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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Author Archives: Jennie Cottrell

Q&A with Phil Edwards

Phil Edwards is the author of “Fake Science 101: A Less Than Factual Guide to Our Amazing World,” a textbook exploring science without the burden of actual information. It’s a product of the Fake Science website . In the course of running the site, Phil has tweeted with astronomers, offended biologists and learned almost nothing. In addition… Continue Reading

Q&A with Garrett Peck

Garrett Peck is a literary journalist, local Washington-area historian, and author of four books – “The Prohibition Hangover: Alcohol in America from Demon Rum to Cult Cabernet” (2009); “Prohibition in Washington, D.C.: How Dry We Weren’t” (2011); “The Potomac River: A History and Guide” (2012); and its sequel, “The Smithsonian Castle and The Seneca Quarry” (2013). Garrett leads tours of Seneca quarry and the Temperance Tour of Prohibition-related sites in the nation’s capital. This will be… Continue Reading

Vivid Dreams of DC

Below is an original work of “flash fiction” by GBF 2013 author David Fitzpatrick . Vivid Dreams of DC I’ve been dreaming unusually vividly lately – the visions are of sanitariums, gargoyle tattoos and broken patients I remember from days past. They’re… Continue Reading

Q&A with Mac Barnett

Mac Barnett is the author of several children’s picture books, including the New York Times best-selling “Extra Yarn,” which won the 2012 Boston Globe-Horn Book award, “Chloe and the Lion,” and “Guess Again!” His latest book is “Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or at Least My History Grade).” He also writes the Brixton Brothers series of mysteries. Mac lives in Berkeley,… Continue Reading

Need a Little Parenting Advice? The (Hilarious) Mommy Bloggers Will Be Here!

If you’re looking for a little traditional parenting advice, we can’t help you. But if you’re ready for brutal honesty, imperfection, and a LOT of laughs, well, then we’re the place to be! With topics ranging from mommy guilt to… Continue Reading

Q&A with Larry Matthews

Larry Matthews is a former broadcast journalist whose 30+ years as a reporter, anchor, news director, producer and editor provide the background material for many of his books. “Brass Knuckles” is the second book in his Dave Haggard thriller series about a… Continue Reading

Q&A with Susan Stockdale

Susan Stockdale is the author and illustrator of children’s picture books including “Stripes of All Types,” “Bring On the Birds” and “Fabulous Fishes.” Her books celebrate nature with exuberance and charm and have won awards from the American Library Association, Parents’ Choice, and the National Science Teachers Association.  Susan’s engaging rhymes and… Continue Reading

Q&A with Charles V. Mauro

Charles Mauro is a local historian and the author of six books, including “The Civil War in Fairfax County: Civilians and Soldiers,” in which he gives voice to the silent majority of the participants in the Civil War: the civilians. His book, “A Southern Spy in Northern Virginia: The Civil War Album of Laura Ratcliffe,” is the story of an album that Confederate General… Continue Reading

Chef Author Pati Jinich Is Hot, Hot, Hot!!

She’s hot, hot, hot! And we’re not just talking about her food or her spices! Chef Patricia Jinich , author of “Pati’s Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking,” has been burning up the airwaves — and newspapers and the web — this month following the release of her cookbook.… Continue Reading

Q&A with Julia DeVillers

Julia DeVillers is the author of several young adult books, including “How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller,” which became the Disney Channel Original Movie, “Read It and Weep” in 2006. She is also the author of the “Liberty Porter, First Daughter” series and the coauthor of the “Trading Faces” series, written with her twin… Continue Reading