2018 Festival Authors

Raymond A. Villareal

Jeff Abbott

Heather Abel

Sylvia Acevedo

Tomi Adeyemi

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Frances de Pontes Peebles

Stephanie Elizondo Griest

Hugh Asa Fitzsimons III

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Sanford Levinson

Marjorie Herrera Lewis

Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Celeste Ng

Michael Noll

Meaghan O’Connell

Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz

Victoria “V.E.” Schwab

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Natalia Sylvester (2018)

Helen Thompson is a nationally known writer whose areas of specialty are interior design, architecture, kitchen design, and food. Thompson was a food writer and editor for Texas Monthly magazine and was also the managing editor of their lifestyle magazine, DOMAIN, which covered food, restaurants, interior design and architecture. Thompson was the Texas city editor for Metropolitan Home magazine where she wrote about houses, restaurants, and gardens and produced many of the photographic features shot in Texas during the 14 years she worked for the magazine. She has also written and produced articles for Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, Dwell, House Beautiful, Martha Stewart Living, Western Interiors, Traditional Home, HOME, Veranda, Country Home and many other magazines.
She is also the author of a number of books, including The Big Texas Steak House Cook Book, The Mansion on Turtle Creek Cookbook, Marfa Modern, and her latest Texas Made Texas Modern.

Thompson’s blog, SeenInHouse.com, covers Texas design and is read by fans all over the world. In 2012, the Texas Society of Architects recognized Helen’s 25 years of writing and producing by presenting her with the prestigious John G. Flowers award for the promotion of architecture in the media.

Featured Book

Texas Made Texas Modern

Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Margaret Bradham Thornton