Wordstock Festival of Words 2013

Bio:Excavating the roots of gospel, blues, jazz, and regional styles of American music, Texas-born song writer Jolie Holland has carved out a niche for herself in contemporary indie rock. The self-taught musician spent her teenage years singing and performing violin, viola... Read More →

Bio:Kevin is the author of eleven middle grade and YA novels, including THE ATLANTEANS series, THE FELLOWSHIP FOR ALIEN DETECTION, the OLIVER NOCTURNE series and CARLOS IS GONNA GET IT. He is also a guitarist/singer/drummer, and his current project is THE BOARD OF EDUCATION... Read More →

Bio:Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is a founding member of the band One Ring Zero, which has released nine albums, including the literary collaboration As Smart As We Are (The Author Project), featuring lyrics by Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood... Read More →

Bio:Rick Moody was born in New York City. He attended Brown and Columbia universities. His first novel, Garden State, was the winner of the 1991 Editor's Choice Award from the Pushcart Press and was published in 1992. The Ice Storm was published in May 1994 by Little, Brown... Read More →

Bio:Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, Vlautin started playing guitar and writing songs as a teenager and quickly became immersed in music. It was a Paul Kelly song, based on Raymond Carver’s Too Much Water So Close to Home that inspired him to start writing stories. Vlautin... Read More →