Thank you to the authors who presented at the 2025 Festival to celebrate Pittsburgh’s literary community!
Rachel Khong
Torrey Peters
Sharon G. Flake
Shalini Abeysekara
Danielle Arceneaux
Kristen Arnett
Riley August
Tracey Baptiste
Will Bardenwerper
Yvonne Battle-Felton
Aggie Blum Thompson
Marie Bostwick
Nat Cassidy
Linda Castillo
Kaitlyn Cavalancia
Vivien Chien
August Clarke
Emma Copley Eisenberg
Stentor Danielson
Tarah DeWitt
Rachel DiNunzio
Sarah Beth Durst
Rachel Ekstrom Courage
Daniel Errico
Alex Finlay
Gayle Forman
Joy Givens
Lori Gold
Alex Grecian
Jennifer Haigh
Veera Hiranandani
Laura Zurowski, Charles Succop, & Matthew Jacob
Saundra Jones
Hena Khan
Jan Ellen Kurth
Brianna Labuskes
Ashton Lattimore
Phyllis Layden-Alexander
F.T. Lukens
Shawntelle Madison
Maxym M. Martineau
Katie Mazeika
Desideria Mesa
John W. Miller
Lissette Norman
Laura Piper Lee
Jade Presley
Julia Press Simmons
Kirthana Ramisetti
M. L. Rio
CJ Rivera
Cecy Robson
S.L. Rowland
Paul Rudnick
Anne Shade
Sydney J. Shields
Ed Simon
Zoje Stage
Kelly Starling Lyons
Wayne Stewart
Tara Tai
Brittany J. Thuman
Omar Tyree
Edward Underhill
Nghi Vo
Kyla Zhao