Gay Romance Northwest Book Festival

On Saturday, Sept. 20, Come celebrate the wonderful world of LGBTQ romance and queer genre fiction at the Gay Romance Northwest Book Fest! This free festival at the Hotel Monaco's Paris Ballroom will feature over 50 LGBTQ genre fiction authors, from sci-fi to mystery to romance for an evening celebration about books, reading, and queer fiction! Meet authors from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond! Get lots of free swag! And check out the University Book Store’s table with a selection of LGBTQ fiction that you won’t see anywhere else! Free snacks and a cash bar also included! Come grab a tasty cocktail, chat with other LGBTQ fiction readers, and meet a new favorite writer or two (or ten!) Attending authors include: Lambda Literary award winner Nicole Kimberling, Lambda Literary finalists Ginn Hale, Astrid Amara, L.A. Witt, and LC Chase, Rainbow Award winners Rick R. Reed, Lori L. Lake, J. Tullos Hennig, Karis Walsh, and Kim Fielding, urban fantasy author Jordan Castillo Price, young adult author Rose Christo, lesbian fiction author Radclyffe, and many more! Attending Authors: Lynda Aicher, Astrid Amara, Talya Andor, Eric Andrews-Katz, David-Matthew Barnes, Laura Baumbach, Jove Belle, Heidi Belleau, Angela Benedetti, Kade Boehme, L.C. Chase, Rose Christo, DP Denman, Megan Derr, Charley Descoteaux, Kim Fielding, Rhys Ford, LE Franks, Stormy Glenn, Amelia C. Gormley, Cat Grant, Ginn Hale, Dena Hankins, Daisy Harris, J. Tullos Hennig, David Holly, Laylah Hunter, Amber Kell, Nicole Kimberling, Morticia Knight, Lori L. Lake, Emma Lanner, Pearl Love, Z. A. Maxfield, Belinda McBride, Kate McLachlan, Sasha L. Miller, M.J. O’Shea, E.E. Ottoman, Samuel Jarius Pettit, Alex Powell, Jordan Castillo Price, Radclyffe, Blak Rayne, Rick R. Reed, Robert Reeves, Devon Rhodes, Charlie Richards, Jeffrey Ricker, EJ Russell, Tara Spears, Andrea Speed, Draven St. James, Ethan Stone, Lou Sylvre, Anne Tenino, Jay Vaughn, Karis Walsh, and L.A. Witt Read more about each of the attending authors: http://gayromancenorthwest.wordpress.com/author-bios/ The Gay Romance Northwest Book Fest is free to enter, and part of the annual Gay Romance Northwest Meet-Up conference at the Seattle Public Library. Learn more about the conference at: http://gayromancenorthwest.wordpress.com/grnw-conference/ The GRNW Book Fest is brought to you by Old Growth Northwest’s Gay Romance Northwest initiative. GRNW Community Partners include: Gay City and the Gay City LGBT Library, Lambda Literary Foundation, Hedgebrook, Pride Foundation, Queer Geek, The Seattle Lesbian, Rainbow Romance Writers, Rose City Romance Writers, Inland Empire Chapter of the Romance Writers of America, and the University Book Store.