The Byrne-Reed House on the day of the event.

Delicious baked goods prepared by staff.

Staff and guests at the book fair.

Humanities Texas board member John Kerr, author of Fell the Angels and A Rose in No Man's Land, visits with a guest.

Signing books in the Julius and Suzan Glickman Room. From left to right: David Bush and Jim Parsons, authors of Fair Park Deco and Hill Country Deco; Shana Burg, author of Laugh with the Moon and A Thousand Never Evers; and Jacqueline Kelly, author of Return to the Willows and The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate.

From left to right: John Spong, author of A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove; Humanities Texas board member Michael L. Klein; Martha Braniff, author of Step Over Rio; and Jeanne Klein.

The gallery of the Byrne-Reed House during the book fair.

Jenna McEachern signs DKR: The Royal Scrapbook. Joe Holley, author of Slingin' Sam: The Life and Times of the Greatest Quarterback Ever to Play the Game, sits to the right.

H. W. Brands, author of The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace and The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr, discusses his books.

Shana Burg and Jacqueline Kelly sign books.

Authors discuss their books with guests during the book fair.

Sarah Cortez discusses her book Walking Home: Growing Up Hispanic in Houston.

David Dettmer shows The Texas Book Two, which he edited, to the Kleins.

Jan Reid, author of Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards, talks with a guest.

Left to right: Jan Reid; Gilbert Garcia, author of Reagan's Comeback: Four Weeks in Texas That Changed American Politics Forever; and George Bristol, author of On Politics and Parks.

Paul Woodruff (right), author of The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards, visits with a guest.