Annapolis Book Festival

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