History

This year marks the Fifth Anniversary of Seattle's Rainbow Bookfest, which celebrates authors of color and their works.

Here is a partial list of authors
who have been part of Rainbow Bookfest.

• Faith Adiele
• Kathya Alexander
• Kathleen Alcala
• Chikodi Anunobi
• Marcia Baker-Johnson
• Anjali Banerjee
• Steven Barnes
• Peter Bacho
• Octavia Butler
• Gwendolyn Phillips Coates
• Arthur Dorros
• Roger Fernandes
• Clyde Ford
• Justina Chen Headley
• Antonio Hopson
• Charles Johnson
• Mira Kamda
• Bharti Kirchner
• Alex Kuo
• Philip Lee
• Stephen Eng-Huat Ling
• Eric Liu
• Gary Luke
• Roberto Maestas
• David Matheson
• Julian Matthews
• Ken Mochizuki
• Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs
• Lensey Namioka
• Violeta Noriega
• Joshua Ortega
• Carolyn Parnell
• Lawney Reyes
• Mona Lisa Savoy
• Linda Dalal Sawaya
• Tamara Kaye Sellman
• Nisi Shawl
• Charlotte Watson Sherman
• Fredrick Su
• Trisha Thomas
• Jeannine Joy Vance
• Georgia Lord Watanabe
• Jim Watkins
• Janet Wong
• Shawn Wong
• Gary Worthington
• Kobi Yamada
• David Yamaguchi

 

Copyright 2007. Rainbow Book Festival, Seattle, Washington