Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: David Freeman, Founder Sonoma Valley Authors Festival
We will talk about:
•How did you come to start the festival?
•This was a joint venture with your wife?
•This year’s lineup: David Grann, Jeffery Brown, Amy Tan, Doris Kerns Goodwin, etc. Some really good gets. How did you do it?
•No Billy Collins this year?
•This will be the what year of the festival?
•Do you have any personal favorites among the guest authors over the years?
•Don’t name names but are some of the authors prima donnas?
•Who is the most down to earth guest you’ve had?
•Do you have an outside agency help to secure guests or do you do it all in house?
•This sure sounds like a labor of love - how much time does it take to prepare for the festival?
•How did the free reading on the Plaza get started?