Presenters

Authors, Poets Featured at Annual Event

Each year, the South Dakota Festival of Books features more than 50 presenters who speak about their work during solo presentations and as part of discussion panels. The lineup includes writers from various genres, from fiction, non-fiction, poetry and much more.

Below you can view the lineup for the 2019 Festival, which will be held Oct. 4-6 in Deadwood!

  • Robin Carmody
    South Dakota Authors, Young Readers
    But Nana, Who Was Wild Bill?
  • Sean Covel
    Film, South Dakota Authors, Young Readers
    Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room
  • Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
    Non-Fiction, South Dakota Authors, Tribal, Young Readers
    The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood
  • Betty Jo Huff
    South Dakota Authors, Young Readers
    But Nana, Who Was Wild Bill?
  • Tracy Nelson Maurer
    Young Readers
    Samuel Morse, That’s Who!
  • Donald F. Montileaux
    History, Illustrators, South Dakota Authors, Tribal, Young Readers
    Tatanka & Other Legends of the Lakota People
  • Alex Portal
    Illustrators, South Dakota Authors, Young Readers
    But Nana, Who Was Wild Bill?
  • Jessie Rencountre
    South Dakota Authors, Tribal, Young Readers
    Pet’a Shows Misun the Light
  • Marcie Rendon
    Crime/Mystery, Fiction, Tribal, Young Readers
    Girl Gone Missing
  • Traci Sorell
    Tribal, Young Readers
    At the Mountain’s Base
  • Rebecca Swift
    Illustrators, South Dakota Authors, Young Readers
    Porter the Hoarder and the Ransacked Room