The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.
Nicholas Delbanco is the author of more than 20 books; his newest title is The Count of Concord. Delbanco is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two Writing Fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts.
Ron Carlson is the awardwinning author of four story collections, including At the Jim Bridger and The Hotel Eden. His latest novel is The Signal. Carlson is director of UC Irvine's MFA fiction writing program.
Antonya Nelson is the author of eight books of fiction, including Female Trouble, Living to Tell, and most recently, Nothing Right. Nelson's work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's and Redbook. The New Yorker called Nelson one of the "20 young fiction writers for the new millennium".
Marisa Silver has written a collection of awardwinning short stories called Babe in Paradise as well as No Direction Home, her debut novel. Silver's latest novel, The God of War, was nominated for a 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction.
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Find out everything you need to know about barbecue: where it comes from, why we love it, who makes it best and where to get it....
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Brooks Robinson played most of his 23year career on third base with the Baltimore Orioles. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983....
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Baseball Hall of Fame 'legend' Mickey Mantle played his entire 18year majorleague career for the New York Yankees, and is loved by just about everyone who's a fan of the game....
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One man in England has taken a stand against the tide and cried out No More! His name is John James Harris and he has declared himself to be a Freeman of England....
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Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, and Gabrielle Hamilton
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Michael Ruhlman
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Anthony Bourdain, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Eric Ripert are all well established, accomplished chefs. Here, they share their early cooking experiences and what made them want to be chefs forever....
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A Grammy and Peabody winner, Garrison Keillor is the author of more than 15 books and is the creator, host and writer of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac....
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Robin Benway, Deb Caletti, Lauren Myracle, Lisa Yee
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Cecil Castellucci
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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Mr. Peter Biskind, Mr. Leo Braudy, Mr. David Thomson
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Mr. Steven J. Ross
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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Gustavo Arellano, Chris Ayres, Rachel Resnick, Marion Winik
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Erika Schickel
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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There's no con more satisfying and lucrative than finding a way to make a living as a screenwriter. And Ted Griffin is a man who knows a good con....
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Ms. Gayle Brandeis, Mr. Allison Burnett, Ms. Heidi Durrow
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Ms. Erika Schickel
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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Baseball great Jim Catfish Hunter was a righthanded starting pitcher in the major leagues between 1965 and 1979 he pitched a perfect game in 1968....
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Marc Cooper, Andrew Donohue, Arianna Huffington, Sharon Waxman
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James Rainey
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Los Angeles Times
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them....
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The National Book Awardwinning author of The Penderwicks talks about the muchloved series that takes readers into the enchanting world of four very different sisters....
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