PANEL & SPECIAL GUEST Stage Schedules
There are 8 Panel & Special Guest Stages at the West Hollywood Book Fair! There are also some special featured guests signing at booths. Check out the schedule below…it’s subject to frequent updates. Interested in programming on our performance, poetry, kids’ and other stages? Interested in finding out what’s happening in your favorite genre, only? Go back to the Stages page to get the info!
SPECIAL FEATURED GUESTS
Legendary songwriters JERRY LEIBER & MIKE STOLLER (”Hound Dog: The Lieber & Stoller Autobiography”) signing from 3:00-4:00pm at the Barnes & Noble booth
New York Times bestselling author KARRINE STEFFANS-MCRARY (”The Vixen Manual”) signing from 3:30-4:40pm at the Book Soup booth
STAGE: COMICS, SCIFI & BEYOND PAVILION
11:00am-12:00pm
DREAM ON DEMAND: VISION VS. MARKET PLACE
Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier)
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Middleman)
Mike Mignola (Hellboy)
Mark Waid (Irredeemable)
Moderator: Christine Boylan (Star Trek Manga 2&3)
Signings at The Comic Bug Booth
12:00pm-1:00pm
MORBID CURIOSITY CURES THE BLUES: TRUE STORIES OF THE UNSAVORY, UNWISE, UNORTHODOX & UNUSUAL
Dana Fredsti
Michael Hemmingson
Loren Rhoads
Moderator: Del Howison
Signings at Dark Delicacies Booth
1:00pm-1:45pm
SCOTT PILGRIM: Bryan Lee O’Malley In Conversation with Joshua Dysart
Signings at The Comic Bug Booth
2:00pm-3:00pm
WORLD OF WARCRAFT: STORIES BEYOND THE GAME
Evelyn Fredericksen (Blizzard Historian)
Micky Neilson (Senior Story Developer for Blizzard)
Moderator: Rob Tokar
Signing at The Comic Bug booth
3:00pm-4:00pm
COMICS ON COMICS
Creators:
Gerry Conway (Amazing Spider-Man)
John Rogers (Blue Beetle)
Comedians:
Asterios Kokkinos (NPR’s Marketplace)
Kevin Seccia (Attack of the Show)
Laura Valdivia (Outer Space Astronauts)
Guest Host: Jonah Ray
Signing at The Comic Bug booth
4:00pm-5:00pm
OFF THE BEATEN PATH: INDIE CREATORS & THEIR CRAFT
Jordan Crane (Clouds Above and Uptight)
D.J. Kirkbride (Popgun)
Ed Laroche (Almighty)
Joe Matt (Peep Show)
Kiyoshi Nakazawa (Drunken Master)
Moderator: Darren Clavadetscher
Signings at Skylight Books Booth
STAGE: MYSTERY & SUSPENSE PAVILION
10:45am-11:45am
A SERIAL KILLER WALKS INTO A BAR: WHEN MURDER IS FUNNY
Bill Fitzhugh
Lee Goldberg
Dorothy Howell
Paul Levine
Morgan St. James
Moderator: Jerrilyn Farmer
Signings at Mystery Ink Booth
12:00pm-1:00pm
TRANSCENDS THE LIMITS OF THE GENRE: CAN CRIME WRITING BE LITERARY?
David Francis
Ralph Pezullo
Ona Russell
John Shannon
Susan Arnot Smith
Moderator: Tod Goldberg
Signings at Mystery Ink Booth
1:15pm-2:15pm
LAURIE R. KING IN CONVERSATION WITH PAMELA SAMUELS YOUNG
Signing at Mystery Ink Booth
2:30pm-3:30pm
SISTERS IN CRIME: HOW FAR HAVE WE COME?
Jan Burke
Naomi Hirahara
Sue Ann Jaffarian
Harley Jane Kozak
Gary Phillips
Moderator: Darrell James
Signings at Mystery Ink Booth
3:45pm-4:45pm
DARK & TWISTED: TESTING THE LIMITS OF TASTE & DEPRAVITY
Tim Hallinan
Evan Kilgore
Stephen Jay Schwartz
Steven M. Thomas
Pam Ward
Moderator: Diane Emley
Signing at Mystery Ink Booth
STAGE: FICTION PAVILION
11:00am-11:55am
TRUE OR FALSE: WHAT’S REAL, WHAT’S NOT IN HISTORICAL FICTION
C.W. Gortner
Michelle Moran
Jeri Westerson
Moderator: Robin Maxwell
Signing at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth
12:00pm-12:55pm
GHOSTS, GHOULS & GOBLINS: EXPLORING THE SUPERNATURAL IN MYSTERY FICTION
Jan Burke
Charlie Huston
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Linda O. Johnston
Moderator: Leslie Klinger
Signing at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth
1:15pm-2:15pm
IT’S A SMALL WORLD: FICTION FROM FARAWAY PLACES
Anne Cherian
George Mastras
Isla Morley
Kwei Quartey
Moderator: Stacey Bierlein
Signings at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth
2:30pm-3:30pm
WONDERFUL WORDS & WORLDS: NEW FICTION FROM GREAT WRITERS
Gregg Hurwitz
Lydia Millet
Samantha Peale
Jerry Stahl
Moderator: Tod Goldberg
Signings at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth
3:45pm-4:45pm
THE SPIRIT MOVES ME: EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY IN FICTION
Maggie Anton
William Gladstone
Laurie R. King
Moderator: Lisa Teasley
Signings at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth
STAGE: PEOPLE, PLACES & POLITICS PAVILION
11:15am-12:00pm
LOVE TO LOVE YOU BRADYS: A CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN OLSEN (”CINDY BRADY”), TED NICHELSON & LISA SUTTON
Signings at Barnes & Noble Booth
12:00pm-12:55pm
WORDS BEHIND BARS: WRITING PROGRAMS IN PRISONS & OTHER PLACES
Gary Phillips
Nina Revoyr
Leslie Schwartz
Lisa Teasley
Moderator: Eduardo Santiago
Signings at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth
1:00pm-1:55pm
CHICAS, CHICANAS & LATINAS: WRITERS IN ACTION
Margo Candela
Reyna Grande
Graciela Limon
Josefina Lopez
Moderator: Mary Castillo
Signings at Libreria Martinez booth
2:00pm-2:55pm
CUBA AT 50
Ann Louise Bardach
Rachel Kushner
Moderator: Eduardo Santiago
Signings at Libreria Martinez booth
3:00pm-3:55pm
ART, POLITICS & THE ARAB/MUSLIM WORLD: A CONVERSATION WITH REZA ASLAN AND TAMIM ANSARY
Moderator: Jordan Elgrably
Signing at Levantine Cultural Center Booth
STAGE: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT PAVILION
11:15am-12:15pm
ADAPTING & OPTIONING: THE ROAD FROM BOOK TO FILM
Karl Alexander
Michael Blake
Maria Amparo Escandon
Trisha R. Thomas
Moderator: John Morgan Wilson
Signings at Book Soup Booth
12:45pm-1:30pm
NICHOLAS MEYER (”STAR TREK”) IN CONVERSATION WITH FRANK SPOTNITZ (”X-FILES”)
Signing at Dark Delicacies Booth
1:30pm-2:15pm
CAROL CHANNING IN CONVERSATION WITH BRUCE VILANCH
Signing at Barnes & Noble Booth
2:15pm-3:00pm
BOB BARKER (”PRICELESS MEMORIES”) IN CONVERSATION
Signing at Book Soup Booth
3:00pm-3:55pm
THE ART, CRAFT & MADNESS OF WRITING ABOUT MUSIC
Lorraine Ali
Randall Grass
Ernest Hardy
Michelle Kort
Evelyn McDonnell
David Meyer
Moderator: Brian E. Rochlin
Signings at Barnes & Noble Booth
4:00pm-4:55pm
BIT BY BIT, PUTTING IT TOGETHER: THE ART OF WRITING FOR MUSICAL THEATER
Ron Abel
Lissa Levin
Stuart Ross
Mark Winkler
Moderator: Reva Solomon
NO SIGNING
STAGE: THE FACT, FICTION & FUTURE PAVILION
11:00am-11:55am
ORDINARY WOMEN: EXTRAORDINARY LIVES
Diane Birchall
Dorie Carter
Syrie James
Estherleon Schwartz
Moderators: Paul Ryan & Kelly Sullivan-Walden
Signings at Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) Booth
12:00pm-12:55pm
[SHORT (STORY)]: WRITING SHORT FICTIONAL FORMS
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Amina Cain
Jennine Capo Crucet
Janet Sarbanes
Moderator: Teresa Carmody
Signings at Skylight Books Booth
1:00pm-1:55pm
TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: FEMINISM & POWERFUL WOMEN IN FICTION
(sponsored by the Women’s Advisory Board of the City of West Hollywood)
Cheryl Klein
Sophie Littlefield
Terry Wolverton
Pam Ward
Moderator: Councilmember Lindsey Horvath
Signings at Book Soup Booth
2:00pm-3:15pm
DIGGING DEEP: REVEALING, FEELING & HEALING IN MEMOIR WRITING
Michael Kearns
Norman Ollestad
Rachel Resnick
Danzy Senna
Moderator: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Signings at Skylight Books Booth
3:15pm-4:15pm
THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING
Teresa Carmody
Eloise Klein Healy
Cheryl Klein
Bronwyn Mauldin
Kerry Slattery
Moderator: Terry Wolverton
Signings at Skylight Books Booth
STAGE: THE GOOD READS PAVILION
11:00-11:55am
RESISTING THE RIGHT: REV. ERIC LEE & SUNSARA TAYLOR ON GAYS, WOMEN AND OTHER TARGETS
Signings at Libros Revolucion Booth
12:00pm-12:55pm
FACING IT & FIXING IT: TALKING ADDICTION & RECOVERY WITH NATIONALLY KNOW INTERVENTIONISTS
Candy Finnigan
Ken Seeley
Moderator: Councilmember John Duran
Signings at Book Soup Booth
1:00pm-1:45pm
THREE ON A MATCH: AN INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE WITH GAY LITERARY ICONS
Malcolm Boyd
Marc Thompson
Trebor Healey
Signings at Skylight Books Booth
1:45pm-2:45pm
ZOMBIES & OTHER CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
Amber Benson
Francesca Lia Block
S.G. Browne
Seth Grahame-Smith
E. Van Lowe
Moderator: Del Howison
Signings at Dark Delicacies Booth
2:45pm-3:45pm
THE FUNNY GIRLS: WHIMSICAL WISDOM FROM WONDERFUL WOMEN
Quinn Cummings
Carol Leifer
Dani Klein Modisett
Moderator: Brett Paesel
Signings at Book Soup Booth
3:45pm-4:45pm
QUEERACTORS–CREATING STORIES & CHARACTERS IN NEW LGBT FICTION
Larry Duplechan
David Francis
Peter Gadol
Sarah Schulman
Moderator: Charles Flowers
Signings at Skylight Books Booth
STAGE: THE OPEN BOOK PAVILION
11:00am-11:55am
LEGENDS OF INTERIOR DESIGN: WILLIAM HAINES & TONY DUQUETTE
Jean H. Mathison
Hutton Wilkinson
Moderator: Annie Kelly
Signing at Potterton Books Booth
12:00pm-12:55pm
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY: FACETS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM
Edward Humes
Dean Kuipers
Andrew Szasz
Moderator: Mayor Abbe Land
Signings at Book Soup Booth
1:00pm-1:45pm
CRITICISM: IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY WITH RICHARD & ERIKA SCHIKEL
Signing at Barnes & Noble Booth
1:45pm-2:30pm
GIANT ROBOT AT 15!
From sushi to cinema to street art, Giant Robot magazine has documented, dissected, unearthed, and grown Asian and Asian American popular culture for the last 15 years. Editors Martin Wong and Eric Nakamura will discuss a range of topics, including the publication’s evolution from handmade zine into a glossy publication with a worldwide following. Moderating the casual-but-loaded discussion will be the bass player of the legendary punk rock band The Vandals, and popular DJ on Indie 103.1, Joe Escalante.
Signings at Giant Robot Booth
2:30pm-3:30pm
EYEBALLING THE UNIVERSE: BIG & SMALL
K.C. Cole
DJ Byrne
Clifford V. Johnson
Moderator: Daniel Birman
Signings at Book Soup Booth
3:30pm-4:15pm
VARIATIONS ON A THEME: CREATING THE ANTHOLOGY
Barbara Ambercrombie
Jane Ganahl
Aimee Liu
Moderator: Victoria Zackheim
Signings at Book Events & Authors Unlimited Booth