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Scott Biegen
Saturday
, April 13
10:00am PDT
Fiction: Contemporary Concerns - Conversation 1081 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Edan Lepucki • Caeli Wolfson Widger • Susan Choi • John Wray
10:30am PDT
Susan Orlean, Author of "The Library Book," in Conversation with Julia Turner - Conversation 1021 - REQUIRES TICKET
Town & Gown, Signing Area 1
Julia Turner • Susan Orlean
11:30am PDT
Tayari Jones, Author of "American Marriage: A Novel," in Conversation with Michael Silverblatt - Conversation 1102 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
Michael Silverblatt • Tayari Jones
12:00pm PDT
A Swiftly Heating Planet: Writing Climate Change Across Genres, presented by the National Book Foundation - Conversation 1092 - REQUIRES TICKET
Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4
Carolyn Kellogg • Arlie Russell Hochschild • Claire Vaye Watkins
1:00pm PDT
Tommy Orange, Author of "There There," in Conversation with Natashia Deón - Conversation 1103 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5
Natashia Deón • Tommy Orange
1:30pm PDT
Sandra Cisneros, Author of "Puro Amor," interviewed by Esmeralda Bermudez
LA Times Main Stage
Esmeralda Bermudez • Sandra Cisneros
2:30pm PDT
Set Me Free: Novels of War, Internment, and Enslavement - Conversation 1084 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Scott O'Connor • Esi Edugyan • Christian Kiefer • Crystal Hana Kim
Writing Writers: Novels About Struggling Artists - Conversation 1034 - REQUIRES TICKET
Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1
Agatha French • C.J. Farley • Belle Boggs • Dana Czapnik • Juliet Lapidos
3:00pm PDT
Fiction: Swept Along By Circumstance - Conversation 1114 - REQUIRES TICKET
Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5
David Francis • Janet Fitch • Rebecca Makkai
4:00pm PDT
Stories From the Mexican Border - Conversation 1055 - REQUIRES TICKET
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
Molly Hennessy-Fiske • Gary Coronado • Aaron Bobrow-Strain • Francisco Cantú
4:30pm PDT
Dave Barry, Author of "Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog," Interviewed by Patt Morrison
LA Times Main Stage
Patt Morrison • Dave Barry
Sunday
, April 14
10:00am PDT
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
Laila Lalami, Author of "The Other Americans," in Conversation with Carolina A. Miranda - Conversation 2021 - REQUIRES TICKET
Town & Gown, Signing Area 1
Carolina A. Miranda • Laila Lalami
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
12:10pm PDT
California and the 2020 Campaign: Political Correspondents Brace for the Horse Race
LA Times Live
Mark Z. Barabak • Melanie Mason • Eli Stokols
12:30pm PDT
Fiction: Versions of California - Conversation 2082 - REQUIRES TICKET
Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4
Antoine Wilson • Vanessa Hua • Lydia Kiesling • Nina Revoyr • Susan Straight
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
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
2:00pm PDT
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Author of "Minutes of Glory," in Conversation with Michelle Franke - Conversation 2033 - REQUIRES TICKET
Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1
Michelle Franke • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
T.C. Boyle, Author of "Outside Looking In," with an Introduction From Norman Pearlstine - Conversation 2053 - REQUIRES TICKET
Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3
Norman Pearlstine • T.C. Boyle
2:30pm PDT
Justine Bateman, Author of "Fame: The Hijacking of Reality," interviewed by Deborah Vankin
LA Times Main Stage
Deborah Vankin • Justine Bateman
3:00pm PDT
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
Music Storytelling Unplugged with Linda Perry, Beatie Wolfe, Jason Flom and Kerry Brown - Conversation 2125 - REQUIRES TICKET
Norris Theater, Signing Area 5
Craig Marks • Beatie Wolfe • Linda Perry • Jason Flom • Kerry Brown
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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
LA Times En Español Stage
LA Times Live
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Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1
Newstory Stage
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
YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9
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