L.A. Times Festival of Books

Tig Notaro emcees the book prize ceremony at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

Don Bachardy and Tina Mascara present the Isherwood prize for autobiographical prose at the opening of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

Wesley Lowery accepts the Isherwood prize for autobiographical prose for his book “They Can’t Kill Us All.”

Los Angeles Times editor and publisher Davan Maharaj, left, talks with Ruebén Martinez at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.

The crowd applauds the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes at USC’s Bovard Auditorium.