Authors & Moderators
Learn about the featured authors and panel moderators you will see at the 2025 Boerne Book Festival on Saturday, October 4 at the Patrick Heath Public Library.
Paul Barwick
Moderator
Paul Barwick is the Special Projects Director for the City of Boerne. He'll interview bestselling author Bryan Burrough at 10:30 a.m.
Norma Elia Cantú
Author
Author Norma Elia Cantú will discuss her books at the Folklore Society of Texas panel at 1:30 p.m.
Cyra Dumitru
Author
Author Cyra Dumitru will discuss her latest title "Words Make a Way Through Fire" at the Writing to Heal Panel at 3:30 p.m.
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Donna Ingham
Author
Author Donna Ingham will discuss her books at the Folklore Society of Texas panel at 1:30 p.m.
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Moderator
Evan Parks is the Executive Director of the Writers' League of Texas. He'll moderate the Obsessed with Texas panel discussion sponsored by the WLT at 12:30 p.m.
Denise Mazal Resnerova
Author
Boerne author Denise Mazal Resnerova will discuss her latest book at the Les Dames d'Escoffier panel, at
9:30 a.m.
Author
San Antonio author Diana Barrios Treviño will discuss her book at the Les Dames d'Escoffier panel, at
9:30 a.m.
Cindy Bonner
Author/Moderator
Author Cindy Bonner will interview bestselling author Stephen Harrigan at 11:30 a.m.
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James Dennis
Author
James Dennis will discuss his works of poetry at the Writing to Heal panel at
3:30 p.m.
Lucy Griffith
Author
Lucy Grffith will discuss her works of poetry at the Writing to Heal Panel at 3:30 p.m.
Kazu Kibuishi
Author
Bestselling children's book author Kazu Kibuishi will discuss his latest novel in the "Amulet" series, "Waverider," at 2:30 p.m.
Author
Poet and author Bianca Alyssa Pérez will be featured with her work at the Writing to Heal Panel, at 3:30 p.m.
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Scott Semegran
Author
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Author Scott Semegran will be featured with his novels at the Writing to Heal panel at 3:30 p.m.
Jo Virgil
Moderator
Jo Virgil is the current President of the Folklore Society of Texas. She'll moderate their panel discussion at 1:30 p.m.
Bryan Burrough
Author
Bestselling author
Bryan Burrough will discuss his latest book "The Gunfighters," at 10:30 a.m.​
Naylene Dillingham
Moderator
Naylene Dillingham grew up in Boerne, and is a long-time member of Les Dames
d'Escoffier. She'll moderate their panel discussion at
9:30 a.m.
Stephen Harrigan
Author
Bestselling author
Stephen Harrigan will discuss his books, including the latest "An Anchor in the Sea of Time" at 11:30 a.m.
Abby Kurth
Author
Author Abby Kurth will discuss her books at the Les Dames d'Escoffier panel, at
9:30 a.m.
Andrew Porter
Author
Acclaimed author Andrew Porter will be featured at the Obsessed with Texas panel discussion, sponsored by the Writers' League of Texas, at 12:30 p.m.
Hannah Smothers
Writer
Texas Monthly writer Hannah Smothers will join the Obsessed with Texas panel sponsored by the Writers' League of Texas, at 12:30 p.m.
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James Wade
Author
Bestselling author James Wade will discuss his latest novel "Narrow the Road," on the Obsessed with Texas panel sponsored by the Writers' League of Texas.