"What a fabulous event!!! And for your first time. It was perfect! I'm very honored that I was the first speaker of what I hope will be years and years of  successful book fairs." 

- Lisa See 

"What a great event! I had a fine time, and everything ran like clockwork." 

- Dean Koontz 

"I'm still buzzing from that afternoon" 

- Henry Winkler 

“We hope to be invited back for a repeat performance. I really had a good time myself and marveled at the planning that went into putting on such a complicated affair. The turnout will attest to the fact that it was a hugely successful event and I feel gratified that many parents and their children will know now that a lot of authors and artists are living in their midst.”- Bob Singer, Studio 5 

“Thanks so much for having me to the festival… for what I did experience, it couldn’t have gone better. .. and I hope to visit the next one!”- D.J. MacHale 

"The Mission Viejo Readers'” Festival was an absolute blast…I’m seriously so impressed with the way it turned out, I can hardly believe it was their very first event.”- Alyson Noel 

“Thank you again on an awesome book festival. May it be the first of many! You really made us authors feel welcome and comfortable.”- Mary E. Pearson 

Images provided by the following photographers: Sarah Bardowell, Felicia Birney, Brett Canedy, Lloyd Graves, Karen Hamman, Gary Jones, Tom Jordan, Shirley Land, Dan McCarty, Beth McConaughy, Victoria Nonaca and Toni Nunez. 

Music by: 

Tiana Star www.myspace.com/tianastarmusic 
"Falling in Love", "Not this time" ,"By Your Side" 

Travis Wheelandwww.myspace.com/traviswheeland
 "Trail 5" 

“Not to miss event for September.”- Parenting OC.com and Magazine 

“Saturday’s inaugural event features more than 20 well known authors”
- Saddleback Valley News 

From the Attendees - 

“We had planned on coming and going just so we could see Winkler and Koontz.  It did not take long for us to realize there was so much to do; so many authors to listen to, etc."- Resident of Mission Viejo 

“I had intended to just ‘check it out’ but the Readers’ Festival was so wonderful, I stayed the entire day.”- Resident of Mission Viejo 

“The Mission Viejo Library staff did a stupendous job scheduling the authors. Lisa See and Henry Winkler were amazing, entertaining and inspirational!”- Resident of Mission Viejo 

“Can’t wait to see which authors will be scheduled for next year. I’ll be back with more friends!”- Resident of Mission Viejo 

From the Food Vendors -  

“It was our pleasure to be a part of such a nice event.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us for any food needs you have in the future. We are always so grateful to be a partner with the City of Mission Viejo.”- Rubio's , Mission Viejo 

“Thank you for inviting us. You did a spectacular job with the set up. The festival was a first class event. All the efforts of the volunteers paid off. Every detail was thought of.”- Bagels and Brew, Mission Viejo