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Cody Lawrence

Filmmaker
Sherman Oaks, California
Websiteletterboxd.com/mach1monorail/
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Saturday, April 13
 

10:00am

Festival Kickoff with the Trojan Marching Band USC StageThe Trojan Marching Band Los Angeles: The People and Places That Shaped A City - Conversation 1101 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5William Deverell • Lili Anolik • Tosh Berman • Lynell George • David Kipen

10:30am

Testing the Boundaries: LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction - Conversation 1111 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Sara Benincasa • e.E. Charlton-Trujillo • Amy Spalding • Nic Stone

11:30am

Matthew Gray Gubler, Author of "Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging, and Being Yourself" **Please click through to see signing instructions Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7Matthew Gray Gubler

11:40am

USC Kaufman Students—Dance Performance USC StageUSC Kaufman Students

12:00pm

Science Fiction: Our Planet, Reimagined - Conversation 1072 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Wil Kaufman • Daniel Suarez • K. Chess • Deji Olukotun

12:30pm

Cooking Demonstration Featuring Alana Newhouse, Author of "The 100 Most Jewish Foods: A Highly Debatable List" with Special Guest Joshua Malina Cooking Stage, Signing Area 9Joshua Malina • Alana Newhouse

12:50pm

The Trojan Men—a cappella Musical Performance USC StageThe Trojan Men

1:30pm

Young Adult Fiction: Friends and "Friends" YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Zan Romanoff • Julie Buxbaum • Cecil Castellucci • Aminah Mae Safi Young Adult Fiction: Not Quite Real Life - Conversation 1113 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Michelle Ruiz Keil • Tehlor Kay Mejia • Justin A. Reynolds • Lilliam Rivera Writing The Epic American History - Conversation 1003 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Elizabeth Taylor • Anna-Lisa Cox • James Donovan • Duncan Ryuken Williams

2:00pm

Sean Hayes & Scott Icenogle, Co-authors of "Plum" Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7Sean Hayes • Scott Icenogle

2:30pm

Final Draft: Writing Hollywood's Stories - Conversation 1014 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Claudia Puig • Geoff Dyer • Stephen Jay Schwartz • Kenneth Turan • Elizabeth Weitzman

3:00pm

Young Adult Fiction: The Secret of Me YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Jonathan Hunt • Robin Benway • Dana L. Davis • Kelly Loy Gilbert • Jennifer Gilmore

3:30pm

Lawrence O'Donnell, Author of "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics," interviewed by Norman Pearlstine LA Times Main StageNorman Pearlstine • Lawrence O'Donnell

4:00pm

Middle Grade Fiction: The Good Parts of Growing Up - Conversation 1085 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Regan McMahon • Kekla Magoon • Holly Goldberg Sloan • Janet Tashjian

4:30pm

Young Adult Fantasy: Worlds Beyond Imagination YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Cecil Castellucci • Kathi Appelt • Ally Condie • Hafsah Faizal • Marissa Kennerson Young Adult Fiction: Writing The Fantastic - Conversation 1025 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Robert Graves • Dhonielle Clayton • Tahereh Mafi • Jennifer Nielsen • Veronica Roth
 
Sunday, April 14
 

10:00am

The Trojan Marching Band USC StageThe Trojan Marching Band Dystopian Fiction: It's the End of the World As We Know It - Conversation 2011 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Mark Haskell Smith • Ben H. Winters • Adam Nemett

10:30am

Connections and Consequences: Young Adult Fiction - Conversation 2071 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Sharon Levin • Lizzy Mason • Matt Mendez • Emily X.R. Pan Young Adult Fiction: Who Am I Anyway? YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Elissa Sussman • Kayla Cagan • Brandy Colbert • Sarah Enni • Sandhya Menon Science Fiction: Worlds Beyond Our Own - Conversation 2111 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Donna Wares • Charlie Jane Anders • Ashok Banker • Henry Thomas

11:00am

Bret Easton Ellis, Author of "White," in Conversation with Scott Timberg - Conversation 2081 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Scott Timberg • Bret Easton Ellis Young Adult Fiction: Writing The Real World - Conversation 2101 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Claudette S. McLinn • Elizabeth Acevedo • Meg Medina • Ibi Zoboi

11:30am

Fiction: Calamity and Chaos - Conversation 2012 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Doug Dutton • Leland de la Durantaye • Abby Geni • Jordy Rosenberg SPHERES: The Songs of the Cosmos In Virtual Reality - Conversation 2122 - REQUIRES TICKET Norris Theater, Signing Area 5Eliza McNitt

12:00pm

A Lens to the Past: Historical Young Adult Fiction YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Sharon Levin • Julie Berry • Tonya Bolden • Melissa de la Cruz Evolution of the Game Grid, from Tron to eSports Newstory StageArash Markazi • Susie Kim • Mike Bonifer • Jerry Rees

12:30pm

Chelsea Clinton, Author of "Don't Let Them Disappear," in Conversation with Mary McNamara - Conversation 2042 - REQUIRES TICKET **Please click through to see signing instructions Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Mary McNamara • Chelsea Clinton

1:30pm

Musical Performance by Pavo Pavo Newstory StagePavo Pavo Sound Trip: An Immersive Experience - Conversation 2063 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Hernan Lopez • Rico Gagliano Janet Napolitano, Author of "How Safe Are We: Homeland Security Since 9/11," interviewed by Scott Kraft LA Times Main StageScott Kraft • Janet Napolitano

3:00pm

Showgirls and Superstars: Gender in Music, Dance, and Comedy - Conversation 2134 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Allison Wolfe • Guy Branum • Karen Tongson • Leslie Zemeckis Young Adult Fiction: A Matter of Life and Death - Conversation 2094 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Amy Spalding • Daniel Acosta • Lamar Giles • Maureen Johnson • Megan Miranda Screen to Page: the Novelization of TV and Film - Conversation 2064 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Charles Solomon • Danielle Paige • Gwenda Bond • John Chester John Scalzi, Author of "The Consuming Fire," and Cory Doctorow, Author of "Radicalized," in Conversation with Maryelizabeth Yturralde - Conversation 2024 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Maryelizabeth Yturralde • Cory Doctorow • John Scalzi

3:30pm

Marion Ross, Author of "My Days: Happy and Otherwise," interviewed by Patt Morrison LA Times Main StagePatt Morrison • Marion Ross

4:20pm

SoCal VoCals—a cappella Musical Performance USC StageSoCal VoCals