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Cody Lawrence
Filmmaker
Sherman Oaks, California
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This isn't happening, it only thinks it's happening.
Saturday
, April 13
10:00am PDT
Festival Kickoff with the Trojan Marching Band
USC Stage
The Trojan Marching Band
Los Angeles: The People and Places That Shaped A City - Conversation 1101 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
William Deverell • Lili Anolik • Tosh Berman • Lynell George • David Kipen
10:30am PDT
Testing the Boundaries: LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction - Conversation 1111 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5
Sara Benincasa • e.E. Charlton-Trujillo • Amy Spalding • Nic Stone
11:30am PDT
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 7
Matthew Gray Gubler
11:40am PDT
USC Kaufman Students—Dance Performance
USC Stage
USC Kaufman Students
12:00pm PDT
Science Fiction: Our Planet, Reimagined - Conversation 1072 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
Wil Kaufman • Daniel Suarez • K. Chess • Deji Olukotun
12:30pm PDT
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 9
Joshua Malina • Alana Newhouse
12:50pm PDT
The Trojan Men—a cappella Musical Performance
USC Stage
The Trojan Men
1:30pm PDT
Young Adult Fiction: Friends and "Friends"
YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
Zan Romanoff • Julie Buxbaum • Cecil Castellucci • Aminah Mae Safi
Young Adult Fiction: Not Quite Real Life - Conversation 1113 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5
Michelle Ruiz Keil • Tehlor Kay Mejia • Justin A. Reynolds • Lilliam Rivera
Writing The Epic American History - Conversation 1003 - REQUIRES TICKET
Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1
Elizabeth Taylor • Anna-Lisa Cox • James Donovan • Duncan Ryuken Williams
2:00pm PDT
Sean Hayes & Scott Icenogle, Co-authors of "Plum"
Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7
Sean Hayes • Scott Icenogle
2:30pm PDT
Final Draft: Writing Hollywood's Stories - Conversation 1014 - REQUIRES TICKET
Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1
Claudia Puig • Geoff Dyer • Stephen Jay Schwartz • Kenneth Turan • Elizabeth Weitzman
3:00pm PDT
Young Adult Fiction: The Secret of Me
YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
Jonathan Hunt • Robin Benway • Dana L. Davis • Kelly Loy Gilbert • Jennifer Gilmore
3:30pm PDT
Lawrence O'Donnell, Author of "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics," interviewed by Norman Pearlstine
LA Times Main Stage
Norman Pearlstine • Lawrence O'Donnell
4:00pm PDT
Middle Grade Fiction: The Good Parts of Growing Up - Conversation 1085 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Regan McMahon • Kekla Magoon • Holly Goldberg Sloan • Janet Tashjian
4:30pm PDT
Young Adult Fantasy: Worlds Beyond Imagination
YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
Cecil Castellucci • Kathi Appelt • Ally Condie • Hafsah Faizal • Marissa Kennerson
Young Adult Fiction: Writing The Fantastic - Conversation 1025 - REQUIRES TICKET
Town & Gown, Signing Area 1
Robert Graves • Dhonielle Clayton • Tahereh Mafi • Jennifer Nielsen • Veronica Roth
Sunday
, April 14
10:00am PDT
The Trojan Marching Band
USC Stage
The Trojan Marching Band
Dystopian Fiction: It's the End of the World As We Know It - Conversation 2011 - REQUIRES TICKET
Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1
Mark Haskell Smith • Ben H. Winters • Adam Nemett
10:30am PDT
Connections and Consequences: Young Adult Fiction - Conversation 2071 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
Sharon Levin • Lizzy Mason • Matt Mendez • Emily X.R. Pan
Young Adult Fiction: Who Am I Anyway?
YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
Elissa Sussman • Kayla Cagan • Brandy Colbert • Sarah Enni • Sandhya Menon
Science Fiction: Worlds Beyond Our Own - Conversation 2111 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5
Donna Wares • Charlie Jane Anders • Ashok Banker • Henry Thomas
11:00am PDT
Bret Easton Ellis, Author of "White," in Conversation with Scott Timberg - Conversation 2081 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Scott Timberg • Bret Easton Ellis
Young Adult Fiction: Writing The Real World - Conversation 2101 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
Claudette S. McLinn • Elizabeth Acevedo • Meg Medina • Ibi Zoboi
11:30am PDT
Fiction: Calamity and Chaos - Conversation 2012 - REQUIRES TICKET
Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1
Doug 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 5
Eliza McNitt
12:00pm PDT
A Lens to the Past: Historical Young Adult Fiction
YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
Sharon Levin • Julie Berry • Tonya Bolden • Melissa de la Cruz
Evolution of the Game Grid, from Tron to eSports
Newstory Stage
Arash Markazi • Susie Kim • Mike Bonifer • Jerry Rees
12:30pm PDT
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 3
Mary McNamara • Chelsea Clinton
1:30pm PDT
Musical Performance by Pavo Pavo
Newstory Stage
Pavo Pavo
Sound Trip: An Immersive Experience - Conversation 2063 - REQUIRES TICKET
Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3
Hernan Lopez • Rico Gagliano
Janet Napolitano, Author of "How Safe Are We: Homeland Security Since 9/11," interviewed by Scott Kraft
LA Times Main Stage
Scott Kraft • Janet Napolitano
3:00pm PDT
Showgirls and Superstars: Gender in Music, Dance, and Comedy - Conversation 2134 - REQUIRES TICKET
Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10
Allison 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 4
Amy 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 3
Charles 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 1
Maryelizabeth Yturralde • Cory Doctorow • John Scalzi
3:30pm PDT
Marion Ross, Author of "My Days: Happy and Otherwise," interviewed by Patt Morrison
LA Times Main Stage
Patt Morrison • Marion Ross
4:20pm PDT
SoCal VoCals—a cappella Musical Performance
USC Stage
SoCal VoCals
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Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3
Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3
Cooking Stage, Signing Area 9
Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1
Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1
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Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1
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Norris Theater, Signing Area 5
Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2
Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4
Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5
Town & Gown, Signing Area 1
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Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10
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