The Library of Congress revealed the lineup for its National Book Festival, with more than 90 authors scheduled to take part in the annual event in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, whose book Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution is scheduled for publication in September by Sentinel, will appear at the festival, as will other nonfiction authors including John Green (Everything Is Tuberculosis), Jenny Slate (Lifeform), Honorée Fanonne Jeffers (Misbehaving at the Crossroads), and Imani Perry (Black in Blues).
Fiction authors scheduled to appear include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dream Count), Scott Turow (Presumed Guilty), Susan Choi (Flashlight), Nnedi Okorafor (Death of the Author), and V.E. Schwab (Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil).
Geena Davis, whose picture book The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page was published in April by Philomel, is one of dozens of authors of books for children and young adults who will appear at the festival, including Leah Johnson (Bree Boyd Is a Legend), Andrea Beatriz Arango (It’s All or Nothing, Vale), Marisha Pessl (Darkly), and Ransom Riggs (Sunderworld, Vol. I).
This year’s festival will take place on September 6 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. It is free and open to the public.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
