Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Fierro is the author of the novels The Gypsy Moth Summer and Cutting Teeth. Her work has been published in Buzzfeed, Glamour, The Millions, Poets & Writers, Time Out New York, and other publications. A graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Julia founded The Sackett Street Writers... Read More →

Frankel is the author of three novels, "The Atlas of Love,” "Goodbye for Now,” and, most recently, "This Is How It Always Is.” She lives in Seattle with her daughter and husband.

Gowda was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. In college, she spent a summer as a volunteer in an Indian orphanage, which seeded the idea for her first novel, "Secret Daughter,” published in 2010. It became an international bestseller, selling well over a million copies worldwide... Read More →

Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of "Conversations with the Fat Girl" and several other novels. An Emmy-nominated writer, she lives in Los Angeles and works for BuzzFeed. “The F Word” is her latest book.