Award-winning Authors
at the 2008 Festival of Faith and Writing
Sefi Atta, winner of the 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa
Mischa Berlinski, 2007 National Book Award nominee
Michael Chabon, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Carlos Eire, 2003 National Book Award winner
Edward P. Jones, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Patricia Johnson, National Slam Poet Champion
Beena Kamlani, award-winning editor and writer
Yann Martel, winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Kathleen Norris, New York Times Notable Book Award hononee
Kadir Nelson, two-time Caldecott Honor recipient
Katherine Paterson, Newbery Award winner
Gary D. Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor recipient
Helena Maria Viramontes, 2007 United States Artists Fellowship recipient
Franz Wright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry