2027 Authors & Speakers

We are assembling a remarkable roster of speakers for the Tenth Annual Sonoma Valley Authors Festival. Make sure you are on our mailing list and check this page often as we announce more authors and speakers. View past speakers here.

Tara Westover

Author of Educated, whose new memoir, Brothers and Sisters, is a powerful and deeply personal exploration of family and the power of stories to liberate and to tyrannize. (Release date: April 13, 2027)

David Grann

Bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager is a master of true stories, uncovering tales of murder, mutiny, survival, and the darkest secrets of history.

Bonnie Garmus

Author of Lessons in Chemistry returns with Peck & Peck, an irresistible new novel about publishing, poetry, and the unconventional people who refuse to play by the rules.

Patrick Radden Keefe

Author of Say Nothing returns with London Falling, a gripping true story of a mysterious death, dirty money, and power that exposes the dark underbelly of London’s elite.

Min Jin Lee

Author of Pachinko returns with American Hagwon, which explores ambition, education, and what one family sacrifices in pursuit of success.

Lauren Groff

Three-time National Book Award finalist whose latest, Brawler, is a dazzling collection of stories exploring love, survival, and the complexities of human nature.

Sebastian Mallaby

His latest, The Infinity Machine, is a riveting account of Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis, the visionary behind Google DeepMind, and the high-stakes race to shape the future of artificial intelligence.

Dr. Robert Wachter

Bestselling author and UCSF Chair of Medicine explores the extraordinary promise and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence in medicine in his new book A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future.

Liaquat Ahamed

Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lords of Finance, whose latest, 1873, tells the story of the first Great Depression and how it shaped the modern world.

Javier Zamora

Poet, American Book Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of Solito, his memoir of traveling alone from El Salvador to the United States at age nine.

Cade Metz

Award-winning New York Times AI journalist and author of Genius Makers, who has spent more than a decade tracking the visionaries and breakthroughs reshaping our world.

Dan Russell, PhD

Longtime Google research scientist and author of The Joy of Search, who teaches how to think like a detective when AI can fabricate images and stories.

Erica Alfaro

Farmworker’s daughter, teen mom, and award-winning author of Harvesting Dreams, whose story shows how resilience and education can rewrite a life.

Catherine Grace Katz

Historian and author of The Daughters of Yalta, whose new book, Shadow Before the Flame, tells the story of the Hindenburg disaster and the prelude to war

Alex Filippenko

Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at UC Berkeley, a member of both teams that discovered the universe’s accelerating expansion, and voted Berkeley’s “Best Professor” a record nine times.

Lonie Paxton

From undrafted underdog to three-time Super Bowl champion to business innovator, Lonie Paxton proves that the next play can be your greatest

Chuck Klosterman

Bestselling author and razor-sharp cultural critic whose latest book, Football, explores how America’s most powerful sporting obsession shapes our culture, identity, and national imagination

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2027 Authors & Speakers

Tara Westover

David Grann

Bonnie Garmus

Patrick Radden Keefe

Min Jin Lee

Lauren Groff

Sebastian Mallaby

Dr. Robert Wachter

Liaquat Ahamed

Javier Zamora

Cade Metz

Dan Russell, PhD

Erica Alfaro

Catherine Grace Katz

Alex Filippenko

Lonie Paxton

Chuck Klosterman

Moderators

Jeffrey Brown

Julia Flynn Siler

James Strock

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2027 Authors & Speakers

Tara Westover

David Grann

Bonnie Garmus

Patrick Radden Keefe

Min Jin Lee

Lauren Groff

Sebastian Mallaby

Dr. Robert Wachter

Liaquat Ahamed

Javier Zamora

Cade Metz

Dan Russell, PhD

Erica Alfaro

Catherine Grace Katz

Alex Filippenko

Lonie Paxton

Chuck Klosterman

Moderators

Jeffrey Brown

Julia Flynn Siler

James Strock

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