Festival Schedule 2025 – Jackson Hole Book Festival

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Festival Schedule

Watch the Festival Live!

Festival Schedule

9:00 am - 9:50 am

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Nearly 250 years of the American Experiment

Author: Rick Atkinson – The Fate of the Day

Room: Grand

Moderator: Rafe Sagalyn – Creative Artists Agency Literary Agent

Searching for Spirituality

Authors:

Tracy Daugherty – We Shook Up the World
Bret Johnston – We Burn Daylight

Room: Timberline 1

Moderator: Téa Obreht – Author

Stories from the West

Authors:

Chris La Tray – Becoming Little Shell
Martha Sandweiss – Girl in the Middle

Room: Timberline 3

Moderator: Professor Sherry Smith – University Distinguished Professor of History (Emerita) at Southern Methodist University

National Museum of Wildlife Art Bull-Bransom Award

Recognizing excellence in the field of children's book illustration with a focus on nature and wildlife

Recipient: Katherine Roy – Illustrator

Presenter: National Museum of Wildlife Art

Room: Summit 2

10:00 am - 10:50 am

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Taking Control of Your Health

Author: Sharon Malone, MD – Grown Woman Talk

Room: Summit 2

Moderator: Giovannina M. Anthony, M.D.

Government and Policy For the People, By the People

Jason Furman Jonathan Metzl and Adelle Waldman

Authors:

Jason Furman – Harvard University Professor, Economist, Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Jonathan Metzl, MD – What We've Become
Adelle Waldman – Help Wanted

Room: Timberline 1

Moderator: Christine Rosen – Author, The Extinction of Experience, Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute

Science, Research and the Complicated Search For an Alzheimer's Cure

Author: Charles Piller – Doctored

Room: Timberline 3

Moderator: Rachael Dunlop, PhD – Brain Chemistry Labs

Our Neighboring Park

Author: Randall Wilson – A Place Called Yellowstone

Room: Grand

Room: Leslie Mattson – President, Grand Teton National Park Foundation

11:00 am - 11:50 am

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Leadership and Integrity

Max Boot and Alexander Vindman

Authors:

Max Boot – Reagan
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, U.S. Army (Ret.) – The Folly of Realism

Room: Timberline 3

Moderator: Rick Atkinson – The Fate of the Day

Stand Inside My Shoes

Author: Adelle Waldman – Help Wanted

Room: Summit 2

Moderator: Alison Engel – Facilitator, Literary Masters

Power, Wind and Money on the Frontier

Author: Amy Gamerman – The Crazies: the Cattleman, the Wind Prospector, and a War Out West

Room: Grand

Moderator: Ken Lay – Senior Managing Director, RockCreek

Silicon Valley and Elon Musk

Author: Jacob Silverman – Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

Room: Timberline 1

Room: Victor Haghani – Founder, Elm Wealth

Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

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Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech

Author: Maureen Dowd – Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech

Room: Grand

Moderator: Ruth Marcus – New Yorker Contributor, Author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover

1:30 pm - 2:20 pm

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State of the State of Our Institutions

Boot, Furman, Marcus, Vindman

Authors:

Max Boot – Reagan
Jason Furman – Harvard University Professor, Economist, Former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Ruth Marcus – New Yorker Contributor, Author of Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, U.S. Army (Ret.) – The Folly of Realism

Room: Grand

Moderator: Professor Jean Garrison – University of Wyoming, Director, Malcolm Wallop Civic Engagement Project

Healthy Human Connections: A State of Mind

Metzl Ramsey Rosen

Authors:

Jonathan Metzl, MD – What We've Become
Drew Ramsey, MD – Healing the Brain
Christine Rosen – The Extinction of Experience

Room: Summit 2

Moderator: Elizabeth Wilcox – Author; Founder of AuthorPods

Fame and Fortune: Taylor Swift and Her Business Empire

Author: Kevin Evers – There's Nothing Like This

Room: Timberline 1

Moderator: Scott Shumaker – Author; Managing Partner and COO of Bright Antenna Records

Debut Novelists in Conversation:

Gina María Balibrera and Kristin Koval

Authors:

Gina María Balibrera – The Volcano Daughters
Kristin Koval – Penitence

Room: Timberline 3

Moderator: Lucas Fralick – WY Center for the Book

2:30 pm - 3:20 pm

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The Fragile Earth

Porter Fox and Luther Propst

Authors:

Porter Fox – Category Five
Luther Propst – A Watershed Moment: The American West in the Age of Limits

Room: Timberline 3

Moderator: Jim Speyer – Energy, Environment Expert and Consultant

Defending Democracy in a Digital Age

Haghani Metzl Silverman

Authors:

Victor Haghani – The Missing Billionaires
Jamie Metzl – Superconvergence
Jacob Silverman – Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

Room: Grand

Moderator: Rep. Liz Storer, WY House District 23

The Streets of New York: A Writer’s Life

Author: Guy Trebay – Do Something

Room: Summit 2

Moderator: Amy Gamerman – The Crazies

Finding Identity

Author: Chris La Tray – Becoming Little Shell

Room: Timberline 1

Room: Jen Simon – Communications and Public Policy Expert

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

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Mysteries and Misfits

Maria Kelson and sid sibo

Authors:

Maria Kelson – Not the Killing Kind
sid sibo – The Scent of Distant Family

Room: Summit 2

Moderator: Tiffanie DeBartolo – Author; Founder and CEO of the Independent Record Label Bright Antenna

Photographs Tell the Story

Author: Martha Sandweiss – The Girl in the Middle

Room: Timberline 1

Moderator: Prof. Sherry Smith – University Distinguished Professor of History (Emerita) at Southern Methodist University

Reporters Tell the Story

Dowd Gamerman Marcus Piller

Authors:

Maureen Dowd – Notorious
Amy Gamerman – The Crazies
Ruth Marcus – New Yorker Contributor; Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover
Charles Piller – Doctored

Room: Grand

Moderator: Marcia Kunstel – Journalist, Author

What Will the Future Bring?

Author: Jamie Metzl – Superconvergence

Room: Timberline 3

Moderator: Rafe Sagalyn – Creative Artists Agency, Literary Agent

Register Now!

27 September, 2025 @ Snow King Resort Hotel 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

All Event Pass

FREE!!

You won’t want to miss everything the Jackson Hole Book Festival has to offer.

Festival Schedule

Watch the Festival Live!

Festival Schedule

9:00 am - 9:50 am

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

Nearly 250 years of the American Experiment

Searching for Spirituality

Stories from the West

National Museum of Wildlife Art Bull-Bransom Award

10:00 am - 10:50 am

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

Taking Control of Your Health

Government and Policy For the People, By the People

Science, Research and the Complicated Search For an Alzheimer's Cure

Our Neighboring Park

11:00 am - 11:50 am

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

Leadership and Integrity

Stand Inside My Shoes

Power, Wind and Money on the Frontier

Silicon Valley and Elon Musk

Lunch12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech

1:30 pm - 2:20 pm

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

State of the State of Our Institutions

Healthy Human Connections: A State of Mind

Fame and Fortune: Taylor Swift and Her Business Empire

Debut Novelists in Conversation:

2:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

The Fragile Earth

Defending Democracy in a Digital Age

The Streets of New York: A Writer’s Life

Finding Identity

3:30 pm - 4:20 pm

Swipe or scroll left/right to see full schedule

Mysteries and Misfits

Photographs Tell the Story

Reporters Tell the Story

What Will the Future Bring?

Register Now!

27 September, 2025 @ Snow King Resort Hotel 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

All Event Pass

FREE!!

About the JHBF

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Lunch
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm