Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Reynolds, born and raised in California, has written about travel, the outdoors, arts and culture for the Los Angeles Times since 1990. Since 2009, he has climbed Mayan pyramids, roamed Red Square in a snowstorm, been shushed at the New York Public Library and jumped from the tallest... Read More →

Bender writes the Seat 1A business travel blog for Forbes magazine, as well as articles and guide books for dozens of other publications from the Los Angeles Times to Lonely Planet. He’s been writing about travel, food, and culture since selling his first, teeny tiny travel article... Read More →

Bigley is an award-winning travel writer and author of over forty guidebooks, including "Backroads and Byways of Northern California" and "Fodor's Hawaii.” She regularly contributes to Los Angeles Times, Via, CNN, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Brides, and Kia Ora.

Fleming writes about cars, motorcycles and urban hiking for the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of the Los Angeles walking books "Secret Stairs" and "Secret Walks," as well as the best-selling "High Concept" and the noir novels "The Ivory Coast,” "After Havana" and "The Studio... Read More →