The Last Navigator – Author talk – Annapolis Book Festival , USA

The 2026 Annapolis Book Festival is already gathering an amazing group of bestselling, prize-winning authors who will be discussing a wide range of topics and issues!

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Isaace Arnsdorf, Jack Bartley, Kamal E. Bell, Ken Belson, Michael Bernstein, Christine Brennan, Peter Ames Carlin, Congressman Jim Clyburn, Matthew Davis, Josh Dawsey, Charles Ferguson, Alex Finlay, David Gendell, Erica L. Green, Annabelle Gurwitch, Keach Hagey, Robert Henderson, Drew Hinshaw, Martin Kimel, Emily Lieb, Kate Myers, Tyler Pager, Nikki Payne, Marica Pendjer, Judith L. Pearson, Clay Risen, Christine Rosen, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Tamar Shapiro, Nancy W. Sindelar, Nadine Strossen, Manil Suri, Steve Thomas, Mindy Uhrlaub, Janelle Washington, Tim Wiener, Lauren Willig, Thomas M. Wing.

Steve Thomas is familiar to television viewers as the two-time Emmy award-winning host of This Old House, Renovation Nation and Save Our History. But he is also an experienced home builder and sailor. Beginning in 1977, he sailed a 43-foot wooden sloop from England to San Francisco via the Panama Canal, Galapagos, Marquesas, and Hawaii. In the early 1980s, he journeyed to the remote Micronesian island of Satawal to learn the ancient technique of star path navigation, an experience that resulted in The Last Navigator as well as a documentary for the PBS series Adventure.