Festival Authors

Many popular authors attend the Orange County Children's Book Festival each year. Meet them and listen as they read from their books on stage or in an exhibitor's booth. Most authors sign their books creating a treasured purchase.
Past festival authors

2020 Virtual Festival Presenters

Adam Grant | Leif and the Fall
Alba Arango | The Magic Sapphire
Alice Kalomas | Sir Wrinkles the Bulldog
Allison Sweet Grant | Leif and the Fall
Amanda Kehoe | The Adventures of TJ and His Wheelable Chair
Anastasia Higginbotham | DEATH IS STUPID
Angie Flores | Cub's Wish
Barbara Panawa | ABC Fun Phonics
Benjamin Hart | The World Needs More Purple People
Betty Thomas Patterson | What's College About Anyway?
C.M. Harris | What If We Were All the Same!
Chloe Stafford | Once Upon a Nothingness
Chris Robertson | If I Didn't Have You
Cindy Motley | Thank You
Cori Doerrfeld | The Welcome Wagon
Courtney Caswell-Peyton | How Allan Alligator Landed His Lake 
David Shannon | Roy Digs Dirt
David Sledge Jr | Thank You Grandma
Eileen Moskowitz-Palma | The Popularity Pact series
Elizabeth "Betty" Johnson | Nobody Knows My Name
Ellen Shane | Emily's Gift: The True Story of Sherlock and Jackson
Frans Vischer | Fuddles
Georgeanne Irvine | Saving Moka: The True Tale of a Rescued Tiger Cub
Gino Campagna | Chef Gino's Taste Test Challenge
Helen Jo | The Lost and Found Club 
J.M. Bergen | Thomas Wildus and the Book of Sorrows
Jaime Langlois | Clara Saint Clair Dominique De La Rue 
Jason Reynolds | Stamped
Jeff Kinney | Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Joy Cho | YOU’RE OKAY! (An Oh Joy! Story)
Kathleen Arthur | Horace Henway Brushes It Off  
Kim Steinhardt | Sabby the Sea Otter: A Pup's True Adventure and Triumph

Kimberly Horg | ATNAS: Santa's Sister in the South Pole

Kirsten Miller | EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE 8

Kris Cass | Gravy Boat Birdfeeder

Kristen Bell | The World Needs More Purple People

Kwame Alexander | The Undefeated

Lauren Freckles | Babbling Beth The Story Chef

Lorraine Loria | Henry Mozzarella and the Case of the Missing Diamonds

Mabel Katz | Maluhia, the Happy City

Maggie Grinnell | Isabella and Penelope

Maria Loi | the Greek diet

Marisa Reichardt | AFTERSHOCKS

Maureen Johnson | Truly Devious series

Maureen McCabe | A Christmas Love Story: Nicholas Nutcracker & Brittany Ballerina

Melanie Lightbourn-Rowe | Am I Daddy's Girl?

Melba Johnson | Twins in Pairs Paris

Melissa Fisher Goldman, LCSW

Nancy Visco | The Fairy Portal

Natalie Elliott | Peny's Purse

Nella Simoni | What Will Baby Be? 

Orange County Public Libraries 

Patrice Karst | The Invisible String

Phillip Van Wagoner | Could You Hug a Cactus?

Sarah Mlynowski | Whatever After Special Edition: Abby in Oz

Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Danza Azteca Xochipilli

Scott Casperson | Room For One More

Scott Sussman | Champion of the Marsh

Shellice Beharie | Prince and His Mother's Crown: Tales Within My Mother's Hair

Steve Clark | I Can Play... Violin!

Tanya Ross | Rising up

Thaddeus A Corey | A Star-Spangled Story

The Story Lady's Magic Book Show | The Little Red Hen

Tresha Wilder Johnson | Adventures of the Hidden Asthma Triggers

Valerie L. Williams-Sanchez | Eddie and the Hot Cocoa Hot Rod

Vicki Tashman | Dash and Victoria Find True Love