Schedule

Tickets are not required for stages, but are for indoor panels. Schedule is subject to change.



Saturday

  Target Children’s Stage

10:00 a.m. Roger Day, Marsh Mud Madness
Musical Act
10:30 a.m. Dan Krall, The Great Lollipop Caper
11:00 a.m. Justice League, I Am Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash
11:30 a.m.

Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenheld, Steam Train, Dream Train
12:00 p.m. Hip Hop Harry, Party Jams
Musical Act
12:30 p.m. Ying Chang Compestine, Crouching Tiger
1:00 p.m. John Stephens, The Fire Chronicle
1:30 p.m. Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players, Lullaby
Musical Act

2:00 p.m. Jon Klassen, This is Not My Hat
2:30 p.m. Lisa Loeb, Lisa Loeb’s Songs for Movin’ & Shakin’
3:00 p.m.

Lucy Dahl (Roald Dahl’s daughter), Matilda
3:30 p.m. Oliver Jeffers, This Moose Belongs to Me
4:00 p.m. Loren Long, Otis and the Puppy
4:30 p.m. The SqueeGees, Meet the SqueeGees
Musical Act
5:00 p.m. Lemony Snicket & Jon Klassen, The Dark
5:30 p.m. Roger Day, Marsh Mud Madness
Musical Act
  Los Angeles Times Stage

11:00 a.m.

Dan Bucatinsky, Author of, "Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?: Confessions of a Gay Dad"
12:10 p.m. Molly Ringwald, Author of, "When It Happens to You: A Novel in Stories"
1:20 p.m.

Julia Sweeney, Author of "If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother"
2:30 p.m. Debbie Reynolds, Author of "Unsinkable: A Memoir"
Interviewed by Mark Olsen
3:40 p.m. Danica McKellar, Author of "Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape"
4:50 p.m. Paul Anka, Author of "My Way: An Autobiography"
  USC Stage

10:00 a.m. Festival Kickoff with LA Times CEO Eddy Hartenstein, USC President C.L. Max Nikias and the Trojan
Marching Band
11:40 a.m. Foshay High School Jazz Ensemble
Musical Performance
12:50 p.m. Trio Ellas
Contemporary Mariachi Musical Performance
2:00 p.m. Javon Johnson
Spoken Word Performance
3:10 p.m. Aaron Childs
Popular Music Performance
4:20 p.m. 1923
Jazz Music Performance
5:30 p.m. Exploding Flowers
Rock Music Performance
  LA Times Booth

11:00 a.m. How I Got the Shot: Traveling with the Stanley Cup
Robert Gauthier, Photojournalist
12:30 p.m. You Are Here: Perspectives on Life in Southern California
Steve Padilla hosts a roundtable with columnists Robin Abcarian, Sandy Banks and Nita Lelyveld
2:00 p.m. A Good Day to Start an LA Affair: Live Readings from Our Saturday Column
Craig Nakano hosts live readings with Rebecca DiLiberto, Michelle Maltais and Michelle Paster
3:30 p.m. The Real LA Noir
Patt Morrison in conversation with Andrew Blankstein, Larry Harnisch and Richard Winton
  Cooking Stage

11:00 a.m. Melissa d'Arabian, Author of “Ten Dollar Dinners”
Cooking Demonstration
12:30 p.m.

Susan Feniger, Author of “Susan Feniger's Street Food”
Cooking Demonstration
2:00 p.m.

Alex Guarnaschelli, Author of “Old-School Comfort Food”
Cooking Demonstration
3:30 p.m.

Brian Boitano, Author of “What Would Brian Boitano Make?” Cooking Demonstration
  Pop & Hiss Stage
  Featuring DJ Darren Revell
11:00 a.m. In French
Dance Pop
1:00 p.m. Hang Dog Expression
Americana/Rock 'n Roll
3:00 p.m. Max Lugavere
Acoustic Singer-Songwriter
  YA Stage

11:00 a.m. Middle Grade Fiction: Tweens On The Loose
Ellis Weiner
Stephan Pastis
Tim Federle 		Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
12:30 p.m. Young Adult Fiction: So Much For Normal
Kiersten White
Rachel Cohn
Tahereh Mafi
Michelle Gagnon 		Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
2:00 p.m. Young Adult Fiction: With Great Power…
Cornelia Funke
Mark Frost
Gennifer Albin 		Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
3:30 p.m. Young Adult Friction
Caroline Cooney
Jeremy Iversen
Ann Redisch Stampler 		Moderator: Blake Nelson
  Poetry Stage

10:00 a.m. Susan Terris
Reading from "Ghost of Yesterday: New & Selected Poems"
Lynne Thompson
Reading from "Start With A Small Guitar" and "Beg No Pardon"
10:30 a.m. Gabriel Meyer
Reading from "A Map of Shadows"
Christopher Merrill
Reading from "Necessities"
11:00 a.m. Henri Cole
Reading from "Pierce the Skin"
Richard Silberg
Reading from "The Horses: New & Selected Poems"
11:30 a.m. Marianne Boruch
Reading from "The Book of Hours"
12:00 p.m. Brynn Saito
Reading from "The Palace of Contemplating Departure"
Traci Brimhall
Reading from "Our Lady of Ruins"
12:30 p.m. Cole Swensen
Reading from "Gravesend"
1:00 p.m. Bin Ramke
Reading from "Aerial"
1:30 p.m.

Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Reading from "The Ground: Poems"
2:00 p.m. Kurt Brown
Reading from "Time-Bound"
2:30 p.m. Mary Jo Bang
Reading from "Inferno" & "The Bride of E"
3:00 p.m. David St. John
Reading from "The Auroras"
Anna Journey
Reading from "If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting"
3:30 p.m. Charles Harper Webb
Reading from "What Things Are Made Of"
4:00 p.m. Dorothy Barresi
Reading from "American Fanatics"
Jim Natal
Reading from "52 Views"
4:30 p.m. James Ragan
Reading from "The World Shouldering I"
Helene Cardona
Reading from "Dreaming My Animal Selves"
5:00 p.m. Heidy Steidlmayer
Reading from "Fowling Piece: Poems"
Brendan Constantine
Reading from "Letters to Guns" and Other Works
5:30 p.m. VoiceMusic, featuring poet Peter J. Harris with Tracy Wannomae, Alan Mark Lightner, and Rocio Marron
Reading & Musical Performance
  Hoy Stage

11:15 a.m. Leyendo en Familia (Family Reading) with Marisol Schulz Presented by LéaLA *presentation conducted in Spanish
12:30 p.m. Barbara Saltzman and Dr. Mauricio Heilbron Jr. (Dr. Mo)
"The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufon ha perdido su gracia"
Reading
1:15 p.m. Daddy, My Favorite Guy
Reading by First 5 LA
2:00 p.m. Storytime with Actors Hector Elizondo, Constance Marie, Vanessa Marano and Katie LeClerc presented by the SAG Foundation’s Storyline Online
3:30 p.m. Ric Salinas of Culture Clash
Performance
5:00 p.m. Leyendo en Familia (Family Reading) with Marisol Schulz Presented by LéaLA *presentation conducted in Spanish
  School for Cinematic Arts

12:30 p.m. Highlights from the new series "Orange is the New Black" presented by Netflix
Q & A to follow with series creator Jenji Kohan, author Piper Kerman, and stars Taylor Schilling and Danielle Brooks
(Conversation 1151)
Danielle Brooks
Piper Kerman
Jenji Kohan
Taylor Schilling		 Moderator: TBD
2:30 p.m. All-new episode "Summertime Blues" from "Littlest Pet Shop"
presented by The Hub Network.
Q & A to follow with Julie McNally Cahill and Tim Cahill
(Screening 2152)
  Moderator: Jevon Phillips
  Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)

11:00 a.m. Fiction: Cultural Coming of Age
(Conversation 1071)

Janet Fitch
Ben Fountain
Lauren Groff

 Moderator: Laurie Muchnick
12:30 p.m. Fiction From the 22nd Century
(Conversation 1072)

Austin Grossman
Scott Hutchins
Lydia Netzer
Robin Sloan

 Moderator: Scott Timberg
2:00 p.m. The State of the Plate: Out of the Factory, Into the Field
(Conversation 1073)
Wenonah Hauter
Fred Kaufman
Michael Moss
Melanie Warner 		Moderator: Noelle Carter
3:30 p.m. Fiction: With a Sideways Glance
(Conversation 1074)
David Abrams
Fiona Maazel
Diana Wagman
Jess Walter
 Moderator: Chris Daley
  Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)

10:30 a.m. Big Science
(Conversation 1081)
Robert Gale
Eric Lax
Florence Williams
Kathryn Bowers
TBD 		Moderator: Allan Tobin
12:00 p.m. Fiction: The Social Novel
(Conversation 1082)
Rachel Kushner
Jonathan Lethem
Marisa Silver 		Moderator: David L. Ulin
1:30 p.m. Fiction: Looking for Trouble
(Conversation 1083)
Tod Goldberg
Jerry Stahl
Paul Tremblay
James Greer 		Moderator: Carolyn Kellogg
3:00 p.m. Children's Books: Words, Wit & Pics
(Conversation 1084)
Tom Angleberger
Annie Barrows
Dan Santat
Susan Selfors 		Moderator: Susan Carpenter
4:30 p.m. Holocaust Lives
(Conversation 1085)
Joe Bialowitz
Lillian Faderman
Marione Ingram
Jonathan Kirsch 		Moderator: Jon Wiener
  Andrus Gerontology Center

10:30 a.m. Poetry in the Moment
(Conversation 1031)
Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Bin Ramke
Cole Swensen 		Moderator: Dorothy Barresi
12:00 p.m. Fiction: Dysfunction Junction
(Conversation 1032)
Elizabeth Berg
Amity Gaige
Nalo Hopkinson 		Moderator: Amy Wallen
1:30 p.m. Nonfiction: A Singular Passion
(Conversation 1033)
Gustavo Arellano
Ricardo Cortes
Stacy Perman
Martin J. Smith 		Moderator: Deborah Vankin
3:00 p.m. Crime Fiction: Don't Say a Word
(Conversation 1034)
Ed Kovacs
Thomas Perry
Stuart Woods		 Moderator: Leslie S Klinger
4:30 p.m. Fiction: The Family You Choose
(Conversation 1035)
Judy Juanita
Peggy Riley
Janice Steinberg
Pamela Ribon 		Moderator: Sara Nelson
  Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL 101)

11:00 a.m. Publishing from Soup to Nuts
(Conversation 1041)
Peter Ginna
Bonnie Nadell
Mark Bryant
Robert Weil 		Moderator: Patrick Brown
12:30 p.m. Crime Fiction: What We Can't Tell You
(Conversation 1042)
Attica Locke
Fuminori Nakamura
Chris Pavone
Ariel S. Winter 		Moderator: Tom Nolan
2:00 p.m. Graphic Novels: Drawing the Story
(Conversation 1043)
Leela Corman
Sammy Harkham
Derek Kirk Kim 		Moderator: Ben Schwartz
3:30 p.m. Feathers & Fur: Cute Animal Tails
(Conversation 1044)
Ken Foster
Lauren Scheuer
Simon Tofield 		Moderator: Veronique de Turenne
5:00 p.m. Publishing: Fresh Blood
(Conversation 1045)
Betsy Amster
Miwa Messer
Chad Post
Michelle Meyering 		Moderator: Johnny Temple
  Norris Theater

10:30 a.m. Fiction: Setting & Story
(Conversation 1091)
Jami Attenberg
Kevin P. Keating
Michael Lavigne
Maggie Shipstead 		Moderator: Jane Ganahl
12:30 p.m. Biography: American Icons, Complicated Heroes
(Conversation 1092)
Alice Kessler-Harris
RJ Smith
Bob Spitz 		Moderator: A. Scott Berg
2:30 p.m. History: Telling Hollywood Tales
(Conversation 1093)
Leo Braudy
M.G. Lord
Margaret Talbot
David Thomson 		Moderator: Barbara Isenberg
4:00 p.m. Young Adult Fiction: The Outer Limits
(Conversation 1094)
Lauren Oliver
Lissa Price
Veronica Roth
Victoria Schwab 		Moderator: Kerri Majors
  Annenberg Auditorium

11:00 a.m. Science: Behave-Your-Self
(Conversation 1111)
Jonathan Gottschall
Sonya Lyubomirsky
Frank Partnoy
 Moderator: Jennifer Ouellette
12:30 p.m. Poetry Matters: Public Sorrow and Private Grief
(Conversation 1112)
Mary Jo Bang
Henri Cole
Dana Gioia 		Moderator: David St. John
2:00 p.m. Writing for Teens & Tweens: Sagas & Series
(Conversation 1113)
Kami Garcia
Margaret Stohl
Jaclyn Moriarty
Ridley Pearson 		Moderator: Lynn Rutan
3:30 p.m. Fiction: The Home Front
(Conversation 1114)
Bruce Bauman
Karen Bender
Jonathan Evison
Christine Sneed 		Moderator: Elizabeth Taylor
  Davidson Continuing Education Center

12:00 p.m. Kevin Starr in Conversation with William Deverell
(Conversation 1142)
Kevin Starr Interviewer: William Deverell
1:30 p.m. CANCELLED Alison Bechdel in Conversation with Joy Press
(Conversation 1143)
Alison Bechdel Interviewer: Joy Press
3:00 p.m. Humor: Vastly Inappropriate
(Conversation 1144)
Ophira Eisenberg
Heather McDonald
Kelly Oxford
Lizz Winstead 		Moderator: Adrian Todd Zuniga
4:30 p.m. The Story Behind the Story: The L.A. Times & Accountability Journalism
(Conversation 1145)
Jason Felch
Lisa Girion
Scott Glover
Julie Marquis 		Moderator: Davan Maharaj
  Bovard Auditorium

11:00 a.m. Margaret Atwood in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt
(Conversation 1051)
Margaret Atwood Interviewer: Michael Silverblatt
1:00 p.m. Carol Burnett in Conversation with Mary McNamara
(Conversation 1052)
Carol Burnett Interviewer: Mary McNamara
3:00 p.m. Mortal Instruments on Page & Screen: Cassandra Clare & Harald Zwart Interviewed by Nicole Sperling
(Conversation 1053)
Cassandra Clare
Harald Zwart 		Interviewer: Nicole Sperling
  Taper Hall (THH 101)

12:00 p.m. Current Events: American Disunion
(Conversation 1122)
Geoffrey Kabaservice
Pilar Marrero
Robert Scheer 		Moderator: Ronald Brownstein
1:30 p.m. Ed Bacon in Conversation with Patt Morrison
(Conversation 1123)
Ed Bacon Interviewer: Patt Morrison
3:00 p.m. William Friedkin in Conversation with Christopher Goffard
(Conversation 1124)
William Friedkin Interviewer: Christopher Goffard
4:30 p.m. Fiction: The Ties that Bind
(Conversation 1125)
Alan Brennert
Selden Edwards
Richard Kramer
Lisa O'Donnell 		Moderator: Leslie Schwartz
  Taper Hall (THH 201)

11:00 a.m. Young Adult Fiction: Danger & Determination
(Conversation 1131)
A.S. King
Martine Leavitt
Elizabeth Wein 		Interviewer: Angelina Benedetti
12:30 p.m. Serious Science: Stunning Stories
(Conversation 1132)
Sean M. Carroll
K.C. Cole
George Dyson 		Moderator: Michael Hiltzik
2:00 p.m. Memoir: Close to the Bone
(Conversation 1133)
Meghan O'Rourke
Emily Rapp
Rebecca Solnit 		Moderator: Samantha Dunn
3:30 p.m. Writing American Identity
(Conversation 1134)
Reyna Grande
Melinda Palacio
Luis J. Rodriguez
David Treuer 		Interviewer: Hèctor Tobar
  Ronald Tutor Campus Center

10:30 a.m. Sands of Strife: The Changing Middle East
(Conversation 1061)
James Gelvin
Karen Elliott House
Dalia Dassa Kaye 		Moderator: Scott Kraft
12:00 p.m. Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini, authors of House of Secrets, in Conversation with Rebecca Keegan
(Conversation 1062)
Chris Columbus
Ned Vizzini 		Interviewer: Rebecca Keegan
1:30 p.m. Orson Scott Card in Conversation with Aaron Johnston (Conversation 1063)
Orson Scott Card Interviewer: Aaron Johnston
3:00 p.m. Inner Self: Faith & Gay Identity
(Conversation 1064)
Jeff Chu
Aaron Hartzler
Chris Stedman 		Moderator: Mitchell Landsberg
4:30 p.m. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom in Conversation with Robin Abcarian
(Conversation 1065)
Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom Interviewer: Robin Abcarian
  Hancock Foundation

11:00 a.m. History: American Arguments
(Conversation 1011)
John M. Barry
Fergus M. Bordewich
H.W. Brands
Amy S. Greenberg 		Moderator: Jim Newton
12:30 p.m. History: The Long Green View
(Conversation 1012)
George Black
Brian Fagan
Jim Sterba 		Moderator: Diane Smith
2:00 p.m. Nonfiction: Violence on the Page
(Conversation 1013)
David McConnell
Caitlin Rother
Deanne Stillman
 Moderator: Barry Glassner
3:30 p.m. From the Front Lines of the Culture Wars
(Conversation 1014)
Nancy L. Cohen
Eric Deggans
Karen Sternheimer 		Moderator:  Erin Aubry Kaplan
  Hoffman Hall, Presented by USC

10:30 a.m. The Body and the Brain: Food, Health and Self-Care
(Conversation 1021)
John S. Allen
Mel Baron
LaVonna Lewis 		Moderator: Francine Kaufman
12:00 p.m. Does Race Matter? Publishing as a Writer of Color
(Conversation 1022)
Oliver Mayer
Gabrielle Pina
David Treuer 		Moderator: Prince Gomolvilas
1:30 p.m. Why Did the Writer Cross the Genre?
(Conversation 1023)
Luis Alfaro
Bernard Cooper
Sandra Tsing Loh 		Moderator: Dinah Lenney
3:00 p.m. The Role of the Political Cartoon
(Conversation 1024)
Dwayne Booth
Victor S. Navasky
Ann Telnaes 		Moderator: Robert Scheer
4:30 p.m. Plants, Maps and Lesbians: Explorations in Early Modern Culture
(Conversation 1025)
Daniela Bleichmar
Sean Roberts
Sherry Velasco 		Moderator: Peter C. Mancall

Sunday

  Target Children’s Stage

10:00 a.m. Disney Junior's Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve
Choo-Choo Soul Disney Favorites
Musical Act
10:30 a.m. Herman Parish, Amelia Bedelia
11:00 a.m. The Okee Dokee Brothers, Can You Canoe?
Musical Act
11:30 a.m. Dan Yaccarino, Doug Unplugged
12:00 p.m. Justice League, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash
12:30 p.m. Mark Teague, The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf
1:00 p.m. Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band, A Potluck
Musical Act
1:30 p.m. Kadir Nelson, I Have a Dream
2:00 p.m. Imagination Movers, Rock-O-Matic
Musical Act
2:45 p.m. Michael B. Kaplan, Betty Bunny Didn't Do It
3:05 p.m. Jennifer Fosberry, Isabella: Star of the Story
3:25 p.m. Bob Staake, Bluebird
3:40 p.m. José-Luis Orozco, Caramba Kids
Musical Act
4:10 p.m. Matt Furie, The Night Riders
4:35 p.m. Disney Junior's Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve
Choo-Choo Soul Disney Favorites
Musical Act
  Los Angeles Times Stage

11:00 a.m. Nia Vardalos, Author of, "Instant Mom"
Interviewed by Alex Cohen
12:10 p.m. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, Authors of "A Story of God and All of Us: A Novel Based on the Epic TV Miniseries "The Bible"
1:20 p.m. Demetri Martin, Author of "Point Your Face at This: Drawings"
2:30 p.m. CANCELLED Tom Sizemore, Author of "By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir"
Interviewed by Charles Lago
USC Stage

10:00 a.m. The Trojan Marching Band
11:40 a.m. Dear ONE
Theatrical Performance
12:50 p.m. Raquel Rodriguez
Jazz Music Performance
2:00 p.m. Caitlin Notey and Aman Alem
Popular Music Performance
3:10 p.m. USC Sirens
A Capella Performance
4:20 p.m. ALAJE
Afro Latin Jazz Music Performance
  LA Times Booth

11:00 a.m. How I Got the Shot: Famous Faces & Fashion
Kirk McKoy
12:30 p.m. Why Should You Care About the LA Mayor's Race?
Jim Rainey, Ben Welsh; Dave Zahniser
2:00 p.m. Column One: a Story and a Song
Kimi Yoshino hosts live readings with Stephen Ceasar, Jessica Garrison and Randy Lewis
3:30 p.m. Headlines, Tweets and Haikus
Henry Fuhrmann, Christie D’Zurilla,
Rene Lynch, Matt Ballinger
  Cooking Stage

11:00 a.m. Antonia Lofaso, Author of “The Busy Mom's Cookbook”
Cooking Demonstration
12:30 p.m.

Valerie Bertinelli, Author of “One Dish at a Time”
Interviewed by Russ Parsons
2:00 p.m.

Ludo Lefebvre, Author of “LudoBites”
Cooking Demonstration
3:30 p.m.

Aida Mollenkamp, Author of “Aida Mollenkamp's Keys to the Kitchen”
Cooking Demonstration
  YA Stage

10:30 a.m. Young Adult Fiction: Modern Cinderella Stories
Heather Cocks
Abby McDonald
Jessica Morgan
Paul Rudnick 		Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
12:00 p.m. Middle Grade Fiction: Ordinary Kids, Extraordinary Adventures
Blue Balliett
Pseudonymous Bosch
Stuart Gibbs 		Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
1:30 p.m. Young Adult Fiction: Guffaws & Giggles
D.C. Pierson
Sean Beaudoin
Elizabeth Eulberg
Amy Spalding 		Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
3:00 p.m. Graphic Novels: Adolescence Long & Drawn Out
Cecil Castellucci
Ron Koertge
Hope Larson 		Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
  Poetry Stage

10:00 a.m. Jennifer K. Sweeney
Reading from "How to Live on Bread & Music"
Monica Youn
Reading from "Ignatz"
10:30 a.m. Sholeh Wolpe
Reading from "Keeping Time with Blue Hyacinths"
11:00 a.m. Lewis MacAdams
Reading from "Dear Oxygen: Poems"
11:30 a.m. Ron Koertge
Reading from "Lies, Knives & Girls in Red Dresses"
12:30 p.m. Carol Muske Dukes
Reading from "Twin Cities"
Deborah Landau
Reading from "The Last Usable Hour"
Dana Goodyear
Reading from "The Oracle of Hollywood Boulevard"
1:15 p.m. Lawrence Bridges
Reading from "Selected Poems"
1:30 p.m. Jill Bialosky
Reading from "Intruder"
2:00 p.m. Dana Gioia
Reading from "Pity the Beautiful"
2:30 p.m. Matthew Dickman
Reading from "Mayakofsky's Revolver"
3:00 p.m. Stephen Burt
Reading from "Parallel Play" and "Belmont"
3:30 p.m.

Mark Irwin
Reading from "Large White House Speaking"
4:00 p.m. Maureen Alsop
Reading from "Mantic"
Louise Mathias
Reading from "The Traps"
4:30 p.m. The Offending Adam
Poetry readings from Jessica Piazza, Gillian Conoley, Andrew Allport
  Pop & Hiss Stage
  Featuring DJ Darren Revell
11:00 a.m. Jason Charles Miller
Country/Blues Performance
1:00 p.m. Jasper Dickson
Blues/Rock & Roll
3:00 p.m. Dustbowl Revival
Modern Bluegrass
  Hoy Stage

11:00 a.m. Cuenta Cuentos (Storyteller) with Aleida Villa
Presented by LéaLA *presentation conducted in Spanish
12:00 p.m.

826 LA Presents: "Sun-Dried Sidewalks”
A Reading by Students from Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet School

1:15 p.m. WriteGirl
A Celebration of Words, Women and Girls
2:00 p.m. Barbara Saltzman and Dr. Mauricio Heilbron Jr. (Dr. Mo)
“The Jester Has Lost His Jingle/El Bufon ha perdido su gracia”
Reading
3:00 p.m. Cuenta Cuentos (Storyteller) with Aleida Villa
Presented by LéaLA *presentation conducted in Spanish
4:00 p.m. Daddy, My Favorite Guy
Reading by First 5 LA
  Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)

10:30 a.m. Nonfiction: Reporting the Story
(Conversation 2071)
John N. Maclean
Barry Siegel
Amy Wilentz 		Moderator: Richard Rayner
12:00 p.m. Young Adult Fiction: Call Me, Maybe?
(Conversation 2072)
Robin Benway
Sarah Dessen
Gayle Forman
Morgan Matson
 Moderator: Holly Goldberg Sloan
1:30 p.m. Nonfiction: The Culture of Culture
(Conversation 2073)
Tom Bissell
Pico Iyer
D.T. Max 		Moderator: David L. Ulin
3:00 p.m. Fiction: Unheard Stories
(Conversation 2074)
Laila Lalami
Héctor Tobar
Nina Revoyr 		Moderator: Tod Goldberg
  Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 124)

11:00 a.m. Fantastical Visions
(Conversation 2081)
Francesca Lia Block
Da Chen
Ben Ehrenreich
Jim Krusoe 		Moderator: Brighde Mullins
12:30 p.m. Children's Books: Dynamically Drawn Stories
(Conversation 2082)
David Kirk
Chris Raschka
Frank Viva 		Moderator: Caryn Wiseman
2:00 p.m. Pictures on the Page: The Art of Children's Books
(Conversation 2083)
Emily Gravett
Brian McMullen
Antoinette Portis 		Moderator: Lee Wind
3:30 p.m. Nonfiction: People & Place
(Conversation 2084)
Mark Binelli
Bill Boyarsky
Angilee Shah
Jeffrey Wasserstrom 		Moderator: Orli Low
  Andrus Gerontology Center

11:00 a.m. Poetry: The Art of the Line
(Conversation 2031)
Jill Bialosky
Stephen Burt
Matthew Dickman 		Moderator: John Freeman
12:30 p.m. Crime Fiction: Secrets & Spies
(Conversation 2032)
Tom Epperson
Philip Kerr
Eric Van Lustbader
Denise Hamilton		 Moderator: Stephen Jay Schwartz
2:00 p.m. The Politics of Poetry
(Conversation 2033)
Lewis MacAdams
Carol Muske-Dukes
Sholeh Wolpe		 Moderator: Douglas Kearney
3:30 p.m. Fiction: Immigrant Stories
(Conversation 2034)
Aris Janigian
Laleh Khadivi
Andrew Lam
Pauls Toutonghi 		Moderator: Oscar Villalon
  Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL 101)

10:30 a.m. Middle Grade Fiction: The Beauty in the Everyday
(Conversation 2041)
Katherine Applegate
Kathryn Fitzmaurice
Gary Schmidt
Linda Urban 		Moderator: Rollie Welch
12:00 p.m. Fiction: Novel Narrators
(Conversation 2042)
Elizabeth Crane
Tara Ison
Antoine Wilson
Andrew Winer 		Moderator: Edan Lepucki
1:30 p.m. Crime Fiction: And Another Thing - Stories in Series
(Conversation 2043)
Miles Corwin
Denise Hamilton
Naomi Hirahara
P.G. Sturges 		Moderator: Lee Goldberg
3:00 p.m. Publishing: The Technological Frontier
(Conversation 2044)
John Tayman
Brian Haberlin
Valla Vakili 		Moderator: Tom Lutz
  Norris Theater

10:30 a.m. Great Balls of Fire: Sports & Sports Writing
(Conversation 2091)
John Rosengren
Steven Travers
Celia Walden 		Moderator: David Wharton
12:00 p.m. Fiction: Inside Hollywood
(Conversation 2092)
Adam Braver
Alex Espinoza
Nina Revoyr
Matthew Specktor 		Moderator: Margaret Wappler
1:30 p.m. Fiction: Tangled Lives
(Conversation 2093)
Erica Bauermeister
Jillian Lauren
Peggy Payne
Teddy Wayne		 Moderator: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
3:00 p.m. Fiction: Body Heat
(Conversation 2094)
Jennifer Haymore
Charlene Sands
Donna Young 		Moderator: Kassia Krozser
  Annenberg Auditorium

11:00 a.m. Man on Wire: Philippe Petit presents "Why Knot?"
(Conversation 2111)
Philippe Petit  
12:30 p.m. Tell Me Everything: The Oral History in Popular Culture
(Conversation 2112)
James Andrew Miller
Kathleen Sharp
Mike Thomas
Kenneth Turan 		Moderator: David Rensin
2:00 p.m. Fiction: True Grit
(Conversation 2113)
Frank Bill
James Greer
Joshua Mohr
Rob Roberge 		Moderator:Jim Ruland
3:30 p.m. Nonfiction: LA Style
(Conversation 2114)
Melissa Magsaysay
Cameron Silver
Christopher Nickens		 Moderator: Amy Alkon
  School for Cinematic Arts

2:00 p.m. Screening of Peeples (Lionsgate) Q & A to follow with
actors Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier,
S. Epatha Merkerson, Kali Hawk, Malcolm Barrett and
Tyler James Williams, director/writer Tina Gordon Chism
and producer Stephanie Allain.
presented by the Los Angeles Film Festival
(Screening 2152)
  Davidson Continuing Education Center

10:30 a.m. History: Fight the Power
(Conversation 2141)
Joshua Bloom
Matt Garcia
Seth Rosenfeld 		Moderator: Miriam Pawel
12:00 p.m. Maria Semple & Molly Ringwald in Conversation with Carolyn Kellogg
(Conversation 2142)
Molly Ringwald
Maria Semple 		Moderator: Carolyn Kellogg
1:30 p.m. Jamaica Kincaid in Conversation with Héctor Tobar
(Conversation 2143)
Jamaica Kincaid Moderator: Héctor Tobar
  Bovard Auditorium

11:00 a.m. Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Patt Morrison
(Conversation 2051)
Joyce Carol Oates Moderator: Patt Morrison
1:00 p.m. Anna Quindlen in Conversation with Karen Grigsby Bates
(Conversation 2052)
Anna Quindlen Interviewer: Karen Grigsby Bates
3:00 p.m. Steve Lopez and the Song for L.A.
(Conversation 2053)
Harry Gamboa, Jr.
Reed Johnson
Warren Olney		 Moderator: Steve Lopez
  Taper Hall (THH 101)

11:00 a.m. Fiction: There Be Dragons!
(Conversation 2121)
Marie Brennan
Raymond E. Feist
Robin Hobb 		Moderator: Noelene Clark
12:30 p.m. Fiction: Struggles & Strength
(Conversation 2122)
Elinor Lipman
Christina Schwarz
Lisa See
Tatjana Soli		 Moderator: David Francis
2:00 p.m. Fiction: Dearest Mommies
(Conversation 2123)
Bronwen Hruska
Mona Simpson
Susan Straight 		Moderator: Judith Freeman
3:30 p.m. Not Just Writing Good: Writing Well
(Conversation 2124)
Constance Hale
Carolyn See
Ben Yagoda 		Moderator: Thomas Curwen
  Taper Hall (THH 201)

10:30 a.m. Crime Fiction: City of Angels
(Conversation 2131)
Marcia Clark
T. Jefferson Parker 		Moderator: Paula L. Woods
12:00 p.m. Memoir: Unearthing the Roots
(Conversation 2132)
Lillian Faderman
Michael Hainey
Joe Mozingo 		Moderator: Dinah Lenney
1:30 p.m. The Art of the Short Story
(Conversation 2133)
Ramona Ausubel
Jim Gavin
Manuel Gonzales 		Moderator: Mary Otis
3:00 p.m. Nonfiction: Sounds & Visions
(Conversation 2134)
Joshua Cody
Josh Kun
Johnny Temple 		Moderator: Chris Daley
  Ronald Tutor Campus Center

10:30 a.m. Current Events: Guns in America
(Conversation 2061)
Paul M. Barrett
Erwin Chemerinsky
Adam Winkler 		Moderator: Celeste Fremon
12:00 p.m. Current Events: Today's Dangerous World
(Conversation 2062)
Jess Bravin
Brian Michael Jenkins
Mark Mazzetti 		Moderator: Henry Weinstein
1:30 p.m. Young Adult Fiction: Love & Vengeance, Real & Unreal
(Conversation 2063)
Melissa de la Cruz
Maureen Johnson
Katherine Marsh
Lisa McMann 		Moderator: Ransom Riggs
3:00 p.m. John Scalzi in Conversation with Richard Kadrey
(Conversation 2064)
John Scalzi Interviewer: Richard Kadrey
  Hancock Foundation

11:00 a.m. History: The Cold War - Hollywood & Beyond
(Conversation 2011)
Steven J. Ross
Richard Schickel
Jon Wiener 		Moderator: James Rainey
12:30 a.m. The Politics of Parenting
(Conversation 2012)
Suzanne Barston
J.J. Keith
Blair Koenig 		Moderator: Mary MacVean
2:00 p.m. Nonfiction: Landscapes Real & Imagined
(Conversation 2013)
T.D. Allman
Greg Goldin
Julia Flynn Siler 		Moderator: Scott Martelle
3:30 p.m. Current Events: Legalizing Mary Jane
(Conversation 2014)
Doug Fine
Beau Kilmer
Mark Haskell Smith 		Moderator: Joe Mozingo
  Hoffman Hall, Presented by USC

10:30 a.m. Poetry and Place in the 21st Century
(Conversation 2021)
Andrew Allport
Dana Goodyear
Mark Irwin 		Moderator: Dana Gioia
12:00 p.m. Sustainability in a Global Economy
(Conversation 2022)
Sarah Banet-Weiser
Robert Gottlieb
Craig Stanford
James M. Steele 		Moderator: Paul Adler
1:30 p.m. Living and Writing Los Angeles
(Conversation 2023)
William Deverell
Dana Johnson
Laura Pulido
Richard Rayner 		Moderator: Brighde Mullins
3:00 p.m. Gender, Sex and the Politics of Pop Culture
(Conversation 2024)
Sarah Banet-Weiser
Jack Halberstam
Karen Tongson
Leslie Zemeckis 		Moderator: Tara McPherson