LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Glassner is a sociologist and the author of seven books. His "The Culture of Fear" is a national bestseller that was named a "Best Book of the Year" by Knight-Ridder newspapers and by the Los Angeles Times Book Review. Described by The New York Times as "a master at the art of dissecting... Read More →

Chemerinsky is the founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, Raymond Pryke Professor of First Amendment Law, at University of California, Irvine School of Law. He is the author of ten books, including "Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable... Read More →

Dunbar-Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the child of tenant farmers. A historian, writer, and professor emeritus in Native American Studies at California State University, she is author of a memoir trilogy and numerous Indigenous related books and articles, including "An Indigenous... Read More →

Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley). He is the author of “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of... Read More →

Winkler is a professor of law at UCLA and the author of "We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights" and "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America.” His scholarship has been cited by the US Supreme Court and his writings have appeared... Read More →