Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Anawalt is an acclaimed critic, writer, and media entrepreneur. She co-founded the USC Annenberg master’s program in arts journalism; was chief dance critic for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, LA Weekly, and KCRW; and is the author of "The Joffrey Ballet: Robert Joffrey and the... Read More →

Dashiell-Sparks is an actor, director, and associate professor of theatre practice in the USC School of Dramatic Arts. She has performed on Broadway in “Night Must Fall” and guest-starred in television shows including “West Wing” and “Lincoln Heights.” Dashiell-Sparks... Read More →

Moore is president and CEO of The Music Center. She was previously CEO of American Ballet Theatre; director of Boston Ballet’s Center for Dance Education; executive director of Project STEP, a classical-music school for students of color in Boston; and managing director of Ballet... Read More →

Nguyen’s 2015 debut novel, "The Sympathizer,” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2015 L.A. Times Book Prize in Mystery/Thriller. “Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War,” was a finalist for the National Book Award. His newest novel is “The... Read More →