Mesa Book Festival: 2024 Vendor List

Welcome to the list of participating vendors for the 2024 Mesa Book Festival.

Independent authors, small publishers, and literary organizations abound in this list. Make sure you note your favorites and make plans to visit them on the day of the event.

Find Your Favorites

Signed books make great holiday gifts! Explore the authors and presses below and make your list of which ones you're going to visit day of. So many choices, you are bound to find a bunch that will round out your giving list. And that's OK, come see us at the admin tent, while supplies last we'll have free book festival bags for everyone to help you with your haul!

Become a Vendor

Registration is open for Authors and Publishers to become vendors for this year's event. Click Here to leard more and register.

 

  • Sheets, Parris

    Parris lives in Mesa, Arizona with her husband and two dogs. She discovered her love for reading when a middle school reading assignment led her to the fantasy section of the library. This passion sparked stories of her own imagination, yet she never put pen to paper until after college. When she’s not consumed in her writing, she enjoys weightlifting, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and coaching color guard.

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  • Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter

    Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths members come from Phoenix, throughout Arizona, and beyond. We serve bestselling, award-winning authors; emerging and aspiring writers; fans of mysteries and crime stories; and writers of other genres. Regardless of your gender, writing experience, or genre, join us for our monthly virtual programs, annual conference, monthly newsletter, workshops, and biennial anthology.

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  • Valdez, Beth & Zupanc, Helene

    Beth Valdez and Helene Zupanc are the Licensed Professional Counselors and the authors of Sticky Note Mantras: The Art & Science of Choosing Your Thoughts

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  • We Are Puppeteers

    Vicki Riske has her own business, We Are Puppeteers. She writes and illustrates children’s books. She has written and illustrated four books, The New Polka Dot Tea Party, My Teeth Are Too Big, Fishy Tales, and Los pececitos aventureros, the Spanish translation of Fishy Tales, translated by Sonia Soto. Vicki also wrote Grandma Bibi, and collaborated with local Phoenix artist Laura Best, who provided illustrations.Sonia Soto created the Spanish Translation La Abuela Bibi.

  • Whimsical World

    Whimsical World is an empowering brand created by #1 best-selling authors and inspirational speakers, Sheri Fink and Derek Taylor Kent. Whimsical World’s mission is to inspire, delight, and educate children of all ages while planting seeds of self-esteem and high achievement. We aim to make positive change through the power of whimsy and imagination.

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2024 Mesa Book Festival
07 Dec 2024;
10:00AM - 05:00PM
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