LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Lien is a business reporter for the Los Angeles Times working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers Silicon Valley and the technology industry, with a focus on how they affect regular ol’ people. A Sydney native, she moved to the U.S. because the servings are bigger. She enjoys... Read More →

Reese is the CEO and publisher of the technology research company Gigaom, and the founder of several high- tech companies. The websites he has launched, which cover the intersection of technology, business, science, and history, have together received over a billion visitors. His... Read More →

Rothman is a Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. She is also an affiliated fellow at Yale's Information Society Project. She is nationally recognized for her scholarship on intellectual property law. Her website, www.rightofpublicityroadmap.com, is the go-to place... Read More →

Scheer is a veteran political journalist. He conducted the famous Playboy interview with Jimmy Carter and went on to interview Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and other prominent political figures. He has been a national correspondent at the Los Angeles Times and host... Read More →