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Behind the Scenes
Fest Coordinator: Brad Mooy
Book Sales: WordsWorth Books and Pyramid Books & Custom Framing
Zoom Squad Commander: Nathan Smith
Marketing: Tameka Lee
Webmaster: Jeff Matika
Volunteer Coordinator & Swag: Polly Deems
WITS Chair: Jennifer White
Fest Guides Chairs: Betsy Johnson, Ginger Young
Little Readers Rock Chair: Sarah A. Morris
(All-Day) Outdoor Fair: Roby Brock
Editor: Ali Welky
Festival Art: Phillip Rex Huddleston
Fest Program Graphic Designer: Robin Stauffer
Social Media: Stewart Fuell
Press Releases: Kelli Marks
Special Assistance: Madelyn Ganos
Talent Committee: Eliza Borné, Kevin Brockmeier, Jeffrey Condran, Tom DeBlack, Garbo Hearne, Phillip Rex Huddleston, Michelle Bailey Keahey, Frederick McKindra, Stephanie Maxwell Newton, Susan Santa Cruz, Vaughn Scribner, Latina Sheard, Dorian Stuber
Moderators & Introducers: Danielle T. Afsordeh, Eliza Borné, Jeffrey Condran, Tom DeBlack, Jay Jennings, Christina Jones, Janis Kearney, Karen Martin, Philip Martin, Frederick McKindra, Karama Neal, Stephanie Maxwell Newton, Felicia Richardson, Katie Robertson, Skip Rutherford, Jonathan Seabourn, Vaughn Scribner, Steve Straessle, Dorian Stuber, Wyndham Wyeth
Zoom Squad: Danielle T. Afsordeh, Aaron Campbell, Karmen Cooper, Camille Davis, Stewart Fuell, Karen Guthrie, Mark Hotchkiss, Joseph Hudak, Riley Lucas, Felicia Richardson, Sarah Sewell, April Smith, Andre Thornton, Justin Vess, Jakeob Ward, Matthew Wilson, Heather Zbinden
Festival Guides: Marian Berry, Lynn Christie, Sara Cooke, Susan Cooper, Mary Dillard, Jane Doty, Susan Fleming, Pam Kiser, Suzanne Mackey, Mary Sha Moriarty, Cas Rifkin, Lynna Shonert, Marcy Welch
Central Arkansas Library System: Griffen Birdsong, Eliza Borné, Shekia Carlock, Marilyn Cash, Mark Christ, Carol Coffey, Joey Cole, Nate Coulter, Jamie Diaz, Lisa Donovan, Linda Ellis, Brandin Gibbons, Lance Ivy, Jasmine Jobe, Chris Ketterman, Ellen Samples, Hannah Saulter, Jo Spencer, Colin Thompson, Shya Washington
Additional Presenters: Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Discovery, Tommy Terrific
Special Thanks: Jama Best, Phyllis Britton, Kevin Brockmeier, Amanda Copley, Jan Emberton, LeRoi Emerson, Natalie Ghidotti, Garbo Hearne, Lia Lent, Gary Miller, Lynne Phillips, Skip Rutherford, Steve Straessle, Donavan Suitt, Nate Thomas, Kandi West, Mary Remmel Wohlleb, Grace Zafasi
Six Bridges Presents and Speaker Series since 2022 Fest: Stephen Markley, The Deluge, moderator Steve Straessle; Tom Rob Smith, Cold People, moderator Wyndham Wyeth; Benjamin A. Carp, The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution, moderator Vaughn Scribner; Lizzie Gottlieb, Turn Every Page (screening), moderator Nate Coulter; Suzanne Park, The Do Over, moderator Ginger Smith; Ronnie Woo, Did You Eat Yet?, moderator Joel DiPippa; Nicola Harrison, Hotel Laguna, moderator Rosemary Hallmark; Nicole A. Fleetwood, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, moderator Matthew Fields