Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Otis is the author of "Yes, Yes, Cherries" (Tin House). She has been published in Best New American Voices, Electric Literature, The Believer, Zyzzva, and many other publications. Her stories have received an honorable mention for the Pushcart Prize and been named a Distinguished... Read More →

Chee is the author of the novels "Edinburgh" and "The Queen of the Night.” He has received numerous awards including the Whiting Award and a NEA in Fiction. He is a contributing editor at The New Republic and VQR, a critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times, and an associate professor... Read More →

Gentry is a book reviewer for the Chicago Tribune whose work has also appeared in Salon, Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Best Food Writing of 2014. She lives in Austin, where she volunteered for several years with victims of sexual and domestic violence. "Good As Gone" is her... Read More →

Lepucki is the bestselling author of the novel "California" as well as the novella "If You're Not Yet Like Me.” Her second novel, "Woman No. 17,” will be published this May. She is a contributing editor and staff writer at the Millions and the founder of Writing Workshops Los... Read More →

Millet is the author of 11 books of literary fiction, most recently the novel "Sweet Lamb of Heaven" (2016), a finalist for the National Book Award and 2016 L.A. Times Book Prize in Fiction. Earlier titles include "Mermaids in Paradise" (2014); "Magnificence" (2012), a finalist for... Read More →