Christopher Paolini, author of Fractal Noise and To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, is thrilled to accept the Library of Congress’s invitation to be a featured author for the National Book Festival 2024! The festivities will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on August 24 from 9:00AM and conclude around 8:00PM. And the event is free and open to the public! Christopher joins over ninety other notables, listed below:
A
Tomi Adeyemi
Marie Arana
Steve Asbell
B
Arash Azizi B
David Baldacci
Amanda Bellows
Terry J. Benton-Walker
James Bird
Ned Blackhawk
Max Boot
Vera Brosgol
Peter Brown
Joy Buolamwini
C
Nathalie A. Cabrol
Pablo Cartaya
J. C. Cervantes
Kyle Chayka
Lincoln Child
Sandra Cisneros
Ernest Cline
K. A. Cobell
James S. A. Corey
D
Barbara Dee
Hayley Dennings
Kathleen DuVal
E
Stuart E. Eizenstat
Safia Elhillo
Zetta Elliott
Desiree S. Evans
F
Camonghne Felix
Saraciea J. Fennell
Candace Fleming
Renée Fleming
G
Forrest Gander
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Max Greenfield
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
H
Lexi Haas
Susan Haas
M. A. R. Habib
Tamron Hall
Donna Hemans
Monica Hesse
J
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Oliver Jeffers
Abby Jimenez
K
Tony Keith Jr.
Hena Khan
Rachel Khong
Kazu Kibuishi
L
Anna Lapera
Erik Larson
Dante S. Lauretta
Vanessa Le
Edan Lepucki
Daniel J. Levitin
Liniers
Carlos Lozada
Marie Lu
M
Ayana Mathis
James McBride
Casey McQuiston
Meg Medina
Claire Messud
Tiya Miles
N
Annalee Newitz
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Viet Thanh Nguyen
P
Christopher Paolini
James Patterson
LeUyen Pham
Peter Pomerantsev
Douglas Preston
Q
Ruben Quesada
R
Jeffrey Rosen
David M. Rubenstein
Adam Rubin
S
Alexander Sammartino
Stephanie Seales
Peng Shepherd
Hampton Sides
Safiya Sinclair
Lish Steiling
T
Tess Taylor
Jonathan Todd
Annabelle Tometich
W
Andrew Joseph White
Crystal Wilkinson
Emily Wilson
Sam Winston
Sherri Winston
Y
Gene Luen Yang
Rebecca Yarros
After seeing this incredible lineup, how could you miss it? See you there!
National Book Festival 2024