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2026 featured authors

*Festival Headliner Announcement Coming Soon*
Keep an eye on this page for more information
Below is a snapshot of featured authors participating in this year's
​12th Annual Suffolk Virginia Authors Festival
​More details & author bios coming soon!

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Multi-genre authors

Adrienne Palma - Children's Literature | Romance
Allie Marie - Historical Fiction | Fantasy | Cozy Mystery | Short Fiction/Anthology Paranormal/Supernatural 
​Beth Ford - Historical Fiction | Romance 
Bonnie Blevins - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Paranormal/Supernatural | Sci-Fi | Romance
Bradley Harper - Historical Fiction | Traditional Mystery/Detective 
Callie Thomas - Fantasy | Romance | Young-Adult Fiction 
Carol M. Scott - Comedy | Romance
Christine Trent - Traditional Mystery/Detective | Historical Fiction | Women's Fiction 
Dee Armstrong - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Romance | Paranormal/Supernatural Traditional Mystery/Detective
Denise LaJuan Peters - Fantasy | Historical Fantasy
Diane Fanning - Historical Fiction/ | True Crime | Traditional Mystery/Detective
Ellen Butler - Suspense/Thriller/Action| Traditional Mystery/Detective | Historical Fiction Cozy Mystery
Erin Hayden - Non-Fiction| Cozy Mystery | Romance | Young-Adult Fiction
Eris Marriott - Fantasy | Romance | Young-Adult Fiction
H M DuVal - Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Heather Weidner - Cozy Mystery | Short Fiction/Anthology
Traditional Mystery/Detective
Hunter J. Skye - Paranormal/Supernatural | Fantasy | Horror
Jacqueline T. Johnson - Children's Literature | Suspense/Thriller/Action | Fantasy
Young-Adult Fiction 
Jacqueline Boulden - ​Suspense/Thriller/Action | Traditional Mystery/Detective
Women's Fiction 
Janet Morris Belvin - Historical Fiction | Romance
Jenn Lessmann - Cozy Mystery| Fantasy
John DeDakis - ​Suspense/Thriller/Action| Traditional Mystery/ Detective | Non-Fiction 
​Julie Moffett - Comedy | Cozy Mystery | Historical Fiction | Paranormal/Supernatural Romance Short Fiction/Anthology | Suspense/Thriller Action| Young-Adult Fiction 

K.L. Murphy - Historical Fiction |  Traditional Mystery/Detective 
Katharine Schellman - Historical Fiction | LGBTQIA | Traditional Mystery/Detective
Kayla Rutherford - Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Young-Adult Fiction
Lisa Dodson - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Romance
Lorilyn White - Traditional Mystery/Detective | Romance
Lynda Allen - Cozy Mystery | Traditional Mystery/Detective
Mark Piggott - Fantasy | Steampunk | Historical Fiction
Mary Kendall - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Historical Fiction
Megan Michelle - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Romance
Mollie Ann Cox - Cozy Mystery | Historical Fiction
Nan O'Berry - Romance | Historical Fiction
Nicole Glover - Cozy Mystery| Fantasy | Historical Fiction 
Nicole E. Kelleher - ​Fantasy | Romance | Paranormal/Supernatural
Nikki Davenport - Multi-Cultural |  Romance | Suspense/Thriller/Action
Olivia Blacke - Paranormal/Supernatural | Cozy Mystery
Pamela K. Kinney - Sci-Fi | Non-Fiction | Horror | Fantasy
P.B. Obeng - Sci-Fi | Political Thriller
Patti Gaustad Procopi - Women's Fiction | Cozy Mystery
R.F. Whong - Historical Fiction | Cozy Mystery | Multi-Cultural | Romance
Ravynn K. Stringfield - Romance | Young-Adult Fiction
Sarah Newland - Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Young-Adult Fiction | Suspense/Thriller/Action 
Scarlett M. Honey - Fantasy | Romance 
Stacie Murphy - Paranormal/Supernatural | Historical Fiction
Suzanne Snowden - Romance | Paranormal/Supernatural
T.B. Bond - Paranormal/Supernatural | Sci-Fi | Romance | Fantasy
Thomas Kies - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Traditional Mystery/Detective
Tim Holland - Traditional Mystery/Detective | Cozy Mystery
Tj O'Connor - Suspense/Thriller/Action | Paranormal/Supernatural | Cozy Mystery  
WJ Brendle - Paranormal/Supernatural | Non-Fiction 

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Single Genre-Focused Authors

children's literature

Andrew J. Hall
Barry R. Beck Jr.
David Gorman
Kathryn Louise Wood
Kim Ellis
Leslie Eva Tayloe 
Micki Bare
Tasha Haight

Cozy Mystery

Abigail Keam
Carrie Ann Knox
Jackie Layton
Teresa Inge
Tonya Kappes

Non-fiction

Mary Bush Shipko 

paranormal/supernatural

Alanea  Alder

poetry​

Pamela Brothers Denyes

Sci-fi

Drema Deòraich

suspense/thriller/action

Bre Coleman
Jeffrey James Higgins

traditional mystery/detective

Amy Patricia Meade
Benjamin Bradley
Eleanor Kuhns
Sarah E. Johnson

true crime

Ronald Peterson Jr.

Romance

Moni Boyce

Women's fiction

Anne Bennett

Young-adult fiction

Moriah Chavis