LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Pearce is a national reporter for the Los Angeles Times and frequently writes about violence, disasters, social movements and civil liberties. A University of Missouri graduate, he has covered news in the Midwest for a number of publications and previously wrote about technology... Read More →

Beydoun is a leading scholar on Islamophobia, national security and anti-terrorism law, and civil liberties. He serves as an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and is Senior Affiliated Faculty at the University of California-Berkeley Islamophobia... Read More →

Kimmel is one of the world’s leading experts on men and masculinities. He is the SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Stony Brook University. Among his many books are "Manhood in America," "Angry White Men," "The Politics of Manhood," "The Gendered Society... Read More →

Seierstad is an award-winning Norwegian journalist and writer known for her work as a war correspondent. She is the author of "One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway--and Its Aftermath," "The Bookseller of Kabul," "One Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal," "Angel of Grozny... Read More →