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About Us
Finding Inspiration at Every Turn
We are much more than just a book signing events company. We are an author-run organization dedicated to finding high-quality venues throughout Connecticut. We are committed to not charging author members to participate in book signing events. We continue to search for innovative and original ways for our members to sell their creative works. Additionally, we strive to contract with others to offer author-members exceptional opportunities to increase the sales of their books and further their careers. We are also committed to helping those who dream of becoming published authors through our associate membership program.
Our Story
Andrea and Luca met at a book signing event in 2021. They began discussing how authors go about obtaining book signings. They both concluded that authors go about it pretty much as solo practitioners. Their conversations continued, and soon, they began to see the strength behind the numbers. Connecticut Book Festivals was born in May of 2024 out of the necessity of bringing authors together for a unifying strength. With this idea in hand, they began to book high-quality venues. They didn’t realize how fast and how well their concept would be received. Connecticut Book Festivals is constantly adding new authors and expanding its reach. Andrea and Luca are determined to put authors first and further those authors' careers with every page they turn for Connecticut Book Festivals.
Meet The Team
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Luca DiMatteo, DPM’s writing career is flourishing after retiring from practicing medicine. He is a Principle at Connecticut Book Festivals as well as a published author.
Luca’s first novel, GREEN HAVEN has been a great success selling in the United States and abroad. His blogs are internationally published. He has done multiple online and print interviews and guest lectured at the university and other levels. Luca’s website and social media presence on multiple platforms continue to grow rapidly. He has been a repeat contributing author to Pressenza magazine. He is an active member of The Author's Guild, Maine Writer’s and Publisher’s Alliance. and past member of Pitch to Publish.
Luca is actively pitching his second novel now, completing his third, and still finds time to assure that the authors members, readers and venue owners connected to Connecticut Book Festivals get the attention they deserve.
Andrea Petitte is a 2014 Graduate of Full Sail University with a Master of Fine Arts degree. She is the author of three current self-published Young Adult novels. Hit Me!, the story of a teen wrestler that gets himself pulled into the world of illegal gambling, Darlington Motel, about a 16-year-old who’s nominated for Sophomore Class President only to go home to find that her father has left and the family is now homeless, and The Draft, about a college kicker who dreams of
playing for the NFL only to have his dream dashed when his father dies of a massive heart attackband he must take over the family wine business, which he knows nothing about.
She is an Editor and a Proofreader, assisting other writers with getting their manuscripts in shape and has done extensive research and work in the field of Marketing a Book by using Social Media and other avenues. She lives in Greenwich where she and her SO are owned by 2 cats.