brooklyn borough center features a whom ' s if in the york ' s literary community during the second yearly brooklyn book festival . according to then borough president mario markowitz , the state ' s zip code 11215 sees more authors than anything in in the country . it had to be the case on weekdays . more than 100 people were featured at the day - long event , including the basketball diaries musician jim carroll , past m * a * s * h star mike farrell , author and illustrator mo duy , jack steinbeck ' s sometime lover and central book critics walk award laureate joyce johnson and poet american college executive francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.