2025 Authors

  • A man wearing a straw fedora, a black blazer, and a coral t-shirt, sitting indoors, with a book titled 'Gray Dawn' by Walter Mosley in the foreground.

    Walter Mosley

    OPENING KEYNOTE

    Gray Dawn

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  • A woman with glasses and earrings, smiling outdoors during daytime, wearing a red scarf with a geometric pattern, standing next to a book titled "Wings of Fire," which features a dragon on the cover.

    Tui Sutherland

    CHILDREN’S KEYNOTE

    FAMILY KEYNOTE

    Wings of Fire

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  • A smiling woman with dark hair in a black shirt and a necklace, standing next to a children's book titled "Julia Child" with an illustration of Julia Child cooking.

    Kari Allen

    Julia Child

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  • A man with a beard and mustache in a light blue shirt standing in front of a wooden background, holding a book titled 'The Nimbus' by Robert P. Baird.

    Robert Baird

    The Nimbus

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  • A smiling woman with light skin and red hair, wearing a black top and gold earrings, standing in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

    Rachel Barenbaum - NHPR

    MODERATOR

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  • Cara Bastone

    Promise Me Sunshine

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  • Close-up photo of a man with dark hair, stubble, glasses, and a slight smile, outdoors with a blurred green background. There's an inset of a book cover titled "The Last Zookeeper" by Aaron Becker, featuring an illustrated sailing ship on water.

    Aaron Becker

    The Last Zookeeper

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  • Black and white portrait of a woman with dark hair and hoop earrings, with a 3D mockup of a book titled "Child of Earth and Starry Heaven" by Annette Binder in front of her.

    Annette Binder

    Child of Earth and Starry Heaven

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  • A man with glasses and gray hair smiling, sitting in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

    Harry Bliss

    You Can Never Die

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  • Jane Brox

    In the Merrimack Valley

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  • Emilie Christie Burack

    MODERATOR

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  • Black and white portrait of a man with short dark hair, slight facial hair, and a serious expression, with a book titled 'When the Wolf Comes Home' by Nat Cassidy superimposed in the foreground.

    Nat Cassidy

    When The Wolf Comes Home

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  • A woman with dark wavy hair standing outdoors against a metallic fence, wearing a gray shirt, with a neutral expression. A book titled 'An Authentic Life' by Jennifer Chang is superimposed in the lower left corner.

    Jennifer Chang - Poetry Headliner

    An Authentic Life

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  • A woman with shoulder-length curly brown hair smiling, wearing a purple leopard print blouse, holding a book titled 'The Zuzu Secret' by Miriam Chernick, standing against a green background.

    Miriam Chernick

    The ZuZu Secret

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  • A man smiling outdoors with a book titled 'Hurricane' by Jason Chin in the foreground.

    Jason Chin

    Hurricane

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  • A woman with brown hair smiling and holding a colorful book titled "Greta Ever After" by Melissa Dassori

    Melissa Dassori

    Greta Ever After

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  • A woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a red and white floral blouse and earrings, smiling at the camera. There is a graphic novel titled 'Top Heavy' by Rhonda DeChambeau in the lower left corner.

    Rhonda DeChambeau

    Top Heavy

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  • A woman with dark hair and bangs looking to the right, with cloudy sky in the background.

    Margot Douiahy

    MODERATOR

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  • A woman with blonde hair and a black shirt smiling while holding a book titled 'The Steps' by Wendelin Van Draanen. She is in an office with a world map on the wall, a computer, and stacks of papers or files.

    Wendylin Van Draanen

    The Steps

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  • A man with glasses and a beard smiling outdoors near greenery, holding a children's book titled "Boar and Hedgehog."

    David Elliott

    Boar and Hedgehog

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  • A man with gray hair and a beard smiling outdoors, wearing a plaid shirt, with a colorful book titled "A Universe of Rainbows" in the bottom left corner.

    Matt Forrest Esenwine

    A Universe of Rainbows

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  • A man with short curly hair wearing a cream-colored polo shirt, looking at the camera, with a book titled 'Great Black Hope' by Rob Franklin overlapping the bottom left corner of the image.

    Rob Franklin

    Great Black Hope

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  • A man with shoulder-length brown hair and a beard, wearing a dark blue shirt with white patterns, smiling in a radio studio with audio equipment and a monitor displaying the logo "nhpr".

    Rick Ganley - NHPR

    MODERATOR

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  • A woman with short brown hair and earrings is looking over her shoulder at the camera. The background is outdoor blurred scenery. There is a book titled 'What If It's You?' by Jilly Gagnon in front of her.

    Jilly Gagnon

    What If It’s You?

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  • Regie Gibson

    Inaugural Poet Laureate of Massachusetts

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  • A young woman with dark hair smiling outdoors while leaning on a stone surface, with green trees and a brick building in the background.

    Amanda Gokee - Boston Globe

    MODERATOR

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  • A woman with long brown hair, wearing a navy blue shirt, smiling outdoors with a blurred sandy background, holding a pink paperback book titled 'Romantic Friction' by Lori Gold.

    Lori Gold

    Romantic Friction

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  • A woman with curly brown hair, wearing a black top and a necklace, sitting indoors with a book titled 'The Icon & The Idealist' by Stephanie Gorton in front of her.

    Stephanie Gorton

    The Icon & The Idealist

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  • Woman with long brown hair holding a book titled ‘The Road to Tender Hearts’ by Annie Hartnett in front of a green background.

    Annie Hartnett

    The Road to Tender Hearts

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  • An older woman with short gray hair wearing glasses, a black turtleneck, and a blue shirt, smiling. She is holding a children's book titled "When I Hear Spirituallys" by Cheryl Willis Hudson, which features an illustrated girl sitting on grass with white birds flying around against a green background.

    Cheryl Willis Hudson

    When I Hear Spirituals

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  • A woman with blonde hair, wearing glasses and a brown crochet top, smiling while holding a book titled 'Old Blue Is My Home' by Lita Judge.

    Lita Judge

    Old Blue is My Home

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  • A man with short, dark hair and light skin, smiling, standing outdoors near a large tree with green foliage in the background.

    Marty Kelley

    MODERATOR

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  • A woman with long brown hair and freckles, wearing a mustard-colored cardigan and a white shirt, sitting indoors with a blurry green plant in the background.

    Abbie Kiefer

    Certain Shelter

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  • Portrait of a smiling woman with curly blonde hair, wearing a black jacket and a colorful scarf, holding a children's book titled 'One Girl's Voice.'

    Vivian Kirkfield

    One Girl's Voice: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land

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  • A woman with shoulder-length black hair, smiling, wearing a white blouse and khaki pants, sitting on a green outdoor corridor.

    Ann Kim

    MODERATOR

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  • Black and white portrait of a woman with shoulder-length hair and a nose piercing, looking to her right, with a book titled 'The House No One' by Adina King overlapping her shoulder.

    Adina King

    The House No One Sees

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  • Close-up of a woman with glasses and long dark hair, outdoors, holding a yellow book titled 'The Phoenix Pencil Company' by Allyson King.

    Allison King

    The Phoenix Pencil Company

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  • Laura Knoy

    MODERATOR

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  • Karen Krossing

    My Street Remembers

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  • Sharon Kurtzman

    The Lost Baker of Vienna

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  • Paul Lisicky

    Song So Wild And Blue

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  • Tori Anne Martin

    No Charm Done

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  • Jennifer Militello

    NH Poet Laureate

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  • Naomi Milliner

    The Trouble With Secrets

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  • Erin E. Moulton

    MODERATOR

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  • Paula Munier

    The Night Woods

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  • Christine Murphy

    Notes on Surviving the Fire

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  • Sandra Nickel

    Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps

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  • Iain Haley Pollock

    All The Possible Bodies

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  • Taylor Quimby - NHPR

    MODERATOR

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  • Lisa Rogak

    Propaganda Girls

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  • Lisa Wlliamson Rosenberg

    Mirror Me

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  • Adi Rule

    MODERATOR

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  • Hank Phillippi Ryan

    All This Could Be Yours

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  • Lisa Stringfellow

    MODERATOR

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  • Julia Thacker

    To Wildness

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  • G.C. Waldrep

    The Opening Ritual

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  • Tim Weed

    The Afterlife Project

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  • Azadeh Westergaard

    The One and Only Googoosh

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  • Sarah Clawson Willis

    Sarah Clawson Willis

    Band Nerd

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  • Jocelyn Winn

    MODERATOR

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  • Michelle Young

    The Art Spy

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  • Eli Zuzovsky

    Mazeltov

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