Authors & Moderators
Learn about the featured authors and panel moderators you will see at the 2026 Boerne Book Festival on Saturday, October 3 at the Patrick Heath Public Library. Join us in the Community Room of the library beginning at 10:00 a.m. on October 3!
Paul Barwick
Moderator
Paul Barwick is the Special Projects Director for the City of Boerne. He'll moderate the Hill Country Baseball panel at 3:00 p.m.
Richard W. Butler Jr.
Author
Local author Richard W. Butler Jr. will be featured on the Hill Country Baseball panel at 3:00 p.m.
Tim Christ
Author
Local author Tim Christ will be featured on the Hill Country Baseball panel at 3:00 p.m.
Isaac Grigar
Moderator
Local author Isaac Grigar will moderate our Art Above Everything panel at 10:00 a.m.
Author
Boerne ISD Athletic Director and children's book author Stan Leech will be featured on the Hill Country Baseball panel at 3:00 p.m.
Lucas Schaefer
Author
Author Lucas Schaefer will be featured on the Obsessed with Texas/Writers' League of Texas panel at 2:00 p.m.
John Bradshaw
Author
Author John Bradshaw will be featured on the Elmer Kelton Centennial panel at 11:00 a.m.
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Drew Buxton
Author
Author Drew Buxton will be featured on the Obsessed with Texas/Writers' League of Texas panel at 2:00 p.m.
James R. Dennis
Moderator
Author and poet James R. Dennis will moderate the Elmer Kelton Centennial panel at 11:00 a.m.
Kathryn Jones
Author
Author Kathryn Jones will be featured on the Elmer Kelton Centennial panel at 11:00 a.m.
Author
Jean
Granberry Schnitz
Author
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Local author and Storyteller Jean Granberry Schnitz will be featured on the Gather 'Round panel at Noon.
Rick Brooks
Author
Jess Cannon
Author
Author Jess Cannon will be featured on the Obsessed with Texas/Writers' League of Texas panel at 2:00 pm.
Stephanie
Elizondo Griest
Author
Journalist and author Stephanie Elizondo Griest will be featured on the Art Above Everything panel at 10:00 a.m.
Donna
Christopher Ingham
Author
Author and Storyteller Donna Christopher Ingham will be featured on the Gather 'Round panel at Noon.
Bernadette Nason
Author
Author and Storyteller Bernadette Nason will be featured on the Gather 'Round panel at Noon .
Natalia Treviño
Author
Author and poet Natalia Treviño will be featured on the Art Above Everything panel at 10:00 a.m.
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James Wade
Author/Moderator
Award-winning author James Wade will be featured on the Elmer Kelton Centennial panel at 11:00 a.m. He'll also moderate the Obsessed with Texas/Writers' League of Texas panel at 2:00 p.m.