LA Times Festival of Books 2019

Corwin, a former crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, is the author of three nonfiction books: "The Killing Season," a national bestseller; "And Still We Rise," the winner of the PEN West award for nonfiction and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; and "Homicide Special... Read More →

Kent Anderson served with the U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam and as a police officer in Portland, Oregon, and Oakland, California. He is also the author of Sympathy for the Devil and the New York Times Notable Book Night Dogs. Anderson has taught literature at Boise State University... Read More →

Tim Johnston, a native of Iowa City, is the author of "The Current" and the New York Times bestseller "Descent," as well as a young adult novel, "Never So Green," and the story collection "Irish Girl," winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction.

Attica Locke is the author of "Pleasantville," which won the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction; "Black Water Rising," which was nominated for an Edgar Award; and "The Cutting Season," a national bestseller and winner... Read More →