Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

McNamara was named assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment in 2016. She was previously the television critic and senior culture editor. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 2015 and finalist for criticism in 2013 and 2014, she has won various awards for criticism and feature writing... Read More →

Galloway is an Emmy Award-winning journalist who serves as the executive features editor for The Hollywood Reporter. Among his honors, he was named 2013 journalist of the year at the National Entertainment Journalism Awards. In 2014, he was named the Cosgrove Visiting Artist at Loyola... Read More →

Lansing, as the head of 20th Century Fox during the 1980s, was the first woman to reach the top of Hollywood's corporate ladder. She grew up in Chicago and studied math, English and theater at Northwestern University. After her graduation in 1966, she moved to Los Angeles to start... Read More →