Non-Fiction Participants
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Youssef Aboul-Enein
Iraq in Turmoil: Historical Perspectives of Dr. Ali al-Wardi from the Ottoman Empire to King Feisal
Youssef Aboul-Enein, author of Iraq in Turmoil, is adjunct military professor and chair of Islamic studies at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is also the author of Militant Islamist Ideology: Understanding the Global Threat.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Jonathan Alderfer
National Geographic Bird-Watcher's Bible
Jonathan Alderfer, author of National Geographic Bird-Watcher's Bible, is a writer, editor, illustrator, and National Geographic's birding expert. Alderfer is one of the nation's foremost birding artists and is a widely published author and field guide illustrator.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Rabbi Daniel Alexander
(Moderator)
Seeking the Way: Jewish Reflections on Matters of the Head, the Heart, and the Hand
Rabbi Daniel Alexander, author of Seeking the Way: Jewish Reflections on Matters of the Head, the Heart, and the Hand, has served as rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville since 1988. Previously, he directed the Hillel Foundation at UVa.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Eben Alexander MD
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander MD, author of Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Near-Death Experience and Journey into the Afterlife, spent more than 20 years as an academic neurosurgeon before a profound near-death experience completely changed his world view.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Freeman Allan
Sacred Source-One Man's Journey of Reunion with the Divine Feminine
Freeman Allan, author of Sacred Source, commercial fisherman, intelligence officer, journalist, carpenter, roustabout, baker, teacher, rock'n'roll roadie, iconologist, lay brother, and long distance hiker/canoeist, has spent 42 years reporting about inward/outward transformations needed to sustain our Mother, the Earth.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Kay Allison
(Moderator)
Kay Allison is the owner of Quest Bookshop and the founder of Books Behind Bars which provides books for the incarcerated.
Genre:Non-Fiction
James Allison III
(Moderator)
James Allison III is the Sara Shallenberger Brown Fellow in Environmental Writing and a PhD Candidate in History at UVa.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Derrick Alridge
Message in the Music: Hip Hop, History, & Pedagogy
Derrick P. Alridge, author of Message in the Music: Hip Hop, History, & Pedagogy, is a professor in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. The book is coedited with James B. Stewart and V.P. Franklin.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Hector Amaya
Screening Cuba: Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War
Hector Amaya, author of Screening Cuba: Film Criticism as Political Performance During the Cold War, is Associate Professor of Media Studies at UVa, Vice-Chair of the Latino Studies Division and of La Raza Caucus of the National Communication Association (NCA).
Genre:Non-Fiction
Michelle Amt
(Moderator)
Michelle Amt, an architect by training, has more than a decade of experience in the field of sustainable design. She currently serves as Chief of Staff for McDonough Advisors.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Roberto Armengol
(Moderator)
Roberto Armengol is a PhD candidate in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Virginia. He is writing his dissertation about markets and inventiveness in everyday life based on two years of field research in Havana.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Scott Atran
Talking to the Enemy: Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists
Scott Atran, author of Talking to the Enemy, is research director at CNRS in Paris, France, visiting professor of psychology/public policy at University of Michigan, presidential scholar at John Jay College, CUNY, and Director of Research/Senior Fellow at ARTIS Research.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Philip E. Auerswald
The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Economy
Philip Auerswald, author of The Coming Prosperity, writes about entrepreneurship, innovation, and global trends. He is a professor at George Mason University, an adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative, and president of the National Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Genre:Non-Fiction
David George Ball
A Marked Heart
David Ball, author of A Marked Heart, experienced a childhood in wartime England before coming to America. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, he became a successful lawyer, executive, and the assistant secretary of labor from 1989 to 1993.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Jake Eliot Balogh
(Moderator)
Jake Balogh is a fourth year at UVa and an intern at the Virginia Festival of the Book.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Jane Barnes
Falling in Love with Joseph Smith: My Search for the Real Prophet
Jane Barnes, author of Falling in Love with Joseph Smith: My Search for the Real Prophet, has published novels, stories, and personal essays. She has written documentaries for American Experience, American Masters, and Frontline.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Stacy Bass
In the Garden
Stacy Bass, author of In the Garden, is a fine art and editorial photographer specializing in gardens and interiors. In the Garden was released in May 2012 to excellent reviews. It quickly became a best seller.
Genre:Non-Fiction
David Bearinger
(Moderator)
David Bearinger is the Director of Grants and Community Programs at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Tim Beatley
Biophilic Cities: Integrating Nature Into Urban Planning and Design
Tim Beatley is the author of Green Cities of Europe, and Biophilic Cities. Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for the last 25 years.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Stefan Downey Bechtel
Mr. Hornaday's War: How A Peculiar Victorian Zookeeper Waged A Lonely Crusade For Wildlife That Changed The World
Stefan Bechtel, author of Mr. Hornaday's War, has written ten books that have sold more than two million copies and been translated into ten languages. He is a founding editor of Men's Health magazine.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Nancy Greyson Beckerman
Out of Time: One Couple's Journey Through Cancer
Nancy Greyson Beckerman, author of Out of Time: One Couple's Journey Through Cancer, is a mother, teacher, artist, swimmer, student of karate, museum docent, caregiver, and medical office manager. This journal records her husband's battle with cancer.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Art Beltrone
(Moderator)
Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten TroopshipArt Beltrone and his wife Lee are founders of the Vietnam Graffiti Project, in partnership with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Lee Beltrone
Brown's Cove Poems Along Doyle's River
Lee Beltrone, photographer of Brown's Cove Poems Along Doyle's River with poet Mary Helen Detmer, has illustrated two other books: A Wartime Log and Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Sue Berres
(Moderator)
Sue Berres organizes the Bus Lines Community Poetry reading each year. She works with Tell Me About It Tours, and in real life, she is an Occupational Therapist at the Kluge Children's Rehabilitation Center.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Sara Bon-Harper
(Moderator)
Dr. Sara Bon-Harper has been Executive Director of Ash Lawn-Highland since September 2012. She was formerly the Research Manager of the Monticello Archaeology Department.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Christopher Bonastia
Southern Stalemate: Five Years without Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia
Christopher Bonastia, author of Southern Stalemate: Five Years without Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia, is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lehman College and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Bruce Boucher
Andrea Palladio: The Architect in His Time
Bruce Boucher is the Director of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. An art historian by training, he is the author of numerous works on Italian art and architecture.
Genre:Non-Fiction
David Braun
National Geographic Tales of the WeirdDavid Braun, author of National Geographic Tales of the Weird, has been a journalist for 35 years and is editor-in-chief of nationalgeographic.com's Daily News, Environment and Science content.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Tico Braun
(Moderator)
The Assassination of GaitánTico Braun is an Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the History Department at UVa. He is the author of The Assassination of Gaitán and Our Guerrillas, Our Sidewalks.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Vikki Bravo
(Moderator)
Vikki Bravo has been an oncology social worker since 1977, working at the UVA Cancer Center since 1997. She received in a Master's Degree in Social Work from Boston University in 1975.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Douglas Brinkley
Cronkite
Douglas Brinkley is the author of Cronkite, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America and more than 20 other titles. He is a professor of history at Rice University and fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Rick Britton
(Moderator)
Rick Britton is a Charlottesville-based author, historian, and cartographer. Having published more than 200 essays and articles, he is a frequent lecturer, radio commentator, and battlefield tour guide.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Sibylla Brodzinsky
Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives of Colombians Displaced by Violence
Sibylla Brodzinsky, co-editor with Max Schoening of Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives of Colombians Displaced by Violence, is a Bogota-based journalist who has covered Latin America for more than two decades.
Genre:Non-Fiction
Jim Bundy
Words Along the Way: Sermons for Sojourners
Jim Bundy, author of Words Along the Way: Sermons for Sojourners, is a retired minister and college teacher living in Charlottesville, Virginia. After 35 years in Chicago, he served as pastor of Sojourners United Church of Christ in Charlottesville from 2000 to 2010.
Genre:Non-Fiction
