Wordplay Lineup!
Wordplay Lineup 2020
The Loft's Wordplay, presented by St. Catherine University and Star Tribune, represented a phenomenal year in books! This free, virtual festival took place from April 7 through May 9, and the full lineup is listed below. You can still access all of our archived events on our schedule page.
Tola Rotimi Abraham
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Sylvia Acevedo
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Tom Angleberger
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Andrea Beaty
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Rick Barot
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Quan Barry
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Andrea Bartz
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Clare Beams
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Tonya Bolden
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Max Brallier
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Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
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Gabriel Bump
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Patrice Caldwell
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Kacen Callender
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Alexis Coe
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Claire Comstock-Gay
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John Coy
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Stephanie Danler
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Sayantani DasGupta
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Melissa de la Cruz
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Natalie Diaz
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Kate DiCamillo
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Jessie Diggins
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Mark Doty
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Cyrus Grace Dunham
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Kristín Eiríksdóttir
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Jack El-Hai
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Christopher Eliopoulos
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Allen Eskens
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Charles Finch
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Debbi Michiko Florence
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Nick Flynn
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Heather Fox
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John Freeman
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Peter Geye
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Matt Goldman
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Emily Gould
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Roy G. Guzmán
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Wing Young Huie
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Mara Hvistendahl
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Steve Inskeep
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Samantha Irby
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Major Jackson
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Karine Jean-Pierre
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Ilya Kaminsky
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Erin Khar
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Lily King
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Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
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Nicholas D. Kristof
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Larissa Kyzer
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Laila Lalami
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Minh Lê
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Hilary Leichter
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Edan Lepucki
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Raymond Luczak
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Tracy Nelson Maurer
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Sara Mesa
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Omar Mohamed
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Lara Mimosa Montes
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Poupeh Missaghi
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Tracy O'Neill
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Linda Sue Park
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Thomas Peacock
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Scott Pelley
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Benjamin Percy
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Junauda Petrus
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Randy Ribay
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Alison Roman
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John Scalzi
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Casey Schwartz
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Jake Skeets
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Danez Smith
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Amber Sparks
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Dennis Staples
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Jennifer Steinhauer
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Jan Stocklassa
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Emma Straub
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Jonathan Stutzman
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Brandon Taylor
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Deb Olin Unferth
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Laura van den Berg
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Jeff VanderMeer
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Len Vlahos
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Jacqueline West
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Kawai Strong Washburn
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Teddy Wayne
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Kiersten White
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Katie Whittemore
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Deborah Wiles
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Ashley Woodfolk
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Rita Woods
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Sheryl WuDunn
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Kao Kalia Yang
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Gene Luen Yang
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Charles Yu
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C Pam Zhang
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Jenny Zhang
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