T. C. Boyle is the author of 22 books, including, most recently, "When the Killing's Done" (2011). His awards include the PEN/Faulkner Prize for best novel of the year ("World's End," 1988) and the PEN/Malamud Prize in the short story ("T.C. Boyle Stories," 1999).
Author Geraldine Brooks, a native of Australia, worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and in 1982 won a scholarship to the journalism master’s program at Columbia University in New York City. Later she worked for The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. Brooks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her novel "March." Her first novel, "Year of Wonders," was an international bestseller, and "People of the Book" became a New York Times bestseller.
Jeffrey Eugenides, a native of Detroit, published his first novel, "The Virgin Suicides," to acclaim in 1993. His novel "Middlesex" won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The Yale Review, Best American Short Stories, The Gettysburg Review and Granta's "Best of Young American Novelists."
Patricia Cornwell is an award-winning and best-selling writer of forensic mysteries that focus on medical autopsies and investigations. Her novels are prized for their authenticity and revealing glimpses into the psychology of professionals at work. Cornwell has expanded the role of the female detective in the mystery genre; her early journalistic work, in which she witnessed autopsies, contributes detail to her writing.
Poet Nikky Finney came of age during the civil rights and Black Arts Movements. At Talladega College, nurtured by Hale Woodruff's Amistad murals, Finney began to understand the powerful synergy between art and history. She has authored four books of poetry: "Head Off & Split" (2011) which won the 2011 National Book Award for poetry; "The World Is Round" (2003); "Rice" (1995); and "On Wings Made of Gauze" (1985). A professor of English and creative writing at the University of Kentucky, Finney also authored "Heartwood" (1997) edited "The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South" (2007), and co-founded the Affrilachian Poets.
In addition to the festival’s special activities for children and teens, this year’s festival will include a "Special Presentations" mini-pavilion on Sunday featuring discussions of the 50th anniversary of Madeleine L’Engle’s book "A Wrinkle in Time" and the 75th anniversary of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Hobbit."
Other poets, authors or illustrators slated to participate in the Library of Congress National Book Festival include Katherine Applegate, Avi, Fergus Bordewich, Natalie Pope Boyce, Christopher Bram, Giannina Braschi, Peter Brown, Douglas Brinkley, Bryan Collier, James Dashner, Anna Dewdney, Michael Dirda, Maria Dueñas, Stephen Dunn, John A. Farrell, Sharon Flake, John Gaddis, Michael Grant, Linda Greenhouse, Jenny Hahn, Charlaine Harris, Paul Hendrickson, Ellen Hopkins, Nalo Hopkinson, Tony Horwitz, Eloise James, Tayari Jones, Laura Kasischke, Charles Kupchan, Hope Larson, David Levithan, Margot Livesey, Thomas Mallon, Leonard Marcus, Sonia Manzano, Steven Millhauser, Corey Olsen, Patricia Polacco, Laura Amy Schlitz, Francesca Serritella, Susan Richards Shreve, Anita Silvey, Sally Bedell Smith, Jerry Spinelli, Philip C. and Erin E. Stead, Margie Stiefvater, David Ezra Stein, David O. Stewart, Raina Telgemeier, Jeffrey Toobin, Justin Torres, Vernor Vinge, Siobhan Vivian, Eric Weiner and Jacqueline Woodson.
Internationally known artist Rafael López, who has illustrated several books including "The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred" by Samantha R. Vamos, "My Name is Celia, Me Llamo Celia" by Monica Brown, "Our California" by Pam Muñoz Ryan and "Book Fiesta!" and "Yum! MmMm! Que Rico!" by Pat Mora, designed the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival poster (see on top of page 1) and will speak at the festival.
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