Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Friedmann is an award-winning science writer who has written on topics ranging from astrophysics to zoology. She is editor of ScienceWriters magazine, published by the National Assn. of Science Writers. Friedmann has been designated a fellow by three professional societies for her... Read More →

Dittrich is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and contributing editor at Esquire. In his first book, “Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets,” he explores the scientific, ethical and human dimensions of one of the most important stories in the... Read More →

Piore is an award-winning journalist. A former editor and correspondent for Newsweek Magazine, his narrative features have appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, GQ, Nautilus, Discover Magazine, Mother Jones, Playboy, Scientific American, the Atavist, BusinessWeek, and many others. His... Read More →

Roach is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War,” “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers” and "Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.” Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, Discover... Read More →

Valcourt is pursuing a Ph.D. in systems biology at Harvard University, where he is a recipient of a Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship. He was formerly a researcher at D. E. Shaw Research in New York City, where he used supercomputer simulations to study pharmaceutical drugs. He... Read More →