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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Author Archives: Jennie Cottrell

Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Pam Bachorz

Pam Bachorz is the author of the young adult novels “Candor”  and “Drought.” She grew up in a small town in the Adirondack foothills, and draws inspiration from the places she knows best: she wrote “Candor” while living in a planned community in Florida, and… Continue Reading

2012 Hands-On Workshop: Are You a Poet Who Doesn’t Even Know It…?

Does the thought of writing poetry frighten you? Are you a fiction writer looking to energize your prose? Or maybe you’re a beginning poet who wants to learn more about the craft… whatever your background, if you find the idea… Continue Reading

Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Meredith Goldstein

Meredith Goldstein , author of “The Singles,” is an advice columnist and entertainment reporter for the Boston Globe. In addition to “Love Letters,” the most popular blog in Boston next to the Red Sox blog, she co-writes the paper’s society column, “Names.” She lives in Boston.… Continue Reading

Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Eric Goodman

Eric D. Goodman is a full-time writer and editor. His novel in stories, “Tracks,” was published in summer 2011. He’s also the author of the children’s book, “Flightless Goose.”   Eric’s work has appeared in The Baltimore Review, Pedestal Magazine, Writers Weekly, The Potomac, Barrelhouse, JMWW,… Continue Reading

Q&A with 2012 Featured Author Michelle Ray

Michelle Ray is an MCPS teacher and the debut author of “Falling for Hamlet,” about which the New York Times said: “Not at all dull . . . it’s filled with the pageantry and royalty that so many [teens] have discovered in the… Continue Reading

2012 Hands-On Workshop: Getting Your Work Out There

You’ve written your heart out. Now what? Now comes the scary part… seeing if anyone else thinks your baby is as pretty and special as you do!   There’s no question that sending your work out into the world to… Continue Reading

Q&A with 2012 Featured Author M.K.Graff

Marni Graff is the author of the Nora Tierney mystery series, set in the UK. “The Blue Virgin” is set in Oxford; “The Green Remains” in Cumbria. Graff is also co-author of “Writing in a Changing World,” a primer on writing groups and… Continue Reading

Q&A with Featured Author Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Natalie Dias Lorenzi is a school librarian and teacher, specializing in teaching English as a Second Language. She has taught in Japan and Italy and now teaches in a Washington, DC-area school where 85% of the students are immigrants. In addition to writing… Continue Reading

Q&A with 2012 Featured Author K. Michael Crawford

K. Michael Crawford has been creating magical art and whimsical writing for children’s books since 1991. Michael’s latest drawing books, “ The Mystery of Journeys Crowne ,” “ The Island of Zadu ,” “ Batty Malgoony’s Mystic Carnivale ” and “ Professor Horton Hogwash’s Museum of Ridiculous ” are part of a drawing series that get children to use their imagination, to… Continue Reading

GBF Hands-On Workshop: Writing for a Young Adult Audience

We’ve all seen the lines of excited youngsters or teenagers eagerly waiting for the next release in their favorite series: The Hunger Games, Twilight, Harry Potter, and others.   Catching the attention and imagination of such young, enthusiastic readers can… Continue Reading