LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Howe is the executive director of ThrillerFest, and the bestselling author of "The Freedom Broker" series featuring elite kidnap negotiator Thea Paris, including "The Freedom Broker" and "Skyjack." She has spent five years researching the world of kidnap and ransom to lend authenticity... Read More →

Goldberg is a prolific TV writer/producer, a two-time Edgar & Shamus Award nominee, and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels, including "True Fiction," "The Walk," and five Fox & O'Hare thrillers co-written with Janet Evanovich.

Hirahara is an Edgar Award-winning mystery author and nonfiction writer on the Southern California experience. Her seventh and final Mas Arai mystery, "Hiroshima Boy," was released this March, along with a nonfiction book, "Life After Manzanar," co-authored by Heather C. Lindquist... Read More →

Woods is the author of more than seventy novels and over fifty hardcover bestsellers. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico. "Shoot First" is Woods's 45th Stone Barrington novel.