Annapolis Book Festival
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The Key School 534 Hillsmere Dr. , Annapolis, Maryland 21403
U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin,Emmy award-winning journalist Terence Smith, best selling author Clint Smith, and award-winning veteran journalist Susan Page to headline the free,in-person community event
Annapolis, MD— Key School announces the initial line-up for the 19th annual Annapolis BookFestival. Among the many distinguished speakers slated to join the premiere community event on Saturday, April 9 include:
●U.S. Congressman for the 8th District of Maryland, author and lead House manager of the second impeachment trialRep.Jamie Raskin
●Emmy award-winning journalist Terence Smith
●Bestselling author of one of the New York Times ten best books of 2021Clint Smith
●Award-winning journalist and Washington bureau chief of USA TodaySusan Page
●Bestselling thriller writerJeffery Deaver
●Award-winning journalistsJohn Woodrow Cox and Cecilia Kang
●Chief executive at PEN America Suzanne Nossel
●Investigative journalist and author of one of the Washington Post’s ten best books of 2021Craig Whitlock
●Best-selling thriller writersDan FespermanandJohnGilstrap
●Veteran journalist and memoiristLeslie Gray Streeter
●Senior fellow at the Brennan Center for JusticeTheodoreR. Johnson
●MacArthur Fellow and conservationistEdith Widder
●President of the National Immigration ForumAli Noorani
●Children and young adult book author and co-founder of We Need Diverse BooksEllen Oh
●Foodie and memoristHannah Howard
Now in its 19th year, the Annapolis Book Festival is one of the premier community events in the region. The Festival brings together nationally and internationally renowned authors with thousands of book fans for author talks, panel discussions, book signings, and other activities. Interactive,multi-generational and free of charge, the Festival has something for book lovers of all ages. Combining entertainment, children’s activities, and food trucks with compelling author panels, the Festival attracts more than 3,000 attendees each year.
The Annapolis Book Festival will be held on the campus of Key School at 534 Hillsmere Drive, Annapolis, MD, 21403 on Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
2022 Annapolis Book Festival Authors We are pleased to announce the following authors are presenting at the 2022 Festival:
Kate Albus -A Place to Hang the Moon
Jenn Bouchard- First Course
John Woodrow Cox -Children Under Fire: An American Crisis
Jeffery Deaver- The Midnight Lock: A Lincoln Rhyme Book
Dan Fesperman- The Cover Wife Jay Fleming-Island Life
John Gilstrap- Blue Fire: A Victoria Emerson Thriller
Jeffrey Greene- Masters of Tonewood: The Hidden Artof Fine Stringed-Instrument Making
Nadia Hashimi- Sparks Like Stars
Kristin Henning- The Rage of Innocence: How AmericaCriminalizes Black Youth
Hannah Howard- Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family
Theodore R. Johnson- When the Stars Begin to Fall:Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise ofAmerica
Cecilia Kang- An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battlefor Domination (coauthor Sheera Frenkel)
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo-Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories From Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust
Nilah Magruder- Wutaryoo
Josh Mitchell-The Debt Trap: How Student Loans Became a National Catastrophe
Ali Noorani- Crossing Borders: The Reconciliationof a Nation of Immigrants
Suzanne Nossel- Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speechfor All
Ellen Oh- Finding Junie Kim
Susan Page- Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessonsof Power
Nicole Perlroth- This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
Jamie Raskin- Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and Trials of American Democracy
Constance Sayers- The Ladies of the Secret Circus
Jeffrey Selingo- Who Gets In and Why: A Year InsideCollege Admissions
Clint Smith- How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Terence Smith- Four Wars, Five Presidents: A Reporter'sJourney from Jerusalem to Saigon to the White House
William Stixrud- What Do You Say?: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home (co-author Ned Johnson)
Leslie Gray Streeter-Black Widow: A Sad-Funny JourneyThrough Grief for People Who Normally AvoidBooks with Words Like "Journey" in the Title
Adam Russell Taylor- A More Perfect Union: A NewVision for Building the Beloved Community
John Della Volpe- Fight: How Gen Z Is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America
Craig Whitlock- The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
Edith Widder -Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
Xu Xi- The Art and Craft of Asian Stories (co-authorRobin Hemley)
John Yeigh-Win the Youth Sports Game: How Ordinary Kids Can Thrive
Marisa Zeppieri- Chronically Fabulous: Finding Wholeness and Hope Living with Chronic Illness
Connect with the Annapolis Book Festival:On Twitter @AnnapolisBookOn Instagram at @annapolisbookfestivalOn our website atwww.keyschool.org/annapolisbookfestivalOn Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/AnnapolisBookFestival