Past Programs
Past Authors & Speakers
2020 Authors Festival
- Isabel Allende
- Jordan Blashek
- Billy Collins
- Wade Davis
- Alex Filippenko
- Julia Flynn Siler
- Dr. Robert M Franklin Jr.
- Christopher Haugh
- Anthony Ray Hinton
- Adam Hochschild
- J. Douglas Holladay
- Hawk Koch
- Min Jin Lee
- H. R. McMaster
- Mac McQuown
- Colin O’Brady
- Dr. Ramon Resa
- Jeffrey Rosen
- Dan Russell
- Michael Shellenberger
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- James Strock
- Robert Theleen
- Andy Weinberger
- Damon West
2019 Authors Festival
- Jamie Bernstein*
- Tom Brokaw
- Jeffrey Brown
- Tracey Shepos Cenami
- Charina Chou, Ph.D.*
- Billy Collins*
- David Crane
- Wade Davis*
- Esi Edugyan
- Deborah Fallows
- James Fallows
- Dr. Alex Filippenko*
- Francis Fukuyama, Ph.D.
- Anthony Ray Hinton
- Philip K. Howard
- Jill Hunting
- Pedro Irazoqui, Ph.D.*
- Steven Johnson
- Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D.
- Mack McCarter
- Michael McFaul
- Roger McNamee
- John McReynolds
- Alana Nichols*
- Caitlin O’Connell, Ph.D.*
- John Burnham Schwartz
- Michael Shellenberger
- Claire Spafford*
- Anne Snyder
- James Strock
- Tucker Taylor
- Trudi Trueit*
- Jose Antonio Vargas*
- Matthew Walker
- Justin Wangler
- Simon Winchester, O.B.E.*
- Andrew Zaldivar, Ph.D.*
2018 Authors Festival
- Akbar Ahmed*
- Douglas Brinkley
- David Brooks
- Jeffrey Brown
- Tim Brown
- Billy Collins*
- Dartanyon Crockett*
- Lukman Faily*
- Lisa Fenn*
- Niall Ferguson
- Sally Fernandez
- Dr. Alex Filippenko*
- Chris Flink
- J. Douglas Holladay
- Pedro Irazoqui, Ph.D.*
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Julie Lythcott-Haims
- Captain Scott Kelly*
- Gordon Lithgow, Ph.D.
- Bill Milliken
- R. J. Palacio*
- Bill Petrocelli
- Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner
- Dr. Ramon Resa*
- Richard Rhodes
- Joseph Rodota
- Daniel Rodriguez*
- Rebecca Rosenberg
- Darcey Rosenblatt
- Lisa See
- Deepa Thomas*
- Dr. Eric Topol
- Amor Towles
- Les Vadasz
- Jesmyn Ward
- Wells Whitney, Sc.D.
- Dr. R. Sanders Williams*
- Charles E. Young, Ph.D.
* Students Day Speaker