The 2009 festival was a great success …

Participants came from as far away as Slovenia to celebrate a love of writing and of literature and to support writers and artists within the LGBT community. Panels and Master Classes provided audiences with ample notes about the tools of the trade, from the importance of revision to how to write effectively with a full-time job, and attendees discovered great voices, both old and new.

But participants took away more than just great memories from the 2009 Festival. The book fair provided by Barnes and Noble offered Fest attendees a chance to discover new voices, and learn more about those presenting authors who intrigued them. While lots of books were sold, a few managed to make their mark as the weekend’s Bestsellers.

Here’s the top-selling titles at Saints and Sinners, 2009:

• Mysterious Skin and We Disappear by Scott Heim
• My Diva by Michael Montlack (editor )
• Death in Key West by Jeffrey Round
• Death of a Dying Man by J. Redmann
• Gospel: Poems by Samiya Bashir
• Risk by Elana Dykewomon