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An Invitation to Authors

The 2008 Duarte Festival of Authors was a success! Visit our Media pages for pictures from the event!

2007 Festival of Authors Video
2007 and 2008 Festival of Authors Photos

Authors love Duarte:

‘We’ve done 4 Book Fairs in recent weeks: Ventura, Santa Barbara, West H’wood & Duarte…By far the best for us and our displaying authors was Duarte…’
Irwin Zucker,
Book Publicists of So Calif.,
Hollywood

‘You guys did an amazing job……and got some excellent talent there.’
Colleen Dunn Bates,
Prospect Park Books, Pasadena

‘I had so much fun at your festival. Please really do invite me next year.’
Rick Thomas, Regional History Guru,
Arcadia Publishing

‘It was a terrific event. Thanks for inviting me.’
D.J. MacHale, author, Pendragon Series

‘Wasn't that a fun day? The event improves by leaps and bounds each year.’
Linda Gold
Features Department
San Gabriel Valley Newspapers

‘……… yours is the best local festival in the region…..got a chance to meet lots of great authors….’
Patti Kokinos, author and speaker, Los Angeles

‘….the fair was a lot of fun.  We met some great people who came to the festival to hear authors Ray Bradbury, DJ MacHale, Stephen Cannell and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, all of whom were just as fascinating as you'd expect them to be.’
Leigh Purtill, author, Los Angeles