Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Curwen is a staff writer for the Times, where he has worked as editor of the Outdoors section, deputy editor of the Book Review and a features editor. He and a team of Times reporters won a Pulitzer for their work covering the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In 2008 he was... Read More →

Pratt-Bergstrom, a lifelong advocate for wildlife, has worked in two of the largest national parks, Yosemite and Yellowstone, and as the California Director for The National Wildlife Federation, she leads the #SaveLACougars campaign. Pratt-Bergstrom's conservation efforts have been... Read More →

Speece is Assistant Dean of Students and History Teacher at Sidwell Friends School. His writing has appeared in Environmental History, Salon.com, The Chicago Tribune, The Salt Lake Tribune, and California History is publishing an article about the Redwood Wars later this spring. "Defending... Read More →

Watts, author of “Tree,” has written for Sierra Magazine, New York Times motherlode blog, Earth Island Journal, Sunset, Urban Coast: Journal of the Center for the Study of the Santa Monica Bay, Heal the Bay blog, Malibu Times, Malibu Surfside News, VC Reporter, Topanga Messenger... Read More →