Authors
Tod Goldberg
About the Author
Tod Goldberg is the New York Times bestselling author of sixteen books, including the acclaimed Gangsterland trilogy (Gangsterland, a finalist for the Hammett Prize; Gangster Nation; and Gangsters Don’t Die); The Low Desert, a Southwest Book of the Year; The House of Secrets, which he co-wrote with Brad Meltzer; and Living Dead Girl, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His nonfiction and short fiction have appeared widely, including in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Alta, Best American Essays, & Best American Mystery & Suspense. He lives in Indio, CA where he is a professor of creative writing and directs the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts at UC Riverside.
Session Details | Saturday, February 3, 2024
Book Fest Panel & Signing | 10:30AM - 2:00PM
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Steven Rowley
About the Author
Steven Rowley is the New York Times bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR as one of the Best Books of 2019, The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for 2021 Novel of the Year and winner of The 22nd Thurber Prize for American Humor, and The Celebrants, a TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club pick. His fiction has been published in twenty languages.
Originally from Portland, Maine, he is a graduate of Emerson College and currently resides in Palm Springs.
Session Details | Saturday, February 3, 2024
Book Fest Panel & Signing | 10:30AM - 2:00PM
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Susan Straight
About the Author
Susan Straight’s new novel, Mecca was a Finalist for the Kirkus Prize, winner of the Southwest Book Prize for Fiction, and named by The New York Times as a Top Ten California Book of the year, one of the Best Ten Books of 2022 by The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, and a best book of 2022 by NPR. Her 2019 memoir, In the Country of Women, was a national bestseller, named a best book of the year by NPR and CodeSwitch, and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence. She has published eight previous novels, including the bestseller Highwire Moon, a Finalist for the National Book Award, and A Million Nightingales, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her stories and essays have appeared in O Henry Prize Stories, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Granta, Harpers, and elsewhere. Her awards include the Lannan Prize for Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Story, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, German, Turkish, Arabic, Swedish, Polish, and Japanese. She was born in Riverside, California, where she lives with her family; she has taught at the University of California, Riverside, since 1988.
Session Details | Saturday, February 3, 2024
Book Fest Panel & Signing | 10:30AM - 2:00PM
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