We’re thrilled to unveil the first 20 authors confirmed for the 38th annual Buckeye Book Fair, returning to Wooster, Ohio, on Saturday, November 1, 2025. This early reveal is just a glimpse of the more than 100 celebrated writers and illustrators who will join us for a day of books, conversations, and community.
Among the names already confirmed are New York Times bestselling fantasy author Cinda Williams Chima, cozy mystery favorite and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower, and Pulitzer Prize finalist and syndicated cartoonist Tom Batiuk.
The complete 2025 author lineup will be announced on September 1, featuring authors from across genres—children’s picture books to poetry, thrillers to memoir, science to speculative fiction—and everything in between.
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