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Portraits from the L.A. Times Studio at the 2018 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

April 21, 2018 11:31 PM PT

Joyce Carol Oates, author of "A Book of American Martyrs."

Stuart Woods, author of "Desperate Measures."

Victor LaValle, author of "The Changeling."

Mark Haskell Smith, author of "Raw: A Love Story."

Jason Reynolds, author of "Long Way Down."

Chris Myers Asch, coauthor of "Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital."

Claire Messud, author of "The Burning Girl."

William Deverell, author of "Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past."

Dan Egan, author of "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes."

Glory Edim, author of "Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves" and recipient of The Times' Innovator's Award.

Daniel A. Olivas, author of "Crossing the Border: Collected Poems."

Diana Gabaldon, author of the "Outlander" series.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author of "Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir."

Cecil Castellucci, author of "Don't Cosplay with My Heart."

Lawrence Wright, author of "God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State."

Laila Ali, author of "Food For Life."

Dr. Lucy Jones, author of "The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them)."

Joshua Wheeler, author of "Acid West."

Robin Coste Lewis, author of "Voyage of the Sable Venus."

Barry Glassner, author of "The Culture of Fear."

Jasmine Guillory, author of "The Wedding Date."

David Cay Johnston, author of "It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America."

Amy Spalding, author of "The Summer of Jordi Perez."

Ben Loory, author of "Tales of Falling and Flying."

Chelsey Johnson, author of "Stray City: A Novel."

Steph Cha, author of "Dead Soon Enough: A Juniper Song Mystery."

Attica Locke, author of "Bluebird, Bluebird."

Sherrilyn Kenyon, author of "Death Doesn't Bargain: A Deadman's Cross Novel."

Annalee Newitz author of "Autonomus."

Maureen Johnson, author of "Truly Devious: A Mystery."

Ivy Pochoda, author of "Wonder Valley: A Novel."

Patton Oswalt, stand-up comedian, actor, and writer.

Laila Lalami, author of "The Moor's Account."

Yunte Huang, author of "Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History."

Liska Jacobs, author of "Catalina."

Roda Ahmed, author of "Mae Among the Stars."

John Scalzi, author of "The Collapsing Empire."

Wes Avila, author of "Guerrilla Tacos: Recipes from the Streets of L.A."

Marie Marquardt, author of "Flight Season: A Novel."

Leslie Odom Jr., author of, "Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning."

Robin Price Glasser, illustrator of the children's book series "Fancy Nancy."

Mike Epps, author of "Unsuccessful Thug: One Comedian's Journey from Naptown to Tinseltown."

Melissa de la Cruz, author of "Love & War: An Alex & Eliza Story."

Rebecca Carroll, author of "Sugar in the Raw."

David Shannon, author and illustrator of "Bizzy Mizz Lizzie."

Actor and director Damaine Radcliff.

Gerrick Kennedy, author of, "Parental Discretion Is Advised: The Rise of N.W.A and the Dawn of Gangsta Rap."

Janelle Brown, author of "Watch Me Disappear: A Novel."

Carina Chocano, author of "You Play The Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Princesses, Trainwrecks and Other Man-Made Women."

Chris Erskine, author of "Daditude."

Rachel Khong, author of "Cabbage."

Kayla Rae Whitaker, author of "The Animators: A Novel."

Kate Dicamillo, author of "Raymie Nightingale."

Mira T. Lee, author of "Everything Here is Beautiful."

Lisa See, author of "The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel."

Pamela Ribon, author of, "My Boyfriend is a Bear."

Luis Alberto Urrea, author of "The House of Broken Angels."

T. Jefferson Parker, author of "Swift Vengeance."

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, author of "A Kind of Freedom."

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