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Frances Dinkelspiel

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Frances Dinkelspiel is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of the news site, Berkeleyside. She is the author of two books, the New York Times bestseller Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California, and the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller, Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California .


 

Saturday, April 13
 

10:30am PDT

Susan Orlean, Author of "The Library Book," in Conversation with Julia Turner - Conversation 1021 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Julia Turner • Susan Orlean

11:00am PDT

Column One: How to Spot and Tell a Great Story LA Times LiveSteve Padilla • Carolyn Cole • Nathan Fenno • Esmeralda Bermudez • Molly Hennessy-Fiske

11:20am PDT

Rigoberto González, Reading from "The Book of Ruin" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Rigoberto González

11:30am PDT

Karin Slaughter, Author of "Pieces of Her," and Don Winslow, Author of "The Border," in Conversation with Paula Woods - Conversation 1052 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Paula Woods • Karin Slaughter • Don Winslow In Conversation: LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine LA Times Main StageNorman Pearlstine • Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

2:30pm PDT

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 PDT

Sloane Crosley, Author of "Look Alive Out There," in Conversation with Isaac Fitzgerald - Conversation 1074 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Isaac Fitzgerald • Sloane Crosley Excavating The Past: Writing International Histories - Conversation 1004 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Bill Boyarsky • Ruby Lal • Scott Martelle • Priya Satia

4:00pm PDT

Writing Across Genres: The Native American Experience - Conversation 1105 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Terria Smith • Dina Gilio-Whitaker • Gordon Lee Johnson • David Treuer
 
Sunday, April 14
 

10:30am PDT

Biography: The Lives of Legendary African Americans - Conversation 2001- REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Marcus Anthony Hunter • Raymond Arsenault • David W. Blight • Ron Rapoport • Jeffrey C. Stewart Laila Lalami, Author of "The Other Americans," in Conversation with Carolina A. Miranda - Conversation 2021 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Carolina A. Miranda • Laila Lalami

11:00am PDT

Cooking Demonstration Featuring Elisa Callow, Author of "The Urban Forager: Culinary Exploring & Cooking on L.A.'s Eastside" with Special Guest Val Zavala Cooking Stage, Signing Area 9Val Zavala • Elisa Callow Walter Mosley, Author of "Down the River Unto the Sea," in Conversation with Christopher Goffard - Conversation 2051 - REQUIRES TICKET - CANCELED Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Christopher Goffard • Walter Mosley

12:00pm PDT

Memoir: Voices of the Black American Experience - Conversation 2022 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Karen Grigsby Bates • Bridgett Davis • Casey Gerald • Kiese Laymon

1:30pm PDT

Chernobyl As Told On Page and Screen - Conversation 2093 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Barry Glassner • Adam Higginbotham • Craig Mazin

3:00pm PDT

American Dreams Deferred: The Immigrant Experience - Conversation 2074 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Sewell Chan • Julissa Arce • Reyna Grande • Lauren Hilgers

3:30pm PDT

Outside the Bubble: the Politics of Citizenship Across America - Conversation 2054 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Matt Pearce • Samantha Allen • Ben Bradlee, Jr. • Anna Merlan • Jared Yates Sexton A Singular Focus: Chasing The Hidden Story - Conversation 2104 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Laura Nelson • Mark Bowden • Margaret Leslie Davis • Kirk Wallace Johnson • Sarah Weinman

4:00pm PDT

Writing & Publishing: Inside Stories of the Book Business - Conversation 2015 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Oscar Villalon • Dan Smetanka • Colleen Dunn Bates • Betsy Amster • Nicole Dewey