Alan Dershowitz speaking at the Martha's Vineyard Book Festival in 2007

 

 

 

 

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The following authors are confirmed to participate in the 2009 Book Festival.  Their speaking times, tents in which they are speaking, and book signing times will be announced later. 

 

 

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Geraldine Brooks

People of the Book

Speaking at 3:30 pm/Squibnocket Tent

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Peter Canellos

Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy

Youngest Son, Last Survivor

Speaking at 5:00 pm/Stonewall Tent (this is a time change)

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Alan Dershowitz

The Case for Moral Clarity

Speaking at 5:00 pm/Menemsha Tent

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Tom Dunlop with Debbie and Jim Athearn

Morning Glory Farm and the Family that Feeds an Island

Speaking at 1:15 pm/Stonewall Tent

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Linda Fairstein

Lethal Legacy: A Novel

Speaking at 4:15 pm/Squibnocket Tent

Read Linda Fairstein's blog...

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past

Speaking at 11:00 am/Stonewall Tent

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 Lisa Genova

Still Alice

Speaking at 12:30/Squibnocket Tent

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James Grippando

Intent to Kill

Speaking at 3:30 pm/Stonewall Tent

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Elizabeth Hawes

Camus: A Romance

Speaking at 11:45 am/Squibnocket Tent

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Tony Horwitz

A Voyage Long and Strange

Speaking at 2:45 pm/Menemsha Tent

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John Hough, Jr.

Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg

Speaking at 2:45 pm/Stonewall Tent

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David Ignatius

The Increment: A Novel

Speaking at 11:45 am/Menemsha Tent

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Alex S. Jones

Losing the News

Speaking at 12:30 pm/Menemsha Tent

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Ward Just

Exiles in the Garden

Speaking at 5:00 pm/Squibnocket Tent

 Read a review of Exiles in the Garden in the Washington Post

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David Kinney

The Big One

Speaking at 2:00 pm/Stonewall Tent

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 Dick Lehr 

The Fence

Speaking at 4:15 pm/Menemsha Tent

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David McKean

The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall and the Battle for the Supreme Court

Speaking at 2:00 pm/Menemsha Tent

Read a review of The Great Decision in the Washington Post

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 Pamela Newkirk

Letters from Black America

Speaking at 11:45 am/Stonewall Tent

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Spencer Quinn

Dog On It

Speaking at 2:00 pm/Squibnocket Tent

Read about Spencer Quinn's true identity in The Daily Beast

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James Reston, Jr. 

Defenders of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe 1520-1536

Speaking at 1:15 pm/Menemsha Tent

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Kenneth L. Shropshire

The Business of Sports Agents

Speaking at 3:30 pm/Menemsha Tent

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 Michael Stein, MD

The Addict

 Speaking at 4:15 pm/Stonewall Tent

Read a review of The Addict in the New York Times

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Patricia Sullivan

Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement

Speaking at 12:30 pm/Stonewall Tent

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Stephen Trachtenberg

BMOC

Speaking at 1:15 pm/Squibnocket Tent

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Paul Tremblay

The Little Sleep

Speaking at 2:45 pm/Squibnocket Tent