Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Cole is a professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and the author of eight nonfiction books, including the best-selling "The Universe and the Teacup: The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty" and "Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer... Read More →

Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at USC. His book "Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America" addresses three core concerns of the Black Lives Matter movement: racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration.

Hadfield is the author of "Rules for a Flat World: Why Humans Invented Law and How to Reinvent It for a Complex Global Economy.” She is a professor of law and economics, and the director of the Center for Law and Social Science, at USC.

Scheer is a veteran political journalist. He conducted the famous Playboy interview with Jimmy Carter and went on to interview Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and other prominent political figures. In the late 1960s, he was Vietnam correspondent and editor of Ramparts... Read More →