Mochizuki returned to Seattle to try his hand at writing.

and Recipes: The Popular Culture of Asian America (tickets required).Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker.

was on the USA Today bestseller list for two weeks.Shes co-written a new childrens book.Nakamura is a magazine publisher.

one of Barack Obamas favorite books of the year.His writing awards include the Julia Child Cookbook Award and the Independent Publisher Book Award.

” His works represent the visual history of humanitarian struggles.

Kitamura is the author of Audition.Messer is a life-long reader and career bookseller; creator.

He is the founder of Giant Robot.cat lover and co-author of “Word of Mouth.

The Mysteries of History: Historical Suspense and Noir Fiction (tickets required).com/festivalofbooks/Speakers/performers include:Miwa Messer?Miwa Messer.