Sonoma Valley Authors Virtual Festival

Stimulating the minds and nurturing the souls of readers – A free online literary festival featuring conversations with distinguished authors and thought leaders

COVID-19 health restrictions have prohibited meeting in Sonoma as planned, yet through our eleven-day Virtual Festival we will present engaging and inspiring authors–writers whose work includes fiction and non-fiction, biographies, history, anthropology, adventure, and insight.

Also participating in this virtual version of the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival will be thought leaders who are transforming lives through science, medicine, and technology.

Scheduled Speakers:

Min Jin Lee in conversation with Julia Flynn Siler
Isabel Allende in conversation with Don George
Anthony Ray Hinton
Julia Flynn Siler
Jeffrey Rosen
Andy Weinberger in conversation with Bill Petrocelli
Billy Collins in conversation with Naomi Shihab Nye
Colin O’Brady
Alex Filippenko with moderator David Evans
Robert Franklin in conversation with Douglas Holladay
H.R. McMaster with moderator James Strock
Wade Davis
Adam Hochschild in conversation with Isabel Allende
Damon West with moderator Joyce Michael Flynn
Mac McQuown
Michael Shellenberger with moderator James Strock
Dr. Ramon Resa in conversation with Laura Zimmerman
Jordan Blashek & Chris Haugh with moderator Jeff Balash
Hawk Koch in conversation with Sam Wasson
Dan Russell with moderator Wendy Gorton
Wade Davis with moderator Chuck Williamson
Naomi Shihab Nye
J. Douglas Holladay with moderator Robert Franklin
Robert Theleen with moderator Dr. Roy Curry