Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

French is a staff writer in books at the Los Angeles Times. She has worked as an editor for a number of literary journals and magazines, including the Los Angeles Review of Books. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. Born and raised in California, she has... Read More →

Nao is the author of novel, "Fish in Exile" (Coffee House Press), and poetry collection, "The Old Philosopher" (Nightboat Books). Vi's work includes poetry, fiction, film and cross-genre collaboration. She was the winner of 2014 Nightboat Poetry Prize and the 2016 Ronald Sukenick... Read More →

Ortiz is the author of "Excavation: A Memoir,” "Hollywood Notebook,” and the dreamoir "Bruja.” Her work has been profiled or featured in the National Book Critics Circle Small Press Spotlight blog, the Los Angeles Times, The Rumpus, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Her writing... Read More →

Viegener is a writer, artist and critic who lives in LA and teaches at CalArts.  He’s the author of 2500 Random Things About Me Too, and editor of I'm Very Into You, the correspondence of Kathy Acker and McKenzie Wark, and co-editor of Séance in Experimental Writing and The... Read More →