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Susan Groux

Books, authors and library programs
Saturday, April 13
 

10:00am PDT

It Takes Two: Co-Authoring Middle Grade Fiction - Conversation 1011 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Holly Goldberg Sloan • Emily Chenoweth • Johnny Marciano • Rachel Renée Russell • Nikki Russell Citizens Influencing Change: Activism Past and Present - Conversation 1051 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Marcus Anthony Hunter • Adam Hochschild • Jennifer L. Eberhardt • L.A. Kauffman • Christopher Noxon

10:30am PDT

Father Gregory Boyle, Author of "Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship," interviewed by Steve Lopez LA Times Main StageSteve Lopez • Father Gregory Boyle Glow Up: Refreshed Favorites for Young Adults YA Stage Presented by HS Insider, Signing Area 9Sarah Enni • Elana K. Arnold • Alexa Donne • Jen Wang • Cat Winters Exposing Truths: The Stories Affecting America - Conversation 1001 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Robert Lee Hotz • Mona Hanna-Attisha • Eliza Griswold • Beth Macy 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

11:30am PDT

Crime Fiction: Wrong Place, Right Time - Conversation 1012 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Miles Corwin • Kent Anderson • Tim Johnston • Attica Locke

12:00pm PDT

American History: Leaders & Moments that Shaped Our Modern Country - Conversation 1002 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Henry Weinstein • Susan Page • Miriam Pawel • Jon Ward 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 4Carolyn Kellogg • Arlie Russell Hochschild • Claire Vaye Watkins Terry Tempest Williams, 2018 Robert Kirsch Award Winner, in Conversation with Tom Curwen - Conversation 1112 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5Tom Curwen • Terry Tempest Williams

1:00pm PDT

Tommy Orange, Author of "There There," in Conversation with Natashia Deón - Conversation 1103 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Natashia Deón • Tommy Orange Creating Poetic Voice in the Age of Witness - Conversation 1033 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1David Baker • Jericho Brown • Victoria Chang • Carl Phillips • Diane Seuss The Second Amendment: A Discussion of Guns In America - Conversation 1053 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Kurtis Lee • Jennifer Carlson • Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • Alex Kotlowitz • Igor Volsky

1:30pm PDT

Memoir: Who We Came From and Who We Came to Be - Conversation 1073 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 123, Signing Area 4Samantha Dunn • Nicole Chung • Rigoberto González • Vanessa McGrady • Sophia Shalmiyev

2:30pm PDT

Set Me Free: Novels of War, Internment, and Enslavement - Conversation 1084 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Scott O'Connor • Esi Edugyan • Christian Kiefer • Crystal Hana Kim Crime Fiction: Hidden Truths - Conversation 1104 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Steph Cha • Lou Berney • Jeffrey Fleishman • Tod Goldberg • Joe Ide The Internet: How Technology Shapes Our Lives - Conversation 1054 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Johana Bhuiyan • Jeff Kosseff • Roger McNamee • Jennifer Rothman • Andrew Smith

3:00pm PDT

Fiction: Swept Along By Circumstance - Conversation 1114 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 201, Signing Area 5David Francis • Janet Fitch • Rebecca Makkai Writing Across Genres: What it Means to be Black in America - Conversation 1024 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Rebecca Carroll • Morgan Parker • Nafissa Thompson-Spires • Damon Young

3:30pm PDT

Adam Rubin, Author of "High Five" Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7Adam Rubin 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

4:30pm PDT

Fiction: The Trouble Starts At Home - Conversation 1095 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Diana Wagman • Alyson Hagy • Katya Apekina • Shobha Rao 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

5:20pm PDT

Joseph Rios, Reading from "Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Joseph Rios
 
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 1Mark Haskell Smith • Ben H. Winters • Adam Nemett Richard Blanco Reading From "How to Love a Country" Poetry Stage, Signing Area 2Richard Blanco

10:30am PDT

Cultural Preservation Through Writing, Curated by Marty Preciado - Conversation 2091 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Marty Preciado • Yeiry Guevara • Yesika Salgado • Karla T. Vasquez CANCELED: Joyce Carol Oates, Author of "Hazards of Time Travel," in Conversation with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett - Conversation 2041 - REQUIRES TICKET Bovard Auditorium, Signing Area 3Barbara DeMarco-Barrett 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 Notes From The 'Ovary Office': A Celebration of Wombin - Conversation 2061 - REQUIRES TICKET Annenberg Auditorium, Signing Area 3Pam Ward • Tchise Aje • Kay Benjamin • Bridgette Bianca • Sequoia Mercier • El Rivera • S Pearl Sharp • Jaha Zainabu • V. Kali Creating Safe Spaces: Bullying, Violence, and Safety - Conversation 2131 - REQUIRES TICKET Wallis Annenberg Hall Presented by USC, Signing Area 10Erroll G. Southers • Brendesha Tynes • Ron Avi Astor • Patrick Prince

11:00am PDT

Travel Memoirs: Searching For Serenity - Conversation 2031 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1Michelle Nijhuis • Brian Castner • Megan Griswold • Diana Marcum • Caroline VanHemert 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 PDT

Peter Reynolds, Author of "Say Something" Reading by 9 Children's Stage Presented by Target, Signing Area 7Peter H. Reynolds

12:00pm PDT

Funny With a Twist: Putting the Personal in Pop Culture - Conversation 2092 - REQUIRES TICKET Salvatori Computer Science Center 101, Signing Area 4Emily Heller • Guy Branum • Kristi Coulter • Erin Gibson Memoir: Voices of the Black American Experience - Conversation 2022 - REQUIRES TICKET Town & Gown, Signing Area 1Karen Grigsby Bates • Bridgett Davis • Casey Gerald • Kiese Laymon

12:10pm PDT

California and the 2020 Campaign: Political Correspondents Brace for the Horse Race LA Times LiveMark Z. Barabak • Melanie Mason • Eli Stokols

12:30pm PDT

Fiction: Versions of California - Conversation 2082 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Antoine Wilson • Vanessa Hua • Lydia Kiesling • Nina Revoyr • Susan Straight Freedom of the Press: Reporting in the Age of Trump - Conversation 2052 - REQUIRES TICKET Ronald Tutor Campus Center, Signing Area 3Del Quentin Wilber • Jennifer Medina • Patt Morrison • Robert Scheer

1:00pm PDT

Essays and Memoir: Living Our Best Lives - Conversation 2013 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Chris Erskine • Lori Gottlieb • Cathy Guisewite • Heather Havrilesky • Mary Laura Philpott

1:30pm PDT

Where Do We Go From Here? Contextualizing This American Moment - Conversation 2003 - REQUIRES TICKET Hancock Foundation, Signing Area 1Michael Hiltzik • Nicolas Berggruen • Nathan Gardels • Jennifer Rothman • Douglas Rushkoff

2:00pm PDT

Jen Sincero, Author of "You Are a Badass Every Day," in Conversation with Kimi Yoshino - Conversation 2103 - REQUIRES TICKET Taper Hall 101, Signing Area 5Kimi Yoshino • Jen Sincero Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Author of "Minutes of Glory," in Conversation with Michelle Franke - Conversation 2033 - REQUIRES TICKET Mudd Hall 203, Signing Area 1Michelle Franke • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

2:30pm PDT

Memoir: Queer Coming-of-Age - Conversation 2014 - REQUIRES TICKET Hoffman Hall, Signing Area 1Noel Alumit • Anuradha Bhagwati • T Kira Madden • James Oseland • Jacob Tobia

3:30pm PDT

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 Day to Day: Finding A Way to a Better Self - Conversation 2084 - REQUIRES TICKET Seeley G. Mudd 124, Signing Area 4Amy Alkon • Sam Horn • Humble the Poet

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