Independent Author Pavilion 

The Independent Author Pavilion will feature approximately 24 authors each day, divided into morning and afternoon sessions. Please see each author below for their specific day and time. There are a mix of children’s and adult authors appearing in the venue. You may purchase the authors’ books via the bookseller located inside the tent and have the author sign your book(s) before leaving the venue.
╰┈➤Morning Session Saturday & Sunday: 10:00AM—1:30PM
╰┈➤Afternoon Session Saturday & Sunday: 1:30PM—5:00PM

2026 Pavilion Authors

  • Blupoetres

    Call Her Woman and Bend the Knee
    Saturday, May 16

  • Kevin Brown

    Shadows of Power: One Gender Rose. One Lost its Way. A Zero-Sum Reckoning for Us All
    Saturday, May 16

  • Frank Jordan Camacho

    The Monsters They Made Us
    Saturday, May 16

  • Carly Coleman

    Into the Void: A Sequel to The Center for Galactic Anomalies
    Saturday, May 16

  • Anthony J. D'Amato

    Haiku for You: A collection of simple haikus for early readers
    Sunday, May 17

  • Sebastiana Devine

    Unexpectedly Ivy: Ordinary Mom, Harvard Kid
    Saturday, May 16

  • Rob Dircks

    The Wrong Unit
    Where the Hell is Telsa?
    Sunnyside
    Saturday/Sunday

  • Robin L. Dunn

    Anchor- Chase Legacy Book 1
    Sunday, May 17

  • Amy Egan

    ReAwakening
    Saturday, May 16

  • April Day Garcia

    The Room to Be Brave
    Saturday, May 16

  • Michael Gilroy

    Vanguards: The World Waits for No One
    Sunday, May 17

  • Jennifer Rose Goldman

    In The Face Of Catastrophe (co-author)
    Saturday, May 16

  • Ed Haggerty

    Beeper
    Saturday, May 16

  • Caryn Meg Hirshleifer

    In The Face of Catastrophe (co-author)
    Saturday, May 16

  • Al Isaacs

    Finding Mary Smith
    Sunday, May 17

  • Effie Kammenou

    The Magic of Robola
    Sunday, May 17

  • Daniel R. LaRussa

    Pale Blue
    Sunday, May 17

  • Gregory John Lucci

    Rigged
    Saturday, May 16

  • Mahitab Mahmoud

    When Silence Shatters: A Collection of Short Stories
    Saturday, May 16

  • Tom McKeown

    This Is Panther Country
    Saturday, May 16

  • AJ Mercy

    Benny the Bunny Learns to Save
    Sunday, May 17

  • Matt Nagin

    The Book of Outcasts
    Saturday/Sunday

  • Caitlin Roeder

    Family Kisses
    Saturday, May 16

  • Irina Shehovsov

    The Gift Inside: 12 Steps To Heal Unworthiness, Brokenness and Victim Mentality So You Can Find Your Happy
    Sunday, May 17

  • Kirsten Smith Navin

    THE SQUIRE THIEF
    a forgery hidden by a murder disguised as a theft
    Saturday, May 16

  • SueBird Sparrow

    The Devil Drinks Monsoons
    Saturday/Sunday

  • L. Ryan Storms

    Slip
    Saturday, May 16

  • Cheryl Thomas

    Crazy in Love
    Sunday, May 17

  • Deborah Ann Webbe

    DREAM LAND
    Saturday/Sunday

  • Corrina Westfall

    Voltaris
    Saturday/Sunday