Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Murphy is a longtime foreign and national correspondent who became LA Times national editor in June 2013. As assistant managing editor for foreign and national news, she oversees a large network of Times bureaus across the U.S. and around the world.

Gessen is a writer in residence at Oberlin College and the author of several books on Russia, including “The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin” and “The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia,” forthcoming from Riverhead in October 2017... Read More →