The Tucson Festival of Books

Meeting Curious George at the 2011 TFOB.

 This weekend is the Tucson Festival of Books again! I'm so excited to be attending for the fourth year in a row. Last year 120,000 people attended, and it sounds like it'll be even bigger this year.

I'll be doing some in-person author interviews this time, which I'm mostly excited about (but partly terrified). But right now I have Cara Black and Deborah Crombie's numbers in my phone, which makes me feel a tiny bit famous by association!

While you're waiting for my gushing wrap-up of TFOB 2014, here are some posts I've written about TFOB in the past!

• This one (from my mommy blog) tells about the fun Eleanor and I had there in 2012.
• Two years ago was a very sci-fi/ fantasy heavy year for me - I was excited to get books signed by Robin Hobb and Naomi Novik.
• Last year I got all fan-girly about Maggie Stiefvater, and I really enjoyed Mary Doria Russell too.

Obviously this is the year of the mystery for me, since in addition to the Black and Crombie interviews I'm also planning to attend a Jacqueline Winspear panel. We'll see what else I can swing, maybe Terry Shames too.

Do you have a book festival where you live?