Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Hamm is the Travel editor for the Los Angeles Times. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., to a peripatetic family whose stops included Washington, D.C.; Honolulu; and Manila. Her varied media career has taken her from McPherson, Kan., to Kansas City, Mo., San Bernardino, Salinas and L.A... Read More →

Ingrassia joined the Los Angeles Times in January 2015 as managing editor focusing on new ventures. Previously, he worked at the New York Times as business editor from 2004 to 2012 and later as deputy managing editor for new initiatives. Coverage he directed at the New York Times... Read More →

Poffenberger is a veteran of Academic Travel, having begun her career as a China Program Designer just three short months before the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing that redirected her job, and her life! She has since worn many hats during her tenure, including France Program... Read More →

Steinberg, prior to becoming a full-time traveler, worked as a ballpark vendor, a parking attendant at a Chicago racetrack, a television news producer, a law firm partner, Counselor to the Legal Adviser of the State Department, Associate Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton Justice... Read More →