňa | Ibtihaj Muhammad |
| Mark Di Ionno | Rhiannon Navin |
| Michael Dickman | Laura Numeroff |
| Stephanie Dray | Joyce Carol Oates |
| Bob Drury | Emily X.R. Pan |
| Christopher Eliopoulos | Gregory Pardlo |
| Dee Ernst | Kate Quinn |
| A.J. Finn | Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich |
| Debbi Michiko Florence | Christian Robinson |
| Jeff Goodell | Rakesh Satyal |
| Philip Greene | Eliot Schrefer |
| Dan Gutman | Susan Holloway Scott |
| Uzodinma Iweala | Jennifer E. Smith |
| Leslie Jamison | David Ezra Stein |
| Sandeep Jauhar | Laini Taylor |
| Laura Kamoie | Oanh Ngo Usadi |
| John Kerry | Audrey Vernick |
| Gilbert King | Tracey West |
| William Kent Krueger | Ibi Zoboi |
2017
| Michael Ausiello | Susie Jaramillo |
| Angelica Baker | Pam Jenoff |
| Ronald H. Balson | Katie Kitamura |
| Tracey Baptiste | Jean Hanff Korelitz |
| Rhoda Belleza | Emmy Laybourne |
| Laurie Berkner | Min Jin Lee |
| Bianca Bosker | Wendy Mass |
| Libba Bray | Megan Miranda |
| Ron Chernow | Paul Muldoon |
| Lincoln Child | Carolyn Murnick |
| Cressida Cowell | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Laura Dave | Chinelo Okparanta |
| Jacky Davis | Daniel Jose Older |
| Kevin Davis | Patrick Phillips |
| Kate DiCamillo | James Preller |
| Ame Dyckman | Rossella Rago |
| Sally Mott Freeman | Riley Sager |
| Matthew Futterman | Will Schwalbe |
| Tess Gerritsen | David Soman |
| David Grann | Emma Straub |
| Kaitlyn Greenidge | Lucy Sykes |
| Laurie Hernandez | Lauren Tarshis |
| Tad Hills | Sam Walker |
| Alice Hoffman | Scott Westerfeld |
| Georgia Hunter | Chris Whipple |
2016
| Heather Alexander | Sarah MacLean |
| Mia Alvar | Andrea Mays |
| Ari Berman | Imbolo Mbue |
| Nick Bruel | Paula McLain |
| Alyssa Satin Capucilli | Meg Medina |
| Mary Higgins Clark | Naomi Novik |
| Bill Dedman | Amy Ellis Nutt |
| Emma Donoghue | Stacy Schiff |
| John Donvan | V.E. Schwab |
| Ray Fisman | Corey Rosen Schwartz |
| Amanda Freitag | Courtney Sheinmel |
| Gilbert M. Gaul | Emma Sky |
| Sharon Guskin | Karin Slaughter |
| Dan Gutman | R.L. Stine |
| Nadia Hashimi | Tim Sullivan |
| Naomi Jackson | Peter Swanson |
| Eloisa James | Matthew Thomas |
| Sebastian Junger | Wendy Walker |
| Lynda Cohen Loigman | Colson Whitehead |
| David Lubar | Lauren Willig |
| Carolyn Mackler | Caren Zucker |
2015
| Eric Asimov | Susan Lowry |
| Jami Attenberg | Emily St. John Mandel |
| Rose Levy Beranbaum | Kimberly McCreight |
| Nancy Berner | Chris Pavone |
| Bryan Burrough | Laura Schenone |
| Jeff Campbell | Emily Schultz |
| Susane Colasanti | Christopher Scotton |
| Dana Goldstein | Akhil Sharma |
| A.J. Jacobs | Gail Sheehy |
| Gordon Korman | Asali Solomon |
| Nicholas Kristof | Hector Tobar |
| Kendall Kulper | Tommy Wallach |
| Edward J. Larson | Rosemary Wells |
| Tara Lazar | Sheryl WuDunn |
| Sarah Darer Littman | Tiphanie Yanique |
2014
| Ishmael Beah | Allyson Hobbs |
| Miranda Beverly-Whittemore | Philip K. Howard |
| Kathy Brennan | Nancy Krulik |
| Caroline Campion | Emmy Laybourne |
| Breena Clarke | Caroline Leavitt |
| Lisa Colozza Cocca | Marta McDowell |
| William D. Cohan | Celeste Ng |
| Elizabeth Eulberg | Jane O’Connor |
| Dan Fagin | Michael Aaron Rockland |
| Julia Fierro | Kieran Scott |
| Dorothea Benton Frank | Martha Woodroof |
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