The University of Central Florida Book Festival Annual Event

University of Central Florida Book Festival presented by Morgridge International Reading Center

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April 16-17, 2010 - UCF BOOK FESTIVAL INAUGURAL EVENT - ORLANDO, FLORIDA

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Time	Black & Gold	Cypress A	Cypress B	Suite A	Suite 8
10:00-10:50	Tim Dorsey Tom Lowe Daniel Palmer	Sharon Draper T.R. Simon Victoria Bond Christina Diaz Gonzalez	Pat Duggins Col. Joe Kittinger	Linnda Durre’ Bill Eggers	Vicki Forman Lee Gutkind Les Standiford
10:00-10:50	Who Put the Thrill in Thriller!	*Growing Up Me: Unique Stories of Childhood*	To Boldly Go: Exploration in Flight	*Getting Down to Business*	*Parental Bonds thru Trouble and Tragedy*

11:10-12:00	Keynote Maxine Paetro				Stephanie Brown Cathy Smith Bowers Joseph Mills
					The Smallest Detail: Poetry of Love, Grief, and Rare Delights.
					Terry Thaxton

12:20-1:10	Deborah Blum Douglas Starr Holly Tucker	Tayari Jones Leonard Pitts Jr. Jeff Zaslow	Michele Cameron Roxanne St. Claire	Jay Jennings Richard Lapchick	Susan Gregg Gilmore Marybeth Whalen Shellie Tomlinson
12:20-1:10	*Blood and Poison Across the Centuries: True Tales of Crime and Science*	*Capturing American Life*	Romancing the Story	*It’s More Than Just A Game*	*Love, Life, & Laughter: Inspiring Women Writers*

1:30-2:20	Jan G. Annino Carmen Agra Deedy Marianne Berkes	Scott Joseph Patricia Moore-Pastides Alicia Simpson	Lisa Black Michael Colonnese James O’Neal	Susan Gregg Gilmore Dolen Perkins-Valdez Nina Revoyr	Lola Haskins Peter Meinke Jeanne Meinke Terry Thaxton
1:30-2:20	*Opening Children’s Hearts to Culture & Nature*	*Culinary De-LIGHT*	*Murder and Mayhem*	*Conflicting Loyalties: Cross -racial Relationships*	*Florida Poets*

2:40-3:30	Bill Eggers Senator Bob Graham Leonard Pitts Jr.	Judith Ortiz Cofer Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes Virgil Suarez	Eleanor Brown Susan Hubbard Lori Roy	John Cummings Loretta Ellsworth Alane Ferguson
2:40-3:30	*Government: It’s A Big Deal*	*Latinos in the Mainstream*	Family Secrets	*Looking Back, Looking Forward, Accepting Fates: Young Adult Literature*

3:35 - 4:30pm Author Readings at Barnes and Noble Café Laura Lee Smith Judith Ortiz Cofer Shellie Tomlinson Darlin’ Neal

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