Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Lynch is a writer and editor at the LA Times who works across a variety of sections, including news, Food, Health and TV. She is also the CEO – Chief Encouragement Officer – for #LATFit, an online campaign to help people achieve their health and fitness goals by making small... Read More →

Casteel is an award-winning photographer and the author of the national bestsellers "Underwater Dogs" and "Underwater Puppies,” as well as "Underwater Babies.” His photographs have been featured in many publications including the New York Times, National Geographic, Morning Edition... Read More →

Best-selling author/editor Cohen has created books that have sold 6,000,000 copies worldwide. Most were in the popular "Day in the Life" and "America 24/7" photography book series. He has four New York Times bestsellers and two other international bestsellers to his credit. Cohen... Read More →

McNamee is the recipient of a 2016 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. He is the author of "The Inner Life of Cats," "The Grizzly Bear," "Nature First; A Story of Deep Delight," "The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone," "Alice Waters and Chez Panisse,” “The Man Who Changed... Read More →

Watt grew up in the suburbs of Nashville, Tennessee. After college, she moved to a tiny New York apartment with her 160-pound English Mastiff, Gizelle. The rights to her first book, "Gizelle's Bucket List,” have been sold to fifteen territories and optioned for film. She lives in... Read More →