LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Bellantoni has been assistant managing editor, politics for the Los Angeles Times since August 2015. She came to theTimes after 12 years covering politics in Washington, most recently as editor-in-chief at Roll Call. Before that, she served as political editor at PBS NewsHour for... Read More →

Mai-Duc is a reporter and political junkie, and her homepage is set to Rough & Tumble. Christine graduated from UC Berkeley, where she was editor of the Berkeley Political Review. She has interned in and around the California state capitol, including a stint in Governor Schwarzenegger’s... Read More →

Mehta is a political writer for the Los Angeles Times currently assigned to the 2018 governor's race and U.S. Senate contest in California. She previously covered the 2016, 2012 and 2008 presidential campaigns, as well as multiple previous statewide and local races. A graduate of... Read More →

Myers joined the Los Angeles Times as Sacramento bureau chief in 2015 after more than two decades in radio and television news, much of that as an award-winning reporter covering statehouse policy and politics. During a decade of work for San Francisco's NPR affiliate, his unique... Read More →

Wire came to the Los Angeles Times in 2015 to write about California’s 55-member congressional delegation after covering politics in Washington for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She has been a statehouse reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Associated Press bureaus in... Read More →

Wisk, an experienced political editor with an eye for accountability journalism and innovation, joined the Los Angeles Times as California politics editor in 2016. Wisk has held a variety of leadership roles at the Dallas Morning News, where she worked for more than 10 years. As deputy... Read More →