The Gaithersburg Book Festival is a free annual celebration of great books and great writing that has made its mark as one of the nation’s top literary events. More than 100 featured best-selling and award-winning authors – including MT Anderson, Tom Angleberger, Meg Waite Clayton, E.J. Dionne, John Feinstein, Tom and Lorenzo (Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez), Deborah Heiligman, David Ignatius, Jonathan Karl, Erin Entrada Kelly and more – will participate in panel discussions and book signings at the festival on May 16, 2020.  Other activities include free, interactive writing workshops, a Children’s Village, literary exhibitors, the Brew and Vine Cafe featuring live entertainment, and onsite book sales by Politics & Prose. Admission, parking and accessible shuttle buses from Shady Grove Metro and Lakeforest Mall are FREE.