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2010 Texas Book Festival Authors (page 2)

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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Cover art for BOOK OF DAYS
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 17, 2010

"Despite some repetition of detail among the essays, each is a standalone gem."
A literary late bloomer blossoms in this collection of personal essays. Read full book review >
Cover art for ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 21, 2010

"Readers, of course! (Fantasy/horror/short stories. 14 & up)"
Forget vampires vs. werewolves; the hottest feud is between fans of the fiercely magical horses and the shambling, brain-eating undead. Read full book review >
Cover art for AMERICAN COLOSSUS
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010

"An educational, briskly written pseudo-textbook aimed at readers outside university classrooms."
A loosely themed survey of 35 years of American history. Read full book review >
Cover art for AMEXICA
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 20, 2010

"An impressively rendered, nightmare-inducing account."
A gutsy international journalist narrates life and death along the U.S.-Mexican border. Read full book review >