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This year brings a powerhouse of famous authors and radio personalities across the literary spectrum. Just take a look at our keynote speakers and click their names to find out more about them and their speaking schedules.
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is the author of Slaughterhouse Five,
which became a best seller and was made into a film, which made Kurt
Vonnegut a literary celebrity. Several of his novels are now required
reading at several universities.
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hosts a daily five-minute radio program, The Writer's Almanac, is a
frequent contributor to Time magazine and writes a biweekly column of
advice to the lovelorn for Salon, the online magazine. He is the author
of eleven books, including Lake Wobegon Days (1985), The Book of Guys (1993), The Old Man Who Loved Cheese (1996), and Wobegon Boy (1997). His most recent book, Me: By Jimmy "Big Boy" Valente As Told to Garrison Keillor, was published in March of 1999.
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has written a number of short but harmful books including, Babies and Other Hazards of Sex; and Dave Barry Slept Here: A Short of History of the United States. His most recent books include Dave Barry Is NOT Making This Up;
Dave Barry’s Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides; Dave Barry Does Japan;
Dave Barry Turns 40; Dave Barry’s Only Travel Guide You’ll Ever Need;
and Dave Barry Talks Back.
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is
a critic and reporter who has contributed to numerous newspapers and
magazines, including Esquire, GQ, Artforum, Los Angeles Times, The
Village Voice, Spin, and McSweeney’s. As a columnist, she has covered
education for Time, American culture for the online magazine Salon, and
pop music for San Francisco Weekly, for which she won a 1996 Music
Journalism Award.
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knows that ordinary life is pretty complex stuff. For over 30 years, his autobiographical comic book series American Splendor has elevated day-to-day existence into art. Now the HBO Films/Fine Line Feature film about his life, American Splendor,
has won the Sundance International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize,
Cannes International Film Festival Fipresci Award, and the National
Society of Film Critic's Best Picture Award and brings Pekar to the
masses, solidifying his place as a counter-culture hero
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born in 1956 and grew up in a working-class Seattle neighborhood. After
a tumultuous childhood, she attended Evergreen State University where
she met her friend Matt Groening.
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is
a 57-year-old author and family therapist. Born on July 17, 1946 in
Dayton, Ohio to a WWII bomber pilot and a homemaker, Crutcher grew up
in Cascade, Idaho (a tiny logging town north of Boise). He graduated
from Eastern Washington State College (now EWU) with a BA in psychology
and sociology. He used his degree to wander the American interstates
and to pour concrete in Texas.
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