LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Ali is television critic of the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she was a senior writer for the Calendar section where she covered culture at large, entertainment and American Muslim issues. Ali is an award-winning journalist and Los Angeles native who has written in publications ranging... Read More →

Chocano is an essayist and critic. A contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Elle, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and many others. She was a critic for Salon, Entertainment Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times. Her book "You Play the Girl... Read More →

Dean is a journalist, critic, and the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle's 2016 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. A contributing editor at the New Republic, she has written for the New Yorker, Nation, New York Times Magazine, Slate, New York Magazine... Read More →

Press is a writer and editor is currently a TV correspondent for Vanity Fair. Previously she served as the books and culture editor of the L.A. Times, deputy TV editor at the L.A. Times, culture editor at Salon and literary editor and book and TV critic at the Village Voice. Her first... Read More →