Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Yturralde first attended the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in 1997, and has attended every one since. She co-founded independent genre bookstore Mysterious Galaxy in Southern California in 1993; she is a regular contributor to programming at literary conventions all over the... Read More →

Chambers is the author of the critically acclaimed science fiction novel "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" and its stand-alone sequel, "A Closed & Common Orbit.”Originally self-published after a successful Kickstarter campaign, “The Long Way” received multiple award nominations... Read More →

Klages has written two award-winning historical novels: "The Green Glass Sea" and "White Sands, Red Menace.” Her short fiction has won the Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and been a finalist for the Hugo, Spectrum, and Locus awards. A collection of her short fiction, "Wicked Wonders... Read More →

Kuhn is the author of "Heroine Complex"--the first in a series of novels starring Asian American superheroines--for DAW Books. She also wrote "The Ruby Equation" for the Eisner-nominated comics anthology Fresh Romance, the novella "One Con Glory,” and a series of Barbie comics... Read More →

McGuire lives and works in the Pacific Northwest, writing books both under her own name and the name Mira Grant. A recipient of the 2017 Alex Award, she has been described as "incredibly prolific" and "most likely to write a trilogy by mistake." She enjoys horror movies and corn fields... Read More →