Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Haywood is the Shamus and Anthony award-winning author of twelve crime novels. His short fiction has been included in the Best American Mystery Stories anthologies and Booklist has called him "a writer who has always belonged in the upper echelon of American crime fiction." Haywood... Read More →

Abbott is the award-winning author of nine novels, including her most recent "You Will Know Me.” She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Wall Street... Read More →

Lippman is a New York Times bestselling novelist who has won more than 20 awards for her fiction. Since her debut in 1997, she has published 20 novels, a novella and a collection of short stories. She also has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and... Read More →

Parker was born in Los Angeles and has lived in Southern California ever since. His crime novels "Silent Joe" and "California Girl" have won Edgar Awards for best mystery, and "Silent Joe" won the Los Angeles Times Book prize in 2001. His latest book is “Crazy Blood.” He lives... Read More →

Woods is the author of more than sixty novels, most recently “Fast and Loose." He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. Chiefs, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Me... Read More →