Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Alkon writes applied behavioral science. Her award-winning science-based advice column is distributed by Creators Syndicate to newspapers across North America. Alkon's most recent book is the science-based and bitingly funny "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck" (St... Read More →

Des Barres is a rock journalist, and New York Times best-selling author of five books, including the international classic, "I'm With the Band." She teaches women's writing workshops around the globe, hosts rock and roll tours of Hollywood, and has her own clothing line, Groupie... Read More →

Dickinson writes the syndicated "Ask Amy" advice column, which replaced the Ann Landers column in 2003. "Ask Amy" appears in more than 150 newspapers in North America, including the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, Newsday, The Boston Globe, the Denver Post, the St. Louis Post... Read More →

Havrilesky writes New York's Ask Polly advice column and Bookforum's Best Seller List column. She is the author of “How to Be a Person in the World” and “Disaster Preparedness,” and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times... Read More →