Authors – Pgh Book Fest

Authors

Scroll down to view the featured authors at the 2026 Pittsburgh Book Festival!

Featured Authors & Poets

Featured Authors

Catherine Newman

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Genres: Literary Fiction
Daniel Kraus

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Genres: Cinema, Horror, Nonfiction
John Scalzi

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Genres: Science Fiction
Meg Medina

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Genres: Middle Grade Fantasy
Steven Rowley

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Genres: Fiction
Adriana E. Ramírez

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Genres: Nonfiction
Alexandra Oliva

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Genres: Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Allison LaMothe

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Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Ally Russell

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Genres: Middle Grade Horror
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris

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Genres: Fiction
Andrew Moore

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Genres: Natural History
Anna Bruno

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Genres: Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Anna Monardo

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Genres: Fiction, Memoir
Ashanté M. Reese

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Genres: Adult Nonfiction
Beronda L. Montgomery

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Genres: Narrative Nonfiction
Brandy Schillace

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Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Brenna Thummler

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Genres: Graphic Novel, Middle Grade
C. Aluka Berry

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Genres: American, Appalachian, History
Canwen Xu

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Genres: Literary, Thriller
Carter Keane

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Genres: Folk Horror, Horror
Cassandra James

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Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy, Young Adult
Cassandra Ramos-Gomez

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Genres: Middle Grade Horror
Chanel Cleeton

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Genres: Historical Fiction
Chloe Liese

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Genres: Romance, Women’s Fiction
Ciera Burch

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Genres: Speculative Fiction, YA/MG Realistic
CJ Leede

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Genres: Horror
Dani Lamorte

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Genres: Nonfiction
Denali Nalamalapu

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Genres: Activism, Environmental, Graphic Novel, Memoir, Social Justice
Elizabeth Bear

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Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Emma R. Alban

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Genres: Romance
Erin Frankel

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Genres: Children’s
Eureka O’Hara

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Genres: Juvenile Fiction, LGBTQ+, Performing Arts
Frederic S. Durbin

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Genres: Fantasy, Horror
Grace Byron

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Genres: Horror, Literary Fiction
Isabel J. Kim

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Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Jennifer Mandula

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Genres: Fantasy
Jessica Strawser

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Genres: Book Club Fiction
John Chu

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Genres: Science Fiction
Jorge Aguirre

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Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Young Adult
Julia Flint

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Genres: Nonfiction
Julie Leong

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Genres: Fantasy
Kamilah Cole

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Genres: Dark Academia, Fantasy
Karuna Riazi

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Genres: Middle Grade Fantasy
Kat Zhang

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Genres: Middle Grade, Picture Book
Kayla Miller

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Genres: Fiction, Middle Grade
Kylie Lee Baker

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Genres: Horror, YA Fantasy
Lacey N. Dunham

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Genres: Dark Academia, Mystery, Southern Gothic, Thriller
Laura Piper Lee

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Genres: Romance, Romantic Comedy
Leila Siddiqui

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Genres: Horror
Liana De la Rosa

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Genres: Romance
Mai Corland

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Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy
Malcolm Newsome

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Genres: Children’s, Picture Book
Manil Suri

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Genres: Memoir
Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

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Genres: Picture Book, Poetry
Marisa Walz

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Genres: Psychological Suspense, Thriller
Mia P. Manansala

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Genres: Cozy Mystery
Michael G. Long

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Genres: Young Adult
Milo Todd

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Genres: Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+
Nicholas Belardes

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Genres: Chicano Fiction, Eco-Horror/Climate Fiction, Horror, Weird Western
Rachel Ekstrom Courage

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Genres: Mystery
Radha Lin Chaddah

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Genres: Historical Fiction
Ryan Douglass

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Genres: History, Horror, Young Adult
Sam Rebelein

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Genres: Horror, Speculative Fiction
Sarah Beth Durst

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Genres: Cozy Fantasy
Sarah Glenn Marsh

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Genres: LGBTQ+, Romantasy
Sheldon Costa

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Genres: Fiction
Sonido Reyes

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Genres: Coming of Age, Romance, Young Adult
Sophie Wan

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Genres: Book Club Fiction
TJ Alexander

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Genres: Romance
Tlotlo Tsamaase

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Genres: Horror
Tory Mather

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Genres: Outdoor Guidebook
Vincent Tirado

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Genres: Horror
Winona Nelson

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Genres: Comic, Fantasy, History, Horror, Native American, Picture Book