The 2009 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, was held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor: National Book Festival 09
Sue Monk Kidd is the author of the widely acclaimed nonfiction books “The Dance of the Dissident Daughter” (1996) and “When the Heart Waits” (1990). Her first published novel, the…
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Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival in the History & Biography pavilion on S…
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Walter Mosley: National Book Festival 09
Walter Mosley is the author of the critically acclaimed Easy Rawlins mystery series (Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, Black Betty and A Little Yellow Dog). Mosl…
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Michael Connelly: National Book Festival 09
After he read the books of Raymond Chandler, Michael Connelly decided to become a writer. After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderda…
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Judy Blume: National Book Festival 09
Judy Blume has sold more than 80 million copies of such young-adult best-sellers as Blubber: Just as Long as We’re Together and Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret as well as the…
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Julia Alvarez: National Book Festival 09
Although Julia Alvarez was born in New York City, her family moved to the Dominican Republic shortly after her birth, where she spent the majority of her childhood. In 1960, when A…
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Michael Connelly: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Michael Connelly, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington…
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Julia Alvarez: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Julia Alvarez, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D…
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Walter Mosley: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Walter Mosley, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D…
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Judy Blume: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Judy Blume, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.…
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Jodi Picoult: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Jodi Picoult, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival in the Fiction & Fantasy pavilion on September 26, 2009, on t…
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Gwen Ifill: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Gwen Ifill, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival in the History & Biography pavilion on September 26, 2009, on t…
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Jodi Picoult: National Book Festival 09
Jodi Picoult studied creative writing in college and had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine while still a student. Realism -- and a profound desire to be able to pay…
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Gwen Ifill: National Book Festival 09
Gwen Ifill says she always knew she wanted to be a journalist. The moderator and managing editor of Public Broadcasting’s “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for “NewsHour w…
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John Irving: National Book Festival 09
John Irving is the best-selling author of “The World According to Garp” (1973), “The Hotel New Hampshire” (1981), “The Cider House Rules” (1985) and “A Prayer for Owen Meany” (1989…
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Jon Scieszka: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Jon Scieszka, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.…
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Lois Lowry: 2009 National Book Festival
Matt Raymond from the Library of Congress speaks with Lois Lowry, who will appear at the 2009 National Book Festival on September 26, 2009, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.…
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Lois Lowry: National Book Festival 09
Lois Lowry describes herself as "a solitary child who lived in the world of books and my own vivid imagination." A two-time recipient of the Newbery Medal for her novels Number the…
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Jon Scieszka: National Book Festival 09
Jon Scieszka is the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature , a program sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Children's Book Coun…
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Rickey Minor: National Book Festival 09
Rickey Minor is the Emmy-nominated music director of television's No. 1-rated show, "American Idol." His résumé also includes the Grammys and the Super Bowl, and he has c…