Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Carroll is Editor of Special Projects at WNYC. She is a Critic-at-Large for the Los Angeles Times, and a former Opinion writer for The Guardian. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, New York magazine, Harper's Bazaar and Esquire, among others. She is the author of five narrative... Read More →

Wa Thiong'o, currently a Professor of Literature at UC Irvine, was born in Kenya. He is a novelist, playwright, journalist, academic and social activist, as well as the recipient of many honors including the 2001 Nonino International Prize for Literature. Wa Thiong'o most recently... Read More →