< Back Sarah Newland Sarah Newland is a licensed veterinary technician and award-winning young adult fiction author based in Virginia. Her debut trilogy, Extant, is an edge-of-your-seat beachy scifi-fantasy that has been honored with six awards between the three titles. When not adventuring with her family, writing novels, or saving animals, you can find Newland on her YouTube channel Books&Beasties discussing how animal characters double as literary devices in some of her favorite reads. As a vet tech, Newland’s books will always feature an animal sidekick and, as an avid reader, more than one throw-your-book twist. Next

< Back Thomas Guay Thomas Guay is the author of Chesapeake Bound, a work of historical fiction set in the uneasy years just before the American Revolution. A former Capitol Hill reporter, Guay turned from modern politics to the eighteenth century, tracing why ordinary Londoners—pressed by poverty, prejudice, and a rigid class system—risked everything on a passage to colonial America. Set between 1763 and 1765, the novel follows indentured servants and sailors whose Atlantic voyage reveals hopes and dreams tested by deadly storms, hardship, and budding romance. Drawing on years as a historical guide at the Charles Carroll House in Annapolis, Guay brings daily colonial life vividly to the page. Next

< Back Sandy Hope Stewart Sandy Hope Stewart is the author of a memoir of life as a military spouse as well her debut Christian Fiction, Entertaining Angels. She has been featured in Decision Magazine and Today's Christian Living. She and her retired military husband spend most of their time with their family, including nine grand-children and one great-grandchild. Next

Read more about the 70+ authors who will be exhibiting at the festival Exhibiting Authors T.J. O'Connor Caroline Crocker Sandy Hope Stewart George WB Scott Allison Gunn Taylor Hartley Karen Marginot Caterina Novelliere Bill Ayres Nicole Glover A.D. Stone Larry Walsh Patricia Bradby Moore N.M. Opperman Ginny Brock Michael Eging Laura C.Rader Elizabeth Duncan-Hawker Jenn Bouchard Sonny Hudson Michael Gryboski Patsy Asuncion Leslie Eva Tayloe Cindy L. Freeman Loralee Clark Teresa Inge Sally Stiles Robert Archibald D. L. Farrar Ron Peterson, Jr Ellen Butler Tim Holland Melissa Face Thomas Guay Thomas M. Wing Chris Register Bradley Harper T.S. Arther Mark Piggott Christy Landers Tallamy John Conlee Luz Schweig William R Hogan Catherine Clark Felts Tabitha Mann Sarah Newland Hugh Lessig Patti Gaustad Procopi Cindy Chisholm Juanita P. Graham Heather Buchanan Jess Renae Sherer Jim Meisner Jr. Heidi Hartwiger Peter Stipe Chris Whitlatch Lesley O'Brien S.J. Lee Tommy Kerper Michael Stephens Nan Carlton L.E. DeLano Leslie Lautenslager Alicia Swain Heather Brown Barrett Jacqueline T. Johnson Aminta Colón Heather Mullaly Randy Ellefson J.S. Furlong S.K. Ehra Elaine Honeycutt

< Back Tim Holland Tim Holland is the author of four Sidney Lake Lowcountry Mystery Novels, including The Rising Tide, The Murder of Amos Dunn, Deception, and December Rain. His new series Matt Donovan Investigates is being launched in the first quarter of 2026 with An Impulse for Murder. What the Mirror Doesn’t See is a stand-alone mystery featuring Tony Carenza. He is a past director of the Williamsburg Book Festival, and Chesapeake Bay Writers, a member of Mystery Writers of America, The Authors Guild, Virginia Writers and Chesapeake Bay Writers. He has received Keating and Golden Nib awards for his short fiction. Over the years, his freelance articles have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, as well as having written book reviews and literary criticism for Recorder Publishing’s eight newspapers in New Jersey. Next

< Back Michael Eging Mike’s earliest memories are of carrying a battered notebook around full of drawings and stories. In college, textbooks and fantasy novels rode around in his backpack, while he continued to write short stories, novels, and poetry. Recently, Mike has pursued writing screenplays with his first option being a medieval epic, Song of Roland. The Paladin of Shadow Chronicles, including Annwyn’s Blood and Ash and Ruin, will soon conclude with Tree at the Edge of Forever. He lives in Northern Virginia and dreams of driving an old Defender to Alaska with his wife, Lori, and their dog, Rufus. Next

< Back Catherine Clark Felts Catherine Clark Felts lives in Yorktown, Virginia, with her three mischievous cats, two amazing daughters, and one loving and supportive husband. An avid runner, she finds the best time to mull over a book concept is during an early morning jog. Formerly a technical support team Director and degreed Bioprocess Engineer, she felt the call to write and continue the legacy that her grandmother (Catherine Clark the 4th) and mother (Catherine Clark the 5th) passed down to her. She hopes to make a positive impact on children and families as they immerse themselves in her stories. Next

< Back Robert Archibald Robert Archibald is the Chancellor Professor of Economics Emeritus at the College of William and Mary. In retirement he’s started writing mystery novels. Blue Fortune Enterprises has published seven of his novels thus far. Set in current day America, his books feature real people dealing with real world problems, for example, identity theft, criminals who get off of technicalities, and judges who take bribes. None of the characters are particularly well endowed with natural abilities, but they are eventually able to bumble their way through to satisfactory conclusions. Next

< Back John Conlee John Conlee is an Emeritus Professor of English and Medieval Studies at the College Studies where he specialized in Chaucer, the Arthurian Legends, and Celtic Mythology. He has been writing fiction for the last thirty years, and his novels reflect his scholarly interests as well as his youthful years as a baseball player. He grow up on the West Coast and attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In addition to writing fiction for adult readers, he is the author of a series of tales for younger readers that involve King Arthur, Merlin, and Arthur's dog Cabal. Several of his novels are set in Ireland and the U.K. (including Oxford, Wales, and Cornwall) where he has lived and studied. His most recent novel, BE NIMBLE. BE QUICK is set in Southern California. Next

< Back Peter Stipe Peter Stipe worked fourteen years as a high school history teacher and track coach, and has also worked in corporate Human Resources. He has a BA degree in History from Boston University and a MEd from Tufts. Peter has published six books of Fiction. His most recent book, “Crossing the Lines” tracks the struggles of the wealthy and the working class in a fishing town in New England through the challenging lives of two of the local public high school’s students. A New Englander most of his life he now lives in Williamsburg, Virginia. Next

< Back Alicia Swain Alicia Swain (she/her) is the author of Steel Slides and Yellow Walls, a feminist poetry collection published by Belle Isle Books. Her work appears in several literary magazines and journals, including Roanoke Review, Vast Chasm, The Anti-Misogyny Club, and The Closed Eye Open. Her poem “Return Me to the Womb,” published in FLARE Magazine’s first issue, has been nominated for Best of the Net 2026. Swain studied English at Penn State University and Eastern Illinois University. She can be found on her website at aliciaswain.com and on most social media platforms as @aliciamswain. Next

< Back Elaine Honeycutt Elaine Honeycutt is a teacher, wife, and mom living in the Richmond, Virginia area. She is passionate about education, travel, animals, and great food. Elaine is a children’s book author whose book series shows the joys of travel and cooking to a new generation of children. Featured on Richmond’s Virginia This Morning, this first book teaches how to bake an amazing apple pie. Elaine currently teaches high school English and is a graduate of Sweet Briar College. Next