In 2012, Jaipur Literature Festival is all set to host and welcome renowned personalities from Literature world. Since the festival is started the following guests have attended the Jaipur Literature Festival:
Ahmed Rashid, Ajay Navaria, Alain Mabanckou, Alexander McCall Smith,
Ali Sethi, Ameen Merchant, Amit Chaudhuri, Andrew Lycett, Andrew O'Hagan,
Anjum Hasan, Anne Applebaum, Anthony Sattin, Arunava Sinha, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk, Catherine Clement, Christophe Jaffrelot, Claire Messud,
Claire Tomalin, Daisy Hasan, Devdutt Patnaik, Esther Freud, Francois Roca, Geoff Dyer,
Girish Karnad, Gulzar, Hanif Kureishi, Helon Habila, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Indira Goswami,
Ira Trivedi, Isabel Hilton, James Wood, John Kampfner, Junot Diaz, Kamila Shamsie,
Kate Summerscale, Kishwar Desai, Krishna Sobti, Lawrence Wright, Liaquat Ahamed,
Louis de Bernieres, M.A. Farooqi, Ma Thida, Mahasweta Devi, Marion Bataille, Mark Tully,
Max Rodenbeck, Maya Jasanoff, Meenakshi Madhavan, Meghnad Desai, Michael Frayn,
Michael Morpurgo, Navtej Sarna, Niall Ferguson, Nirmala Puttal, O.P. Valmiki, Oscar Pujol,
P.Sivakami, Pankaj Mishra, Pavan K Varma, Reba Som, Rick Stroud, Roberto Calasoo,
Roddy Doyle, Ruchir Joshi, S. Anand, Sadia Shepard, Salima Hashmi, Sankar, Saumya Bhattacharya,
Shazia Omar, Shrabani Basu, Sister Jesme, Sophie Hannah, Stephen Frears, Steve Coll, Sudha Gopalakrishnan,
Suheir Hammad, Tania James, Tenzin Tsundue, Tina Brown, Tony Wheeler, Upinder Singh, Veronique Tadjo,
Vikram Chandra, Wole Soyinka, Yatindra Mishra and Zakes Mda.