Book Festival at the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum hosts a book festival from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. presenting local authors whose works celebrate the stories, history, and poetry of St. Augustine. There will be author meet and greets and book signings.

Participating Authors

• Allen Balogh — Author of the Black and Gold Series: Black Sails 1715, Goat with the Glass Eye, and Mimi’s Mermaids
• Linda Brandt — Illustrator of The Night After Christmas (S. Sweeney)
• Marisa Carbone — Author of Paintbrushes and Arrows
• Caitlin Coppola — Author of adventure books and a new romance series, Better Than This, Better Than Now, and Better Than You.
• Andres Frattino — Storyteller, writer, illustrator, and creator of the Flagler's Few series
• Bruce Fox — Author of Expand Your Spanish Vocabulary! 
• Robin Hamman — Artist, author, and illustrator of 100 Cups of Compassion, "a little art book, journal, and devotional"
• Jane Hartenstein — Author of Ancient City Stories: Tales of St. Augustine
• Karen Harvey — Author of two pictorial histories of St. Augustine: St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Pictorial History (1980) and St. Augustine Enters the Twenty-First Century, and seven other books
• Gaston King (Trey) — Author of The Connection Forging Steel
• Ann Browning Masters — Author of Floridanos, Menorcans, Cattle-Whip Crackers: Poetry of St. Augustine
• Marion Mathews — Author of children's books about the environment, including Bella the St. Augustine Sea Turtle
• J.E. Mooney (Ted) — Throwaway Boy and The Siren of Good Intentions
• Rosamund Parish — Artist, author of the book Lincolnville: a Sketchbook Journal
• Elizabeth Randall — Author of nonfiction and fiction books including — Murder in St. Augustine: The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley and Fire is the Test of Gold
• Steve Sweeney — Author of The Night After Christmas (L. Brandt)
• Michael Urban — Author of historical thrillers, including Drake's Coffin, Ironsides' Peril,  and Osama's Skull

The Event

Admission: The book festival is a free event. Museum tours are available at regular prices. 

When: September 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Where: The Ximenez-Fatio House and Museum, 20 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084.