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.
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 17, 2010
"Despite some repetition of detail among the essays, each is a standalone gem."
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.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"An educational, briskly written pseudo-textbook aimed at readers outside university classrooms."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 20, 2010
"An impressively rendered, nightmare-inducing account."