Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Lord is an author, critic and cartoonist. Her most recent book is “The Accidental Feminist: How Elizabeth Taylor Raised Our Consciousness and We Were Too Distracted by Her Beauty to Notice.” She also wrote “Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll” as well... Read More →

Frankel worked 27 years for the Washington Post, winning a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. He taught journalism at Stanford and the University of Texas. He wrote critically acclaimed books about Israel and South Africa and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for... Read More →

Lewis is the Distinguished Professor of Film Studies at Oregon State University and the former editor of Cinema Journal. His books include: "The Road to Romance and Ruin: Teen Films and Youth Culture,” "Whom God Wishes to Destroy... Francis Coppola and the New Hollywood,” "Hollywood... Read More →

Maness is the principle painting instructor for the University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance and Scenic Art Supervisor at Texas Performing Arts. Her research is held in the Art Directors Guild core collection at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Maness' career... Read More →

Turan is film critic for the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio's Morning Edition as well as the director of the L.A. Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and the Times' book review editor. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University's... Read More →