Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Morrison is a writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a public radio contributor and author of the best-selling “Rio L.A.: Tales from the Los Angeles River.” Her numerous awards include two shared Pulitzer Prizes and six Emmys.

Hiltzik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has written for the Los Angeles Times for over 20 years. He is the author of "Colossus: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of the Hoover Dam," "The New Deal: A Modern History," and most recently, "Big Science: Ernest Lawrence... Read More →

Hochschild's books include "Half the Way Home" and "To End All Wars." He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and (twice) for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has published in the New Yorker, Harper's, and other magazines and teaches at the Graduate School of... Read More →

Jackson is the author of one novel and six works of nonfiction, including "The Thief at the End of the World,” named one of Time magazine's Top Ten Books for 2008 and his latest, “Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary.” He has an MFA from the University of Arkansas and... Read More →