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Wisconsin Book Festival

24th Annual Fall Celebration: 
October 23-26, 2025

Free, year-round public author events

in partnership with the MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION

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Past Years - 2016 Presenters

Luvvie Ajayi

Luvvie Ajayi

Bruce Andrews

Bruce Andrews

Agnès B.

Agnès B.

Chloe Benjamin

Chloe Benjamin

Ari Berman

Ari Berman

Flynn Berry

Flynn Berry

Cara Black

Cara Black

Toni Blackman

Toni Blackman

Robert Boszhardt

Robert Boszhardt

Box Brown

Box Brown

Robert Olen Butler

Robert Olen Butler

Joshua Calhoun

Joshua Calhoun

James Campbell

James Campbell

Nicholas Carr

Nicholas Carr

Jeff Chang

Jeff Chang

Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Chiaverini

Jennifer Close

Jennifer Close

Ally Condie

Ally Condie

Stephen Coss

Stephen Coss

Kathy Cramer

Kathy Cramer

Andre Darlington

Andre Darlington

Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond

EJ Dionne

EJ Dionne

Ben Ehrenreich

Ben Ehrenreich

Chris Emdin

Chris Emdin

Lauren Fox

Lauren Fox

Kathleen Gallagher

Kathleen Gallagher

James Galvin

James Galvin

Kate Gavino

Kate Gavino

Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh

Susan Gloss

Susan Gloss

Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman

Mark Greif

Mark Greif

Neal Griffin

Neal Griffin

Lauren Gucik & Rachel Cassandra

Lauren Gucik & Rachel Cassandra

Craig Hall

Craig Hall

Jane Hamilton

Jane Hamilton

Kelly Harms

Kelly Harms

Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris

Amy Hassinger

Amy Hassinger

Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Randall Duk Kim

Randall Duk Kim

Patric Kuh

Patric Kuh

Kim Leine

Kim Leine

Michael Lenehan

Michael Lenehan

Jeremiah Lewis

Jeremiah Lewis

Louis Lo Praeste

Louis Lo Praeste

Marie Lu

Marie Lu

Rodney Lucas

Rodney Lucas

Helen MacDonald

Helen MacDonald

Andrea Mays

Andrea Mays

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels

Paula McLain

Paula McLain

Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell

Charles Monroe-Kane

Charles Monroe-Kane

Brian Mooney

Brian Mooney

Ella Morton

Ella Morton

Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles

Bonnie Nadzam

Bonnie Nadzam

Priyamvada Natarajan

Priyamvada Natarajan

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Michael Norton

Michael Norton

Cathy O'Neil

Cathy O'Neil

Anne Occhiogrosso

Anne Occhiogrosso

Matthew Pearl

Matthew Pearl

Thomas Pecore Weso

Thomas Pecore Weso

Benjamin Percy

Benjamin Percy

Nicholas Petrie

Nicholas Petrie

William Povletich

William Povletich

Melissa Range

Melissa Range

Dean Robbins

Dean Robbins

Justin Roberts

Justin Roberts

Phoebe Robinson

Phoebe Robinson

Don Sanford

Don Sanford

Will Santino

Will Santino

Jeremy Scahill

Jeremy Scahill

Geri Schrab

Geri Schrab

Kristin Seaborg

Kristin Seaborg

Jonathan Shailor

Jonathan Shailor

Peter Stark

Mark Stein

Mark Stein

Anne Trubek

Anne Trubek

Alexander Weinstein

Alexander Weinstein

Larry Williams

Larry Williams

Rain Wilson

Rain Wilson

Michael Witwer

Michael Witwer

Gordon Wood

Gordon Wood

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

Xuman

Xuman

Salina Yoon

Salina Yoon

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