Presenting Authors
In this section you’ll find our roster of authors who presented their work via readings, panels, and conversations. Click on the author photo for more information about that guest.
Minnesota Writers Mashup
The TCBF’s ever-popular Minnesota Author Morning Mingle was reimagined this year in a fun and exciting new format, featuring the writers below. Purchase books by these authors from Magers & Quinn Booksellers!
Gretchen Anthony
Paulette Bonneur & Harper
David Bruns
Scott Carpenter
James Cihlar
John Coy
Anya Johanna DeNiro
Jessie Diggins
Lin Enger
Anika Fajardo
Reid Forgrave
Matt Goldman
Janet Graber
Roy Guzman
Michael Hall
Colin Hamilton
Margaret Hasse
Carolyn Holbrook
Rachel Anne Jolie
Neal Karlen
Athena Kildegaard
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Thomas Maltman
Alison McGhee
Molly McGlennen
Alex Messenger
John Moe
Diane C. Mullen
Cole Nagamatsu
Trung Le Nguyen
J. R. Olson
Alexs Pate
Thomas Peacock
Kaia Solveig Preus
Michael Prior
Julie Jo Severson
Jonathan C. Slaght
William Souder
Caroline Stevermer
Eric Utne
Jason Walz
Kawai Strong Washburn
Wendy Webb
Kathleen West
Jack Zipes
Chapbook Launch
Rain Taxi is proud to include in this year’s TCBF the launch reading for a chapbook featuring nine Black poets of the Twin Cities responding to the murder of George Floyd. The chapbook, titled Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, is edited by Mary Moore Easter and is now available for purchase HERE.
Philip S. Bryant
Mary Moore Easter
keno evol
Sherrie Fernandez-Williams
Bernard James
Douglas Kearney
Michael Kleber-Diggs
Sagirah Shahid
Maya Washington