Koertge, Ron
Ron Koertge Local Presses Read with Red Hen Press, Cahuenga Press, and FlowerSong Press, Saturday, May 6, 12:30pm-1:45pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Ron Koertge’s latest book of poems is “I Dreamed I Was Emily Dickinson’s Boyfriend.” RonKoertge.com.
Loney, Andrea
Andrea J. Loney Making a Picture Book: From Process to Publication, Saturday, May 6 at 2:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Andrea J. Loney wrote the award-winning picture books DOUBLE BASS BLUES (Caldecott Honor), and TAKE A PICTURE OF ME, JAMES VANDERZEE (Lee and Low Books New Voices Award and NAACP Image Award Nominee). Her most recent […]
Listi, Brad
Brad Listi Book Talk and Literary Podcasting, Saturday, May 6 at 12:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Brad Listi is the author of three books, most recently the novel Be Brief and Tell Them Everything. Since 2011, he has hosted and produced the literary interview podcast Otherppl. Books That Make a Difference: Where the Sidewalk Ends, by […]
Lipkin, Elline
Elline Lipkin East Pasadena Poets, Sunday, May 7 at 5:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Elline Lipkin’s first book, The Errant Thread, was chosen by Eavan Boland for the Kore Press First Book Award. Her second, Girls’ Studies, explores contemporary girlhood. A Research Scholar with UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women, she teaches independent poetry workshops and served as Poet Laureate […]
Lemus, Benin
Benin Lemus Shaking Hands: Crossing the Chasm, Sunday, May 7 at 5:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Benin Lemus (she|her) is a poet and an educator based in South Los Angeles. She earned her B.A. in English from Bennett College in North Carolina and an MFA in Film and Television Production from the University of Southern California. […]
Lansdale, Kasey
Kasey Lansdale Noir at the Bar LA, Friday, May 5 at 7:30pm – LitFest in the Dena VIP Authors & Participants’ reception Kasey Lansdale has been in the fiction world since birth as a writer, editor, audio book narrator, and creative professional. Based in Los Angeles, Lansdale is an active voting member of the HWA, […]
Langley, Sharon
Sharon Langley Book Banning and the Gatekeepers: Curation vs. Censorship, Saturday, May 6 at 5:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Sharon Langley is a Baltimore native who became known as the first African American child to enjoy Gwynn Oak Amusement Park when it opened to the public without segregation. A RIDE TO REMEMBER, co-authored with Amy Nathan […]
Lane, Cassandra
Cassandra Lane Writing Trauma, Saturday, May 6 at 5:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Cassandra Lane is winner of the 2020 Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and author of We Are Bridges: A Memoir (Feminist Press), which was an NPR “Books We Love” pick in 2021. Her stories have appeared in the New York Times’s “Conception,” series, the […]
Lam, Maple
Maple Lam Making a Picture Book: From Process to Publication, Saturday, May 6 at 2:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Maple Lam is an author and illustrator. Some of her picture books include“DIM SUM, HERE WE COME!”, “MY LITTLE SISTER AND ME”, and “SHAKE MY SILLIES OUT” (written by Raffi). She is currently working on a young […]
Lai, Yi-Shun
Yi-Shun Lai Walking Through Fire: Hope and Resilience in Middle Grade and YA Fiction, Saturday, May 6 at 3:30pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Yi Shun Lai is the author of A Suffragist’s Guide to the Antarctic (Atheneum Books, February 2024). She is a columnist for The Writer magazine and teaches in Bay Path University’s MFA program […]
Lafontaine, Beverly
Beverly Lafontaine East Pasadena Poets, Sunday, May 7 at 5:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Beverly Lafontaine is a Los Angeles-born poet and playwright. She has enjoyed four productions of her plays in the Los Angeles area and has had her poetry published in various poetry journals and anthologies, including online journals Poets Reading the News and […]
Kysh, Lynn
Lynn Kysh Book Banning and the Gatekeepers: Curation vs. Censorship, Saturday, May 6 at 5:00pm, Mt. View Mausoleum Lynn Kysh is the current president of the non-profit and volunteer led Children’s Literature Council of Southern California (CLCSC). Founded in 1961, CLCSC works to connect, celebrate, and support all those involved with the creation and promotion […]
