2010 Texas Book Festival Authors

The Texas Book Festival is celebrating 15 years of excellence in gathering outstanding authors in Austin each year to read, discuss and meet with audiences. This year is no different. Here is a sampling of some reviews of major authors who will appear at the Festival this weekend, Oct. 16-17.

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AMEXICA

War Along the Borderline

By Ed Vulliamy (Author)

Pub Date: Oct 20, 2010

A gutsy international journalist narrates life and death along the U.S.-Mexican border.
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AMERICAN COLOSSUS

The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900

By H.W. Brands (Author)

Pub Date: Oct 12, 2010

A loosely themed survey of 35 years of American history.
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ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS

By Holly Black (Editor) , Justine Larbalestier (Editor)

Pub Date: Sep 21, 2010

Age Range: 14 - 18

Forget vampires vs. werewolves; the hottest feud is between fans of the fiercely magical horses and the shambling, brain-eating undead.
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BOOK OF DAYS

Personal Essays

By Emily Fox Gordon (Author)

Pub Date: Aug 17, 2010

A literary late bloomer blossoms in this collection of personal essays.
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THE PASSAGE

By Justin Cronin (Author)

Pub Date: Jun 8, 2010

Literary author Cronin (Mary and O'Neil, 2001, etc.) turns in an apocalyptic thriller in the spirit of Stephen King or Michael Crichton.
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A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD

By Jennifer Egan (Author)

Pub Date: Jun 8, 2010

"Time's a goon," as the action moves from the late 1970s to the early 2020s while the characters wonder what happened to their youthful selves and ideals.
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