The Decatur Book Festival is auctioning off all kinds of cool stuff this year. For example, we’re partnering with the Decatur Education Foundation on Book the Brick.

Winning bidders get an hour at one of the barrel tables outside the Brick Store with your favorite author. Yep, hang out in one of the best beer bars in the world, jaw with Michael Connelly or Austin Kleon or Richard Kadrey, and support the DBF and education. Nope, not sure what the downside is.

Here’s the lineup:
Amanda Kyle Williams
Leonard Marcus
Shannon Hale
Michael Connelly
Michael Morris
Kerry & Kathy Reichs
John T. Edge
Adam Reed
Tess Gerritsen
Gail Tsukiyama
Austin Kleon
Richard Kadrey