Library of Congress National Book Festival graphic novel authors

Library of Congress National Book Festival Announces Full Author Lineup
Main Stage to Feature Sandra Cisneros, James S.A. Corey, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Max Greenfield, Tamron Hall, Abby Jimenez, Casey McQuiston, James McBride, James Patterson, Lish Steiling and Rebecca Yarros

The 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival returns to the Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 24 and will feature more than 90 authors.
 

The festival's theme this year, "Books Build Us Up," explores how reading can help connect us and inform our lives. It's through books that readers can develop strong bonds with writers and their ideas — relationships that open the entire world, real or imagined, to us all.

Gene Luen Yang, former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and illustrator LeUyen Pham talk about their new romantic comedy graphic novel, "Lunar New Year Love Story," a story about a couple trying to break a love curse.

Graphic novelists Vera Brosgol, creator of "Plain Jane and the Mermaid," and Kazu Kibuishi, creator of "Waverider," the final novel in the Amulet series, discuss their fantasy adventure graphic novels.

 

 

Pablo Cartaya, author of "Curveball," and Hena Khan, author of "We Are Big Time," talk about writing graphic novels focused on girls who discover their resilience through their love of sports.

Author Adam Rubin and illustrator Liniers discuss their new laugh-out-loud picture book, "The Truth About the Couch."