Carroll Book Festival author lineup

Christi Barth(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Wanting It All (opens in a new tab)

Wayne Thomas Batson(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Fiction

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Outcast Book 1: Timbervale (opens in a new tab)

Jeffrey Blount(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction

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Mr. Jimmy from Around the Way (opens in a new tab)

Caroline Bock(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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The Other Beautiful People (opens in a new tab)

Ali Brady(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Battle of the Bookstores (opens in a new tab)

Anna Bright(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Fantasy

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Wings of Reverie (opens in a new tab)

Roseanne A. Brown(opens in a new tab)

Middle Grade | Fiction

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Ghost-Spider: Broken Chords (opens in a new tab)

Lawrence Burney(opens in a new tab)

Essays and Criticism

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No Sense In Wishing (opens in a new tab)

Lyn Liao Butler(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction

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Under the Ghost Moon (opens in a new tab)

Adam Cesare(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Horror

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Clown in a Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Frendo! (opens in a new tab)

Richard Chizmar(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Horror

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Killing the Boogeyman (opens in a new tab)

W.H. Chizmar(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Horror

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Them (opens in a new tab)

J'nell Ciesielski(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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The Winged Tiara (opens in a new tab)

Chanel Cleeton(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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An Infinite Love Story (opens in a new tab)

Michelle Jabès Corpora(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Fantasy

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His Face Is the Sun (opens in a new tab)

Lindsay Currie(opens in a new tab)

Middle Grade | Mystery

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The Secret Bookstore Sleuth Society (opens in a new tab)

Rebecca Danzenbaker(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Romance

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Soulmatch (opens in a new tab)

Craig Kofi Farmer(opens in a new tab)

Middle Grade | Fantasy

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Kwame Crashes the Underworld (opens in a new tab)

Christina Ferko(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Horror

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The Darkness Greeted Her (opens in a new tab)

Avery Flynn(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Hexy Beast (opens in a new tab)

Mariah Fredericks(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Mystery

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Murder on 34th Street (opens in a new tab)

Lindsay Hameroff(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Rewrite the Stars (opens in a new tab)

M. J. Hastings(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Romantasy

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Firstborn (opens in a new tab)

Susan Higginbotham(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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John Brown’s Women (opens in a new tab)

Jenni Howell(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Mystery

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Boys with Sharp Teeth (opens in a new tab)

Jillian Hughes and Kenny Curtis(opens in a new tab)

Middle Grade | Mythology

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Greeking Out Tales from the Underworld (opens in a new tab)

Laura Kamoie(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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A Founding Mother (opens in a new tab)

Alma Katsu(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Horror

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Incarnate (opens in a new tab)

Mona Kerby(opens in a new tab)

Children | Nonfiction

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Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch (opens in a new tab)

Eliza Knight(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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Lost in the Summer of ’69 (opens in a new tab)

Liz Lawson(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Cozy Mystery

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It Happened One Murder (opens in a new tab)

Elizabeth Letts(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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Fallen for France (opens in a new tab)

Madeline Martin(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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A Time of Witches (opens in a new tab)

Sarah McCoy(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely? (opens in a new tab)

Sarah Pekkanen(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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The Women in White (opens in a new tab)

Leslye Penelope(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Fantasy

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The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass (opens in a new tab)

Brianna Peppins(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Fiction

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Briarcliff Prep: Sophomore Year (opens in a new tab)

Jodi Picoult(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction

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Hollow Bones (opens in a new tab)

Rachel Renée Russell and Nikki Russell(opens in a new tab)

Middle Grade | Fiction

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Dork Diaries (opens in a new tab)

Shannon J. Spann(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Fantasy

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A Stage Set for Villains (opens in a new tab)

Ann McCallum Staats(opens in a new tab)

Children | Nonfiction

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A Quilt of Stars (opens in a new tab)

Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr(opens in a new tab)

Middle Grade | Science Fiction

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Life on the Moon (opens in a new tab)

Charlene Thomas(opens in a new tab)

Young Adult | Romance

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It's You Every Time (opens in a new tab)

Aggie Blum Thompson(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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The Neighbors Are Watching (opens in a new tab)

M.C. Vaughan(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Code Name Gorgeous (opens in a new tab)

Heather Webb(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Historical

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The Hope Keeper (opens in a new tab)

Emma C. Wells(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense

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We Already Dug the Grave (opens in a new tab)

Ava Wilder(opens in a new tab)

Adult Fiction | Romance

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Some Kind of Famous (opens in a new tab)