Book Signing Info: Due to scheduling constraints, James Patterson will sign a limited number of books following his presentation. One hundred tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis for the opportunity to attend the in-person signing. In order to receive a ticket, you must purchase either James Patterson’s Killer Instinct or Max Einstein: Rebels with a Cause at the West Virginia Book Company booth. James Patterson will only sign one approved title per person; personalization and photographs are not permitted. A ticket and an approved title are required to enter the signing. Doors will open for the ticket line at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 5. James Patterson’s presentation is at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5.

Author Bio: James Patterson is the world's bestselling author and most trusted storyteller. He has created many enduring fictional characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Middle School, and I Funny. Among his notable literary collaborations are The President Is Missing, with President Bill Clinton, and the Max Einstein series, produced in partnership with the Albert Einstein Estate. Patterson's writing career is characterized by a single mission: to prove that there is no such thing as a person who "doesn't like to read," only people who haven't found the right book. He's given over three million books to schoolkids and the military, donated more than seventy million dollars to support education, and endowed over five thousand college scholarships for teachers. The National Book Foundation recently presented Patterson with the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community, and he is also the recipient of an Edgar Award and six Emmy Awards. His presentation will be Saturday, Oct. 5 at 3 p.m.

Book Signing Info: Salina Yoon will sign books following her presentation. The book signing will take place in the same room as the presentation.

Author Bio: Salina Yoon is the award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator of over 160 books for children, with over 4.5 million books sold worldwide, ranging in novelty board books, early readers, and picture books with Penguin, Scholastic, Random House, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, and many more. Her awards include the 2018 Geisel Honor for My Kite Is Stuck and Other Stories (A Duck Duck Porcupine! Book), the Award for Excellence in a Picture Book for Found, the New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award for Penguin and Pinecone, Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Duck, Duck Porcupine, and many more. Yoon presents at the West Virginia Book Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m.

Book Signing Info: Orson Scott Card will sign books in the Festival Marketplace following his presentation. Card will sign any two of his books at a time. You must go to the back of the line if you wish to have more books signed. You may have as many books signed as time allows.

Author Bio: Orson Scott Card is an award winning science fiction novelist best known for, Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, and Speaker for the Dead. Card has also written in many different forms and genres. His most recent series, the young adult Pathfinder series and fantasy Mithermages series, take readers in new directions. Card also writes biblical novels, frontier fantasy, poetry, plays, and scripts. His prolific writing has kept fans wanting more from the Washington state native. He will be presenting on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 11 a.m.

Book Signing Info: Anthony Harkins will sign books following his presentation. The book signing will take place in the same room as the presentation.

Author Bio: Anthony Harkins is a professor of history at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he teaches courses in popular culture and twentieth-century United States history and American studies. He is the author of Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon.

Book Signing Info: Meredith McCarroll will sign books following her presentation. The book signing will take place in the same room as the presentation.

Author Bio: Meredith McCarroll is the director of writing and rhetoric at Bowdoin College, where she teaches courses in writing, American literature, and film. She is the author of Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film.

Book Signing Info: Denise Kiernan will sign books following her presentation. The book signing will take place in the same room as the presentation.

Author Bio: Denise Kiernan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls of Atomic City, the true story of young women living in a secret government city during World War II while unknowingly working on the first atomic bomb. Kiernan has been a writer for more than 15 years, having been published in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Village Voice, Ms. Magazine, Saveur and many more. She will be presenting the annual West Virginia Humanities Council McCreight Lecture on Friday, Oct. at 7:00 p.m.