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Carroll Book Festival featured authors

All authors Adult Fiction Adult Nonfiction Children Cozy Mystery Essays and Criticism Fantasy Fiction Historical Horror Middle Grade Mystery Mythology Nonfiction Romance Romantasy Science Fiction Sports Thrillers and Suspense Young Adult
Christi Barth

Christi Barth

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Wanting It All

Wayne Thomas Batson

Wayne Thomas Batson

Young Adult | Fiction

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Outcast Book 1: Timbervale

Jeffrey Blount

Jeffrey Blount

Adult Fiction

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Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way

Caroline Bock

Caroline Bock

Adult Fiction | Romance

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The Other Beautiful People

Ali Brady

Ali Brady

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Battle of the Bookstores

Michelle Brandon (Eliza Knight)

Michelle Brandon (Eliza Knight)

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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Tradwife

Mel Brennan

Mel Brennan

Adult Nonfiction | Sports

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Saving Soccer

Anna Bright

Anna Bright

Young Adult | Fantasy

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Wings of Reverie

Roseanne A. Brown

Roseanne A. Brown

Middle Grade | Fiction

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Ghost-Spider: Broken Chords

Lawrence Burney

Lawrence Burney

Essays and Criticism

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No Sense In Wishing

Lyn Liao Butler

Lyn Liao Butler

Adult Fiction

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Under the Ghost Moon

Adam Cesare

Adam Cesare

Young Adult | Horror

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Clown in a Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Frendo!

Richard Chizmar

Richard Chizmar

Adult Fiction | Horror

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Killing the Boogeyman

W.H. Chizmar

W.H. Chizmar

Adult Fiction | Horror

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Them

J'nell Ciesielski

J'nell Ciesielski

Adult Fiction | Romance

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The Winged Tiara

Chanel Cleeton

Chanel Cleeton

Adult Fiction | Historical

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An Infinite Love Story

Michelle Jabès Corpora

Michelle Jabès Corpora

Young Adult | Fantasy

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His Face Is the Sun

Lindsay Currie

Lindsay Currie

Middle Grade | Mystery

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The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society

Celeste Dador

Celeste Dador

Young Adult | Romance

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Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights

Julie Carrick Dalton

Julie Carrick Dalton

Adult Fiction

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The Forest Becomes Her

Rebecca Danzenbaker

Rebecca Danzenbaker

Young Adult | Romantasy

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Soulmatch

Craig Kofi Farmer

Craig Kofi Farmer

Middle Grade | Fantasy

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Kwame Crashes the Underworld

Christina Ferko

Christina Ferko

Young Adult | Horror

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The Darkness Greeted Her

Avery Flynn

Avery Flynn

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Hexy Beast

Mariah Fredericks

Mariah Fredericks

Adult Fiction | Mystery

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Murder on 34th Street

John Gallagher

John Gallagher

Middle Grade | Fiction

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Rex Rocket 1: Cosmic Wiener Dog

Lindsay Hameroff

Lindsay Hameroff

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Rewrite the Stars

M. J. Hastings

M. J. Hastings

Young Adult | Romantasy

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Firstborn

Susan Higginbotham

Susan Higginbotham

Adult Fiction | Historical

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John Brown’s Women

Jenni Howell

Jenni Howell

Young Adult | Mystery

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Boys with Sharp Teeth

Jillian Hughes and Kenny Curtis

Jillian Hughes and Kenny Curtis

Middle Grade | Mythology

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Greeking Out Tales from the Underworld

Laura Kamoie

Laura Kamoie

Adult Fiction | Historical

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A Founding Mother

Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu

Adult Fiction | Horror

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Incarnate

Mona Kerby

Mona Kerby

Children | Nonfiction

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Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch

Eliza Knight (Michelle Brandon)

Eliza Knight (Michelle Brandon)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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Lost in the Summer of ’69

Liz Lawson

Liz Lawson

Adult Fiction | Cozy Mystery

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It Happened One Murder

Elizabeth Letts

Elizabeth Letts

Adult Fiction | Historical

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Fallen for France

Madeline Martin

Madeline Martin

Adult Fiction | Historical

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A Time of Witches

Sarah McCoy

Sarah McCoy

Adult Fiction | Historical

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Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?

Daniel G. Miller

Daniel G. Miller

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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Buried In The Woods Below

Sarah Pekkanen

Sarah Pekkanen

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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The Women in White

Leslye Penelope

Leslye Penelope

Adult Fiction | Fantasy

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The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass

Brianna Peppins

Brianna Peppins

Young Adult | Fiction

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Briarcliff Prep: Sophomore Year

Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult

Adult Fiction

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Hollow Bones

Jared Reck

Jared Reck

Young Adult | Romance

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Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

Ali Rosen

Ali Rosen

Adult Fiction | Romance

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The Apparent Trap

Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell

Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell

Middle Grade | Fiction

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Dork Diaries

Shannon J. Spann

Shannon J. Spann

Young Adult | Fantasy

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A Stage Set for Villains

Ann McCallum Staats

Ann McCallum Staats

Children | Nonfiction

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A Quilt of Stars

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr

Middle Grade | Science Fiction

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Life on the Moon

Charlene Thomas

Charlene Thomas

Young Adult | Romance

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It's You Every Time

Aggie Blum Thompson

Aggie Blum Thompson

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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The Neighbors Are Watching

M.C. Vaughan

M.C. Vaughan

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Code Name Gorgeous

Heather Webb

Heather Webb

Adult Fiction | Historical

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The Hope Keeper

Elaine Weiss

Elaine Weiss

Nonfiction

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Spell Freedom

Emma C. Wells

Emma C. Wells

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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We Already Dug the Grave

Ava Wilder

Ava Wilder

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Some Kind of Famous