Lianna talks about cooking with executive chef Marcus Samuelsson, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna talks about Peru with author Marie Arana, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna gets Holes author Louis Sachar to sign her book, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna with Terry Trueman, author of popular books for teen-agers, at the National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna "books" crime novelist George Pelecanos, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna saddles up to the great western author, Elmer Kelton, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna shares a moment with poet and playwright Shelia Moses, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna gets a cooking tip from top chef Gerry Garvin, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna almost meets Watergate figure Bob Woodward, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna with Judith Ortiz Cofer, acclaimed author and poet, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna meets noted Hispanic author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna with spy novelist Daniel Silva, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna chats with Jeanne and Spider Robinson, collaborators on the sci-fi Stardance Trilogy, National Book Festival, September 30, 2006

Lianna gets some gardening tips from author and master gardener William Alexander, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30,2006

Lianna greets singer and songwriter John McCutcheon, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna discusses J. Robert Oppenheimer with Pulitzer Prize historians Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin, National Book Festival, September 30, 2006

Lianna meets Jackie Robinson's daughter, author Sharon Robinson, National Book Festival, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2006

Lianna greets U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), Martin Luther King Arts Complex, Columbus, Ohio, October 10, 2006

Senator Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States, November 4, 2008.

Lianna asks a question of Pulitzer Prize-winner, Frances Fitzgerald, following her lecture at Page Hall, Ohio State University, October 18, 2006

Lianna enjoys a moment with noted author Amy Tan, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio, October 18, 2006

Lianna gets together with Jamie Lee Curtis at Easton Barnes and Noble, Columbus, Ohio, October 19, 2006

Lianna wishes Sherrod Brown well in his successful U.S. Senate campaign, Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, Ohio, October 22, 2006

Lianna gets acquainted with visiting U.S. Representative Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL), Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington, Ohio, October 22, 2006