At the annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., thousands of book lovers and more than 100 authors descend to share a love of literature, nonfiction and poetry.
This year, we teamed up with photographer Jesse Dittmar to take these portraits of women we admire in the world of books.
They are debut novelists, illustrators, young adult authors, writers of children’s books and Pulitzer Prize nominees.
Susan Choi, author of ‘Trust Exercise’
Angie Kim, author of ‘Miracle Creek’
Madeline Miller, author of ‘Circe’
Gale Galligan, illustrator of ‘The Baby-sitters Club’ graphic novel series
R.O. Kwon, author of ‘The Incendiaries’
Laila Lalami, author of ‘The Other Americans’
Renée Watson, author of ‘Some Places More Than Others’
Lydia Millet, author of ‘Fight No More’
Reyna Grande, author of ‘The Distance Between Us’
Ann M. Martin, author of ‘The Baby-sitters Club’ series
Mitali Perkins, author of ‘Forward Me Back to You’
Aminatta Forna, author of ‘Happiness’
Rebecca Makkai, author of ‘The Great Believers’
Sigrid Nunez, author of ‘The Friend’
Gale Galligan and Ann M. Martin of ‘The Baby-sitters Club’ series
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‘Red at the Bone’ author Jacqueline Woodson wants to tell the stories we don’t hear about black family life
‘I have always felt this deep responsibility to tell a bigger truth and enlighten on a different level’
November 5
November 5
Ann Patchett refuses to buy a smartphone. Maybe that’s why she’s written so many books.
Last week, Patchett released her latest novel, ‘The Dutch House’
October 3
October 3
The ‘very intimate, very intense’ world of Angie Kim’s ‘Miracle Creek’
The debut novel by Kim is Lily Lit Club’s September pick