LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Kottaras is the author of the critically-acclaimed YA novels, "How to Be Brave" and "The Best Possible Answer" from St. Martin's Press. She teaches at Pasadena City College and is a proud board member of the Children's Literature Council of Southern California. She is interested... Read More →

Award-winning author and journalist Forman has written several bestselling novels for young adults, including the "Just One" Series, "I Was Here," "Where She Went" and the #1 New York Times bestseller "If I Stay," which has been translated into more than 40 languages and in 2014... Read More →

Marquardt is the author of three YA novels: "The Radius of Us," "Dream Things True," and "Flight Season." When not writing books, she works as a college professor and advocate alongside Latin American immigrants to the South. She is chair of El Refugio, a non-profit that serves detained... Read More →

Pan is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Astonishing Color After," named by the Wall Street Journal as one of thetop twelve books of the season. She received her MFA in fiction from NYU, where she was a GoldwaterFellow. She is a co-creator of "Foreshadow: A Serial YA... Read More →

Penn was born and raised in a suburb in Texas that's far from the big city, but close enough to Whataburger. She now resides in Los Angeles, CA, with her gremlin dog and succulents. When she's not writing books, she can be found writing things for BuzzFeed and sending texts that... Read More →