Book Parties and Festivals
2009 National Book Festival -Opening Gala
Julia Alvarez; David Baldacci; Judy Blume; Annette Gordon-Reed; John Grisham
About the Program
Award winning and bestselling authors open the 2009 National Book Festival talking about the power and function of books and reading in a democratic and culturally diverse society.
About the Authors
Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed is a history and law professor at Harvard Unversity. She is the author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, was the recipient of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize in History. Ms Gordon-Reed is a MacArthur Fellow and has been awarded the National Humanities Medal.
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