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• 2025 Presenting Authors (A-Z)

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  This is a list of authors presenting at the Tucson Festival of Books filtered to those who have identified as having ties to Tucson.

• Smothermoss

  a Novel

  Alering, Alisa

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  Alisa Alering is the author of the novel "Smothermoss," an Appalachian gothic that the New York Times Book Review calls "deliciously weird...a compulsive journey through a wild, unknowable landscape and the wilder hearts of young girls." A…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Molino

  a Memoir

  Martinez, Melani, 1977-

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  Melani “Mele” Martinez comes to the festival with "The Molino," a hybrid memoir of poems, essays and remembrances about her family's downtown Tucson tamaleria: El Rapido. It had been open 67 years before closing in 2000. Martinez is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Italian Family Kitchen

  Authentic Recipes That Celebrate Homestyle Italian Cooking

  Santaguida, Evelina • Alexander, Harper

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  Eva Santaguida was born and raised in Calabria, Italy. She learned how to cook in the best environment possible: a small Italian village where no restaurant survives because everyone’s Nonna is the best chef in town! She and her husband,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seeds of Discovery

  How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

  Alexander, Lori

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  Lori Alexander is the award-winning author of "All in a Drop," "A Sporting Chance" and "What's a Germ Joseph Lister?" Her new books are "Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park" and "Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cactus Country

  a Boyhood Memoir

  Bossiere, Zoë, 1992-

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  Former Tucsonan Zoë Bossiere comes to the festival with their first book, a memoir entitled "Cactus Country." Bossiere is also the managing editor of Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, and co-editor of the anthologies The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Satellite

  Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far

  Buntin, Simmons

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  Simmons Buntin is the author of Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far and the poetry collections Riverfall and Bloom; as well as co-author of Unsprawl: Remixing Spaces as Places and co-editor of Dear America: Letters of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Olive Days

  a Novel

  Emerson, Jessica Elisheva

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  Jessica Elisheva Emerson is a native Tucsonan who spent 22 years in Los Angeles before returning to the Sonoran desert where she lives with her husband and children. She comes to the festival with "Olive Days," her debut novel. Her poems…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The University of Arizona

  a History in 100 Stories

  McNamee, Gregory

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  Gregory McNamee is the author or editor of more than 40 books and author of more than 10,000 periodical pieces. He is a contributing editor to the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" and a contributing writer to Kirkus Reviews, and his writing and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cinderella and the Beast

  or, Beauty and the Glass Slipper

  Bussing, Kim

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  Kim Bussing writes fairy tales for children and adults. She has an MFA from the University of Arizona, where she taught creative writing to undergraduates. Her first book series is The Princess Swap with "Cinderella and the Beast" and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Greatest Lie of All

  Cantor, Jillian

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  Cantor's work features strong women and is especially popular in Tucson, where she has lived since 2000. Before becoming a fulltime author, she taught creative writing at Pima College and the University of Arizona. This will be her 14th…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Haunted Ever After

  DeLuca, Jen

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  Jen DeLuca is the USA Today bestselling author of the Well Met series, which was inspired by her time volunteering as a pub wench with her local Renaissance Faire, as well as "Haunted Ever After," a romance set in a haunted Florida tourist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birding With Benefits

  Dubb, Sarah T.

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  Sarah T. Dubb is a Tucson-based romance writer, librarian, parent and activist. Her debut novel, "Birding With Benefits," is set in Tucson and was featured on NPR's 2024 Books We Love. She has served as a moderator in the past and is over…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky

  Galarza, Josh

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  Josh Galarza, a longtime Montessori educator, writes fiction and creative nonfiction, and is a visual artist specializing in printmaking and book arts. His work explores male gender performance, queer issues, body liberation and Chicano…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Birds, Bats, and Blooms

  the Coevolution of Vertebrate Pollinators and Their Plants

  Fleming, Theodore H.

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  "Theodore H. Fleming is a professor emeritus of biology at the University of Miami. He is the author of several books, including his most recent title "Birds, Bats, and Blooms: The Coevolution of Vertebrate Pollinators and Their Plants."…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Glass Girl

  Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-

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  Kathleen Glasgow is the author of the bestselling novels "Girl in Pieces," "The Glass Girl," "You’d Be Home Now" and "How to Make Friends With the Dark." Her works have been featured in People Magazine, Publishers Weekly and Vanity Fair.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Race to the Bottom of Crazy

  Dispatches From Arizona

  Grant, Richard, 1963-

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  Richard Grant is an author, magazine journalist and documentary film writer who comes to the festival with the Arizona-centric "A Race to the Bottom of Crazy." An earlier book, "God's Middle Finger," was selected as a Southwest Book of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blue Flax & Yellow Mustard Flower

  Poems

  Deming, Alison Hawthorne

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  Alison Hawthorne Deming’s books include "Blue Flax & Yellow Mustard Flower" and the poetry collection "Stairway to Heaven." The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, National Endowment for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gloomy Girl Variety Show

  a Memoir

  Epum, Freda

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  "Freda Epum is a Nigerian American writer and artist. She is the author of "The Gloomy Girl Variety Show," and two chapbooks, "Input/Output" and "Entryways into memories that might assemble me," which won the Iron Horse Literary Review…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Scalpel and the Soul

  Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope

  Hamilton, Allan J.

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  Dr. Allan Hamilton's journey from janitor to Harvard-trained neurosurgeon marks the beginning of an extraordinary career. He holds four professorships at the University of Arizona and has been recognized as "One of the Leading Intellects…Read moreRead more of this annotation