Presenting Authors
In this section you’ll find our roster of authors presenting their work via readings, panels, and conversations—more information about these authors and their events is coming soon.
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Chantel Acevedo
Kwame Alexander
Ayad Akhtar
Derf Backderf
Sophie Blackall
Bryan Bliss
Victoria Bond
David Bowles
W. Bruce Cameron
Sumita Chakraborty
Jerry Craft
Kate dicamillo
Heid E. Erdrich
Jasper Fforde
Eric Gansworth
Lamar Giles
Kathleen Gros
David Hajdu
yona harvey
Linda Hogan
Ursula murray husted
tiffany d. jackson
Kim Johnson
Hope Larson
TED Mathys
Naomi Shihab Nye
James Patterson
Joy Priest
Tim Probert
Justin A. Reynolds
David A. Robertson
kathleen rooney
Tatiana Ryckman
Djenane Saint Juste
Yusef Salaam
Jon Scieszka
R. Sikoryak
james otis smith
Adam Smyer
Pamela Sneed
jonathan stutzman
frank wilderson
Kao Kalia Yang
Ibi zoboi
Minnesota Writers Mashup
The TCBF’s ever-popular Minnesota Author Morning Mingle will be reimagined this year in a fun and exciting new format, featuring the writers below!
Gretchen Anthony
Paulette Bonneur & Harper
David Bruns
Scott Carpenter
James Cihlar
John Coy
Anya Johanna DeNiro
Lin Enger
Anika Fajardo
Reid Forgrave
Matt Goldman
Janet Graber
Roy Guzman
Michael Hall
Colin Hamilton
Margaret Hasse
Carolyn Holbrook
Rachel Anne Jolie
Athena Kildegaard
Patricia Kirkpatrick
Thomas Maltman
Alison McGhee
Molly McGlennen
Alex Messenger
Diane C. Mullen
Cole Nagamatsu
Trung Le Nguyen
J. R. Olson
Alexs Pate
Thomas Peacock
Kaia Solveig Preus
Michael Prior
Julie Severson
Jonathan C. Slaght
William Souder
Dennis Staples
Caroline Stevermer
Jason Walz
Kawai Strong Washburn
Wendy Webb
Kathleen West
Jack Zipes
Chapbook Authors
Rain Taxi is proud to include in this year’s TCBF the launch of a chapbook featuring the below poets of the Twin Cities responding to the murder of George Floyd and the uprising thereafter. The chapbook will be titled Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop and is edited by Mary Moore Easter.