2020 Portland Book Festival Authors & Presenters

Fiction

Ayad Akhtar
Brit Bennett
Bryan Washington
C Pam Zhang
Carl Hiaasen
Charles Yu
Chelsea Bieker
Danielle Evans
Emily Nemens
Fonda Lee
Jess Walter
Jon Raymond
Julia Alvarez
Kawai Strong Washburn
Kelli Jo Ford
Lidia Yuknavitch
Lisa Hanawalt
Lydia Millet
Lysley Tenorio
Megha Majumdar
Naomi Novik
Phil Klay
Raven Leilani
Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
Rumaan Alam
Souvankham Thammavongsa
Vanessa Veselka
Veronica Roth

Nonfiction

Adrian Tomine
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Alexis Coe
Anne Helen Petersen
Claire Messud
Guy Raz
Isabel Wilkerson
Jerald Walker
Jill Lepore
Joe Sacco
Jon Mooallem
Kurt Kohlstedt
Marcus Samuelsson
Michele Harper
Nick Flynn
Robert Kolker
Roman Mars
Shayla Lawson

Poetry

Claudia Rankine
Hafizah Geter
John Freeman
Justin Phillip Reed
Khadijah Queen
Margaret Atwood
Naomi Shihab Nye
Natalie Diaz
Nate Marshall
Phillip B. Williams
Ruth Dickey

Young Adult

Adib Khorram
Anna-Marie McLemore
Arvin Ahmadi
Bethany C. Morrow
David Yoon
Francisco X. Stork
Justina Ireland
Kenrya Rankin
Kiku Hughes
Leah Johnson
Liara Tamani
Marie Lu
Sloane Leong
Tehlor Kay Mejia
WITS Students

Middle Grade

Aida Salazar
Aron Nels Steinke
Chris Grine
Christine Kendall
Colin Meloy
David A. Robertson
Evette Dionne
Jonathan Hill
Kazu Kibuishi
Maia and Alex Shibutani
Maria Scrivan
Naomi Shihab Nye
Nnedi Okorafor
Preeti Chhibber
Renée Watson
Shannon Wright
Varian Johnson
Veronica Chambers

Picture Book

123 Andrés
Alison Farrell
Ben Clanton
Brooke Smith
Carson Ellis
Chris Harris
Dan Santat
Ebony Glenn
Gianna Ruggiero
J. Kenji López-Alt
Jessixa Bagley
Jorma Taccone
Karen English
LeUyen Pham
Nidhi Chanani
Oliver Jeffers
Renée Watson
Sophie Blackall
Tami Charles
Thrity Umrigar

Pop-up Authors

Eman Hassan
Ivonne Saed
Joanna Rose
Jolly Wrapper
Juan Antonio Trujillo
Katherine D. Morgan
Kesha Ajose-Fisher
Marisa Siegel
Octaviano Merecias
Olufunke Grace Bankole
Susan Leslie Moore
Tracy Daugherty

Interviewers & Moderators

Alexander Chee
Alicia Tate
Andrew Proctor
Anis Mojgani
Anna Griffin
Aron Nels Steinke
Ashley Toliver
Charlie Jane Anders
Chelsea Bieker
Dave Miller
David Biespiel
Dawn Davis
Emily Arrow
Emily Suvada
Genevieve Hudson
Geoff Norcross
Ismail Muhammad
Jenn Chávez
Jennifer Perrine
Jericho Brown
John Freeman
John Notarianni
Justice Adrienne Nelson
Kate Ristau
Kesha Ajose-Fisher
Lucy Feldman
Marisa Siegel
Mary Szybist
Megan Labrise
Niela Orr
Novella Ford
Sadie Lincoln
Susan Leslie Moore
T Kira Madden
Zan Romanoff
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