LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Schaub is a journalist, book critic, and regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and NPR. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Abad is one of Colombia's leading writers. Born in 1958, he grew up in Medellín, where he studied medicine, philosophy, and journalism. His memoir, "Oblivion," earned widespread critical acclaim as well as the WOLA-Duke Book Award. "The Farm," translated by Anne McLean, won the 2015... Read More →

La Farge is the author of four novels, most recently "The Night Ocean," a finalist for the 2017 LA Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His stories and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Harper's, and elsewhere. He lives in upstate New... Read More →

Zumas is the author of the story collection "Farewell Navigator and the novel The Listeners," which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her most recent novel is "Red Clocks." She is an associate professor in the MFA program in creative writing at Portland State University... Read More →