LA Times Festival of Books 2018

DeMarco-Barrett is host of "Writers on Writing" on KUCI-FM, 88.9. Her first book, "Pen on Fire" (Harcourt), was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. She teaches online at Gotham Writers Workshop and has contributed to "Orange County Noir" (Akashic) and "USA Noir" (Akashic). She contributes... Read More →

See is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane," "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," "Peony in Love," "Shanghai Girls," "China Dolls," and "Dreams of Joy," which debuted at #1. See was honored as National Woman of the Year by the Organization of... Read More →

Sexton studied creative writing at Dartmouth College and law at UC Berkeley. She was a recipient of the Lombard Fellowship and spent a year in the Dominican Republic working for a civil rights organization and writing. Her debut novel, "A Kind of Freedom," was long-listed for the... Read More →

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonfiction "The Devil's Highway," Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels "The Hummingbird's Daughter," "Into the Beautiful North," and "Queen of America," as well as the story collection "The Water Museum." Born... Read More →