Meet the Authors

The 2026 Savannah Book Festival will be held on February 5-8. A full schedule of events will be released closer to the Festival.

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SBF 2026 COUNTDOWN

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Headliner Events

Opening Address

To Be Announced...

February 5, 2026

Keynote Address

To Be Announced...

February 6, 2026

Closing Address

To Be Announced...

February 8, 2026

Festival Authors

Scott Anderson

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation

Ace Atkins

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Jeanine Cummins

Speak to Me of Home

Tista S. Ghosh

Before the Next Crisis: Untold Stories of Public Health and Why They Matter

Bennett Parten

Somewhere Toward Freedom: Sherman's March and the Story of America's Largest Emancipation

A'Lelia Bundles

Joy Goddess A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance

Christopher Clarey

The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay

Aaron John Curtis

Old School Indian

Fiona Davis

The Stolen Queen

Sean Dietrich

Over Yonder

Damian Duffy & John Jennings

Parable of the Talents

Kate Fagan

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Caroline Fraser

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Amity Gaige

Heartwood

Brian Goldstone

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

Christopher C. Gorham

Matisse at War: Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France

Ha Jin

Looking for Tank Man

Madeline Martin

The Secret Book Society

Susan Morrison

Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

Steve Oney

On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR

Tom Piazza

Living in the Present with John Prine

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Lin-Manuel: The Education of An Artist

Gary Shteyngart

Vera, or Faith

Kevin Wilson

Run for the Hills

Michelle Young

The Art Spy

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