6th Annual Albany Book Festival will feature conversations with bestselling authors, panel discussions, readings, book signings, a children’s room with authors and fun activities, a meet and greet with nearly 100 local authors, and an exhibitor floor.

10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23
University at Albany
Free and open to the public
https://www.albanybookfestival.com

Featured authors include:
Annie Proulx -- Fen, Bog, and Swamp, the short story “Brokeback Mountain” and The Shipping News

Angie Cruz -- Soledad, Dominicana, How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Kate Fagan and 3-time Olympic gold medalist/8-time WNBA All-Star Seimone Augustus -- Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Guide to Pop Culture and the (Women’s) Game

Jeff Shaara -- Gods and Generals, The Eagle's Claw, The Old Lion
Jai Chakrabarti -- A Play for the End of the World

Ava Chin -- Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming

Kate Cohen -- We of Little Faith: Why I Stopped Pretending to Believe (and Maybe You Should Too)

Andre Dubus III -- House of Sand and Fog Such Kindness
Susan Faludi -- In the Darkroom, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Howard Fishman -- To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse

Sidik Fofana -- Stories from the Tenants Downstairs
Kellye Garrett -- Hollywood Homicide

Karen Baum Gordon -- The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust

Mary Gordon -- The Shadow Man: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father

Jennifer Haigh -- Mercy Street

Daniel Halpern -- legendary publisher at Ecco Press for 50 years, was Russell Banks’ longtime editor and personal friend

Jimin Han -- The Apology

Nell Irvin Painter -- Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919; Sojourner Truth; Southern History Across the Color Line; Creating Black Americans; and The History of White People

Elizabeth Passarella -- Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York

Serhii Plokhy -- Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York; The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine

Greg Steinmetz-- American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune
Kim van Alkemade -- Orphan #8 ; Counting Lost Stars

Amy Wallen -- How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies: Sweet and Savory Tips for Surviving the Writing Life

Gary Weiss -- Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

Valerie Wilson Wesley -- former executive editor of Essence magazine, author of the bestselling “Tamara Hayle” mystery series

Carmen Rita Wong -- Why Didn't You Tell Me?

https://www.albanybookfestival.com/