Sunday, April 26, 2009
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Dodd 147 sponsored by Mystery Writers of America
PANEL 2011
10:30 a.m.
Mystery: Cold Cases
Moderator Ms. Sarah Weinman
Mr. Tom Epperson
Ms. Denise Hamilton
Ms. Nina Revoyr
PANEL 2012
12 p.m.
Mystery: Crime & Punishment
Moderator Mr. Gary Phillips
Mr. Paul Levine
Ms. Lisa Scottoline
Mr. John Shannon
Mr. Stuart Woods
PANEL 2013
1:30 p.m.
Mystery: Guns & Gams
Moderator Ms. Mary McNamara
Ms. Cara Black
Ms. Harley Jane Kozak
Ms. Lisa Lutz
PANEL 2014
3 p.m.
Mystery: Gun in Cheek
Moderator Mr. Rob Roberge
Mr. Thomas Perry
Mr. Mark Haskell Smith
Mr. Paul Tremblay
Rolfe 1200
PANEL 2021
10:30 a.m.
Tween the Lines: Middle Grade Fiction
Moderator Ms. Susan Carpenter
Ms. Alison Bell
Mr. Patrick Carman
Mr. Paul Feig
Ms. Susan Patron
PANEL 2022
12 p.m.
The Art of Obsession
Moderator Ms. Meghan Daum
Mr. Michael McLeod
Mr. Geoff Nicholson
Mr. David Wild
PANEL 2023
1:30 p.m.
Memoir: Bloodlines
Moderator Ms. Erin Aubry Kaplan
Ms. Jennifer Baszile
Ms. Lise Funderburg
Ms. Danzy Senna
PANEL 2024
3 p.m.
Fiction: Victorian Shadows
Moderator Mr. Nick Owchar
Mr. Selden Edwards
Mr. Leslie Klinger
Mr. Michael Sims
Haines 39
PANEL 2041
11 a.m.
Climate in Crisis
Moderator Mr. Jon Wiener
Mr. Stephan Faris
Mr. Edward Humes
Mr. William J. Kelly
Mr. Daniel Sperling
PANEL 2042
12:30 p.m.
Biography: Hollywood Lives
Moderator Mr. Kenneth Turan
Ms. Cari Beauchamp
Mr. Stefan Kanfer
Mr. Glenn Lovell
Mr. Richard Schickel
PANEL 2043
2 p.m.
History: The Underbelly of California
Moderator Mr. Miles Corwin
Mr. Larry Harnisch
Mr. Richard Rayner
Mr. David Ward
Young Hall CS 24
PANEL 2081
11 a.m.
Kid Wise: Teaching with Words & Pictures
Moderator Ms. Elizabeth Partridge
Ms. Candace Fleming
Ms. Kathleen Krull
Mr. Kadir Nelson
PANEL 2082
12:30 p.m.
The Poetry of Engagement
Moderator Mr. Chris Abani
Ms. Kim Addonizio
Mr. Sesshu Foster
Mr. Douglas Kearney
PANEL 2083
2 p.m.
Dirty Fingers, Clean Hands: Sustainable Living
Moderator Ms. Rebecca Solnit
Mr. Jalopy
Mr. David Mas Masumoto
Mr. Russ Parsons
Ms. Jenny Price
Young Hall CS 50
PANEL 2091
10:30 a.m.
Fiction: Breaking Point
Moderator Mr. David L. Ulin
Mr. John Haskell
Mr. Hari Kunzru
Mr. Antoine Wilson
Mr. John Wray
PANEL 2092
12 p.m.
Fiction: Exiles & Outsiders
Moderator Ms. Donna Rifkind
Ms. Gioconda Belli
Ms. Aimee Bender
Ms. Mary Gaitskill
Ms. Dylan Landis
PANEL 2093
1:30 p.m.
Fiction: New West
Moderator Ms. Susan Salter Reynolds
Ms. Nina Revoyr
Ms. Marisa Silver
Ms. Marianne Wiggins
PANEL 2094
3 p.m.
Page & Screen
Moderator Ms. Diana Wagman
Mr. Tom Epperson
Mr. Paul Feig
Mr. Seth Greenland
Ms. Merrill Markoe
Moore 100
PANEL 2101
10:30 a.m.
Packaging Fear: America & the Art of Persuasion
Moderator Mr. Barry Glassner
Ms. Kathryn S. Olmsted
Mr. Joshua Cooper Ramo
Ms. Nancy Snow
PANEL 2102
12 p.m.
Enough About You: Fiction & Humor
Moderator Ms. Carolyn Kellogg
Mr. Tod Goldberg
Mr. Seth Greenland
Mr. Ben Greenman
PANEL 2103
1:30 p.m.
S.E. Hinton in Conversation with Jane Smiley
Moderator Ms. Jane Smiley
Ms. S.E. Hinton
PANEL 2104
3 p.m.
All The Wrong Places
Moderator Mr. Thomas Curwen
Mr. Will Chaffey
Mr. Cash Peters
Mr. Evan Wright
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
PANEL 2121
12:30 p.m.
The Soloist from Page to Screen
Moderator Ms. Ella Taylor
Mr. Gary Foster (producer)
Mr. Ben Hong (musical advisor)
Mr. Steve Lopez
PANEL 2122
3 p.m.
Michael J. Fox in Conversation with Mary McNamara
Interviewer Ms. Mary McNamara
Mr. Michael J. Fox
*Signed books will be available after the panel in the designated signing area.
Pending schedule availability Michael J. Fox will say hello to those who have purchased books for a limited time in the signing area.
No personalizations or posed photos.
Korn Convocation Hall
PANEL 2071
10:30 a.m.
Writers as Activists
Moderator Ms. Leslie Schwartz
Ms. Donna Foote
Mr. David Goodman
Ms. Sandra Tsing Loh
PANEL 2072
12 p.m.
Going Long: The Book as Journalism
Moderator Ms. Elizabeth Taylor
Mr. Dan Baum
Mr. John Powers
Mr. Barry Siegel
Ms. Sharon Waxman
PANEL 2073
1:30 p.m.
Kevin J. Anderson in Conversation with Geoff Boucher
Moderator Mr. Geoff Boucher
Mr. Kevin J. Anderson
PANEL 2074
3 p.m.
Fiction: Closing Time
Moderator Ms. Carolyn Kellogg
Mr. Patrick DeWitt
Mr. Jerry Stahl's
Mr. Wells Tower
Fowler Museum Lenart
PANEL 2061
11 a.m.
Fiction: Borderlines
Moderator Ms. Veronique de Turenne
Mr. Uwem Akpan
Ms. Thrity Umrigar
Mr. Luis Alberto Urrea
PANEL 2062
12:30 p.m.
America 2.0: Who We Are Becoming
Moderator Mr. Davan Maharaj
Ms. Cinny Kennard
Mr. Tom Miller
Mr. Hector Tobar
Mr. Morley Winograd
PANEL 2063
2 p.m.
Publishing: From Keyboard to Bookstore
Moderator Ms. Betsy Amster
Mr. John Freeman
Ms. Kerry Slattery
Mr. Johnny Temple
Humanities A51
PANEL 2111
11 a.m.
About Reading
Moderator Ms. Louise Steinman
Ms. Laura Miller
Ms. Sara Nelson
Ms. Lizzie Skurnick
Ms. Jane Smiley
PANEL 2112
12:30 p.m.
Memoir: The KaBoom Generation
Moderator Ms. Sara Davidson
Mr. Mike Farrell
Mr. Danny Goldberg
PANEL 2113
2 p.m.
Fiction: L.A. Writes the World
Moderator Mr. Ben Ehrenreich
Mr. Chris Abani
Mr. Steve Erickson
Ms. Rachel Kushner
Franz 1178
PANEL 2031
10:30 a.m.
Fiction: Laugh Track
Moderator Ms. Amy Wallen
Ms. Sarah Dunn
Ms. Merrill Markoe
Mr. Bill Scheft
Ms. Maria Semple
PANEL 2032
12 p.m.
The Rest of the West
Moderator Mr. Steven J. Ross
Mr. Mark Arax
Mr. Scott Martelle
Mr. Jim Newton
Ms. Deanne Stillman
PANEL 2033
1:30 p.m.
Fiction: The Post-Modern World
Moderator Mr. Jim Ruland
Mr. Todd Hasak-Lowy
Mr. Lee Konstantinou
Ms. Fiona Maazel
Mr. Jerry Stahl
PANEL 2034
3 p.m.
Fiction: Telling It Like It Is
Moderator Ms. Maria Russo
Mr. David Freeman
Ms. Carolyn See
Ms. Amy Wilentz
Broad 2160
PANEL 2051
11 a.m.
T.C. Boyle with an Introduction by Georges Borchardt
Introducer Mr. Georges Borchardt
Mr. T.C. Boyle
PANEL 2052
12:30 p.m.
James Ellroy with an Introduction by Patt Morrison
Introducer Ms. Patt Morrison
Mr. James Ellroy
PANEL 2053
2 p.m.
Media: Where Do We Go From Here?
Moderator Mr. James Rainey
Mr. Marc Cooper
Mr. Andrew Donohue
Ms. Arianna Huffington
Ms. Sharon Waxman