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.