Lineup Grows for Festival of Books

The first Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held April 20 and 21 at UCLA’s Dickson Plaza. Admission is free; parking at UCLA is $5.

Among the more than 40 author events are the following: “Whose Life Is It Anyway? The Art and Craft of Biography” with A. Scott Berg, Noel Riley Fitch, Bernice Kert and Richard Reeves; “Power in America” with The Nation Publisher Victor Navasky, former House Speaker Jim Wright and writers Robert Scheer and Harold Meyerson, and “Cutting Edge Fiction” with Duff Brenna, Dennis Cooper, Rikki Ducornet, Michael Silverblatt and David Foster Wallace. Also appearing will be authors Noah Adams, Sandra Benitez, Ray Bradbury, Phyllis Burke, Octavia Butler, Mark Doty, Judith Freeman, Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, Pico Iyer, Dean Koontz, Judith Krantz, Garry Marshall, Dennis Miller, John Rechy, Laura Schlessinger, Carolyn See, Nancy Silverton, Quincy Troupe, Victor Villasenor and Abigail Van Buren.

There will also be a children’s program, including visits readings by Eve Bunting and appearances by KCET-TV’s Kino and Lucy. More than 100 publishers and booksellers will display their wares.

Times are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 20 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 21. Program information will be available in The Times as the festival approaches. General information: (800) LA TIMES, Ext. 7BOOK; volunteers: Ext. 76160. A full schedule of events listing all authors will appear in a special section in The Times on April 14.