Rick Atkinson will accept the Fraunces Tavern Museum 2020 Book Award for The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775–1777.

The new biotechnology called CRISPR offers the prospect of defeating lethal viruses and curing genetic diseases, even as it raises serious moral questions.

Festival writer Dr. Margaret MacMillan’s most recent book, War: How Conflict Shaped Us, was named one of The New York Times’ Ten Best Books of 2020.

A new book by Festival writer Dr. Dale Bredesen comes out on August 18, which lays out a specific plan to help anyone prevent and reverse cognitive decline.

A new book by Festival writer Susan Eisenhower comes out on August 11, in which she writes about her grandfather, President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Festival writer Colson Whitehead recently received the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for The Nickel Boys.