Saturday, September 19, 2026
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is the bestselling author The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, an epic of love and family, India and America, tradition and modernity.
Adam Johnson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson returns with The Wayfinder, an extraordinary epic from the South Pacific.
Katie Kitamura
Katie Kitamura’s “psychological thriller” Audition was a finalist for the Booker Prize and longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Susan Orlean
In her new memoir, Joyride, New York Times bestselling author and globetrotting reporter Susan Orlean says “the story of my life is the story of my stories.”
Maria Reva
Maria Reva writes fiction and opera libretti, and her debut novel Endling was longlisted for the this year’s Booker Prize.
Festival of Authors
Literary Sojourn is an annual festival of authors and readers celebrating the power of the book. Each fall, an esteemed slate of authors and 550 book lovers from all over the country gather in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Together they revel in the written word, fueled by award-winning writers who share the stories and inspiration behind their exceptional books.
Founded in 1993 with a mission to bring noteworthy authors to our mountain community and to promote and inspire the reading of exceptional literature, Literary Sojourn is a nonprofit festival presented by Bud Werner Memorial Library, the public library in Steamboat Springs. Literary Sojourn is the oldest and most anticipated literary festival in the Rocky Mountains.
The Program
September 19, 2026
1 – 5:30 p.m.
Strings Pavilion
11:30 am Will call & Sojourn bookstore open
12:30 pm Pavilion doors open
1:00 pm Welcome – Ron Charles, Master of Ceremonies
1:05 – 1:40 pm Katie Kitamura
1:40 – 2:15 pm Kiran Desai
2:15 – 3:05 pm Snack Break
3:05 – 3:40 pm Maria Reva
3:40 – 4:15 pm Adam Johnson
4:15 – 4:45 pm Cookie & Books Break
4:45 – 5:30 pm Prize drawings
4:55 – 5:30 pm Susan Orlean
5:30 – 6:00 pm Authors book signing
Thank you to our event sponsors:
