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Vivian Abenshushan
Perspectives on Mexican Fiction
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Modern Lang./311
Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction Reading
Sat., 1 p.m. Modern Lang./311
Abenshushan is the author of two books of essays, "Una Habitación Desordenada" and "Julio Ramibeyro," and a book of short stories, "El Clan de los Linsomnes."
Marta Acosta
Basics of Getting Published - A Workshop
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/137
Vampires That Don't Sparkle
Sat., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Acosta is the author of the comic Casa Dracula series. Her books have been named a BookSense Pick, Catalina Magazine's Humor Book of the Year and Fresh Fiction's Fresh Pick.
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Alma Flor Ada
Sharing Cultures/Sharing Stories: Family Writing Projects
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./333
Behind the Pages of Our Books: Celebrating Latino Culture
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Ada has recently published two novels and an autobiography, "Vivir en Dos Idiomas." Her children's books include "Let Me Help," "Extra! Extra!" and "I Love Saturdays y Domingos."
Kim Addonizio
Poetry Reading
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Addonizio is the author of five poetry collections including "Tell Me," and "Lucifer at the Starlite," and two instructional books, "The Poet's Companion" and "Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within."
Shilpa Agarwal
Other Countries, Other Crimes
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/ Catalina
Agarwal's first novel, "Haunting Bombay," won the First Words Literary Prize for South Asian writers.
Kathleen Alcalá
When Family Is Your Inspiration
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Alcalá wrote "Spirits of the Ordinary," "The Flower in the Skull" and "Treasures in Heaven." Her latest is "Cities of Gold."
Charles Alexander
Chapbooks: How to Make One and Why You Should
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Alexander, director of Chax Press, is also a poet, book artist and teacher. His poetry books include "Certain Slants," "Near or Random Acts," "Four Ninety Eight to Seven" and "Arc of Light / Dark Matter."
Amy Alkon
The Advice Goddess
Sun., 10 a.m. UA Mall Tent
Alkon writes the award-winning, nationally syndicated advice column "The Advice Goddess," which ran in the Tucson Citizen. Her column is known for being funny, science- and reason-based and fair to men.
Jennifer Allan
The Real State of Real Estate
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Allan is the author of "Sell with Soul: Creating an Extraordinary Career in Real Estate without Losing Your Friends, Your Principles or Your Self-Respect."
Beth Alvarado
Taking Risks
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Alvarado is the author of "Not a Matter of Love," winner of the Many Voices Project Award. "In Need of a Heart," a screenplay she co-wrote with her son, is based on one of the short stories in "Not a Matter of Love," and is in pre-production.
Maribel Alvarez
Exploring Foodways of the Transborder Southwest
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Alvarez, through her work at the UA's Southwest Center, is the animator of BorderLore, a cultural documentation initiative to record and interpret vernacular knowledge in the borderlands.
Rosi Andrade
Writing Corridos - A Workshop
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Andrade is principal investigator/project director of HerStory to Health and co-founder of Sowing the Seeds/Cosechando las Semillas, a writing collective promoting women's writing, readings and publication through the comadre relationship.
Gustavo Arellano
Nuestras Raíces - Mexican American Cultural Identity
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Arellano writes "¡Ask a Mexican!" a nationally-syndicated column in which he answers questions about America's largest minority. He is a staff writer with OC Weekly, an alternative newspaper in Orange County, Calif.
Suzanne Arruda
Other Countries, Other Crimes
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Arruda is the author of the Jade del Cameron mystery series.
Jennifer Ashley
Social Networking Before and After Publishing
Sun., 10 a.m. Koffler/218
Ashley writes under the pseudonyms Ashley Gardner (mysteries) and Allyson James (paranormal and erotic romance). Her books include "Mortal Seductions," "Hot for the Holidays" and "A Christmas Ball."
John August
Screenwriting - Getting Started, John August Interviewed by Herb Stratford
Sun., 11:30 a.m. UA Mall Tent
August has written screenplays for "Go," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," "Big Fish" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." He is writing an adaptation of "Tarzan" and executive producing a movie of the video-game "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time."
Barrett S. Avigdor
What Happy Working Mothers Know
Sun., 1 p.m. UA Bookstore
Avigdor is the co-author of "What Happy Working Mothers Know." She is a certified career coach who writes and speaks around the globe on finding happiness.
Lynne Avril
The Hard Job of Writing Easy Readers
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./331
Avril is the illustrator of more than 60 books for children. She is illustrating Herman Parish's new series of Amelia Bedelia books.
Beth Smith Aycock
Building Arizona: It was a Family Business
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Aycock is the author of "Black Jack Ketchum, Before and After He Was Hung," "Roundup a Whirlwind" and co-author of "A Red Howell Fit" and "The Empire: Cowboys We'd Love to Know." She is working on a sequel to "Roundup a Whirlwind."
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Dave Baker
Daring Graphic Novels
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/204
Baker is a writer/illustrator whose works include "Short Stack," "Sequentially Tucson," "Calabrese!" and "Childish Delusions of Grandeur and Superiority."
Dan Balz
Dan Balz Interviewed by Andrei Cherny (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Balz is a reporter at the Washington Post. He is co-author of the 1996 book "Storming the Gates: Protest Politics and the Republican Revival" and "The Battle for America 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election."
Christine Barber
Hardened Landscape and Hardened Criminals
Sat., 4 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Death and Dismemberment in the Desert
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
Barber is an award-winning journalist as well as a certified emergency medical technician and firefighter. "The Replacement Child" is her first novel.
Barton Barbour
Southwestern Trails, Adventure and Exploration
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Barbour's book "Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade" was a finalist for the Western Writers of America Spur Award in 2001 for historical nonfiction. His new biography is "Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man."
Adele Barker
Memoirs About Travel and Place
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/150
Barker is the author of "Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka." She also is the author and editor of five books on Russian literature and cultural life.
Mary Ellen Barnes
Building Arizona: It was a Family Business
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Barnes' "Forged by Fire: The Devastation and Renewal of a Mountain Community" was named one of the 10 top Southwest Books of 2005 by the Pima County Public Library and the Arizona Historical Society.
Mac Barnett
A Genre Mash-Up Writing Workshop (Ages 9-12)
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./351
Four Funny Guys: Humor in Children's Books
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Barnett is the author of "Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem," "The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity" and "Guess Again!"
David Batstone
Not For Sale: Buying and Selling People in Today's World
Sat., 10 a.m. Modern Lang./311
Batstone is the founder and president of Not for Sale, one of the leading organizations in America fighting modern slavery. He has authored seven books, including "Not for Sale" and "Saving the Corporate Soul."
Jean Baxter
Animal Crackers
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Story Telling Stage
Baxter is a member of Tucson's Tellers of Tales. She makes history come alive in her work for downtown's El Presidio San Augustín del Tucson.
Elizabeth Bear
Shadow Unit: Reimagining Fiction Online
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Bear is the author of more than a dozen novels, including "Chill" and "Dust" and 70 short stories. She is the recipient of multiple Hugo Awards.
Frank Beddor
Frank Beddor on the Looking Glass Wars: What Really Happened to Alyss in Wonderland
Sun., 10 a.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Alyss, Babymouse and The Flying Beavers: Writing Graphic Novels
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./353
Screenwriting: From Teen Novels to Movies
Sun., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Beddor is an author and is the producer of the film "There's Something About Mary." "The Looking Glass Wars" is his first book in a trilogy.
Iris Bell
Getting Whole and Well: Healing for Illness and Depression
Sat., 4 p.m. Chemistry/134
Bell is the author of "Getting Whole, Getting Well: Healing Holistically from Chronic Illness" and director of research in the Program in Integrative Medicine and director of the Arizona Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research Training Program at the UA College of Medicine.
Charles Bernstein
Poetry Reading
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Bernstein is the author of 40 books, ranging from large-scale collections of poetry and essays to pamphlets, libretti, translations and collaborations. "All the Whiskey in Heaven: Selected Poems" and "Girly Man" are his latest works.
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Poetry Reading
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Berssenbrugge's books include "The Heat Bird," "Empathy," "Sphericity" and "Four Year Old Girl." She has been a contributing editor of Conjunctions Magazine since 1978.
Bill Bishop
The Problem with Politics: It's Not Them, It's Us
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/150
Bishop is the author of "The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart." He and his wife co-edit The Daily Yonder, a Web-based publication (dailyyonder.com) covering rural America.
Elena Diaz Bjorkquist
Writing Corridos - A Workshop
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Bjorkquist is the author of "Suffer Smoke," short stories about the people of Morenci, and "Water from the Moon," short stories about Morenci for young adults. She also co-edited the anthology "Sowing the Seeds, Una Cosecha de Recuerdos."
Baxter Black
Baxter Black, Cowboy Poet, with Introduction by David Fitzsimmons
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
The New York Times describes Black as "probably the nation's most successful living poet." The former veterinarian can be followed nationwide through his column, public and TV appearances and through his CDs, videos and books, including "The World According To Baxter Black."
Cara Black
Other Countries, Other Crimes
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Good Girls and Bad Guys: Female P.I.s Come Into Their Own
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Black is the author of the Aimée Leduc Investigations series. She is a San Francisco Library laureate, and her books have been chosen as BookSense Picks by the American Association of Independent Bookstores.
Juliet Blackwell
The Softer Side of Murder
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/218
Finish That Book - A Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Blackwell, writing as Hailey Lind, penned the Art Lover's Mystery Series with her sister. She is also the author of the witchcraft mystery "Secondhand Spirits."
Michael Blake
Screenwriting Basics - A Workshop
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/141
Michael Blake with Tony Gilkyson - Use Your Time
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Blake's first novel, "Dances with Wolves," was published as a mass-market paperback in 1988, receiving no attention until the film version was released in 1990.
Leah Bobet
Shadow Unit: Reimagining Fiction Online
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Bobet's short fiction has appeared in "Realms of Fantasy," "Strange Horizons" and "The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy." Her poetry has been nominated for the Rhysling Award and the Pushcart Prize.
Jana Bommersbach
Winnie Ruth Judd, Trunk Murderess? OneBookAZ Author Tells All
Sun., 4 p.m. Koffler/204
Arizona journalist Bommersbach is a bestselling author whose books include "The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd" and "Bones in the Desert: The True Story of a Mother's Murder and a Daughter's Search."
Jim Borgman
A Zits Guide to Living with Your Teenager
Sat., 1 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Borgman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. He was with the Cincinnati Enquirer for more than 30 years before focusing his attention on his daily comic strip. He is co-creator with Jerry Scott of the comic strip "Zits," which appears in more than 1,500 newspapers worldwide.
Robert Boswell
Taking Risks
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Did That Actually Happen to You?: The Process of Fiction
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/111
Boswell is the author of three story collections, a play, a cyberpunk novel, two nonfiction books and six novels including "Century's Son," "Mystery Ride," and "Crooked Hearts." His latest novel is "The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards."
Lisa Bowden
Chapbooks: How to Make One, and Why You Should
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Bowden is a poet, book designer and editor. She co-founded Kore Press in 1993 and served as executive director for 11 years. She is publisher of Kore Press.
Jon Bowermaster
Jon Bowermaster: 20 Years on the High Seas, a Writing and Traveling Life
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Bowermaster is the producer of 15 documentaries and author of 10 books. His most recent works are "Descending the Dragon," about his travels in Vietnam, "Wildebeest in a Rainstorm," a collection of profiles of intriguing conservationists and explorers, and "Crossing Antarctica."
C.J. Box
Genre Bending
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Open Season, C.J. Box Interviewed by J.M. "Mike" Hayes
Sun., 1 p.m. Chemistry/111
Box is the Edgar Award-winning author of 11 novels, including the Joe Pickett series. His books include "Below Zero," "Three Weeks to Say Goodbye" and "Blue Heaven."
Bryan Bozzi
Great Cartooning: All You Need Is the Web
Sun., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Bozzi holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Arizona and is a Web site programmer.
Jana Bradley
Is Self-Publishing for You? - A Workshop
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/151
Bradley heads a team at the University of Arizona looking at the changes in authoring, publishing, books and readers in the 21st century. She distills practical advice on reasons to (or not to) consider self-publishing, how to get started and what to expect if you decide to be your own publisher.
Dr. Gary Bradt
The Ring in the Rubble: Dig Through Change and Find Your Next Golden Opportunity
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Bradt is the author of "The Ring in the Rubble." He is a change and leadership speaker who helps organizations turn tough times into opportunity. He has given keynotes for clients including IBM, Kodak, GM, FedEx, NASA, American Express and eBay.
Robin Brande
Writing for Teens: Creating Characters, Conflicts and Complications to Keep Your Audience Reading
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Brande is the author of the young-adult novel "Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature," which was selected as one of the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults in 2008. "Fat Cat" is her second young-adult novel.
Stephen Brewer
Return to the Sacred: Canyon Ranch Authors on How to Achieve the Summit of Your Life
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/134
Brewer, medical director of Tucson's Canyon Ranch Health Resort, is the author of "The Everest Principle: How to Achieve the Summit of Your Life."
Laurie Brooks
Mother Always Liked You Best: A Sibling Writers' Debate
Sat., 10 a.m. Chemistry/111
Brooks is an award-winning playwright and young-adult fiction author. She has been a professor and playwright in residence at New York University and guest artist at Arizona State University. Her latest book is "Selkie Girl."
Terry Brooks
Mother Always Liked You Best: A Sibling Writers' Debate
Sat., 10 a.m. Chemistry/111
A Conversation with Terry Brooks
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Brooks is the author of the Landover series, the Shannara series and the Word and Void trilogy. He also wrote the novelization to "Star Wars: Episode I : The Phantom Menace" for George Lucas.
J.P.S. Brown
Fact and Fiction in Arizona's Sonoran Borderlands
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/111
Brown is the author of works including "The Outfit: A Cowboy's Primer," "Wolves At Our Door" and "The World in Pancho's Eye."
Laynie Browne
Chapbooks: How to Make One, and Why You Should
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Poetry Reading
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Browne is the author of seven collections of poetry and one novel. Her most recent publications include "The Scented Fox," recipient of the 2007 National Poetry Series Award, and "Daily Sonnets" and "Drawing of a Swan Before Memory."
Bill Broyles
Nature Writing and the Natural History of the Sonoran Desert: Land and Sea
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Broyles' books include "Sunshot," "Our Sonoran Desert" and "Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: Where Edges Meet." He has also written articles for periodicals such as Arizona Highways and the Journal of Arid Environments.
Rick Brusca
Nature Writing and the Natural History of the Sonoran Desert: Land and Sea
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Brusca is senior director of conservation and science at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and director of the ASDM Press.
Michael Buckley
Boy Humor vs. Girl Humor in Children's Novels
Sun., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Underdogs, Detectives, Spies, Fairy Tales, Female Heroes and Nerds
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Buckley is the author of The Sisters Grimm and Nerds series. He also works on the Cartoon Network show "Horrorbots."
Emma Bull
Shadow Unit: Reimagining Fiction Online
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Married to an Author
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Bull is a science-fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is "War for the Oaks," one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. Her most recent novels are "Territory" and "Bone Dance."
Wendy Burk
Chapbooks: How to Make One, and Why You Should
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Poetry Reading
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./311
Burk is the author of a poetry chapbook, "The Deer," and the translator of a book of poems by Tedi López Mills, "While Light Is Built." She has received three artist residencies with the National Park Service.
Frank Busch
Hustling to Beat Deadline
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
In 2008, Busch coached the Arizona Wildcats to a sweep of the NCAA men's and women's swimming championships, was named to the USA Olympic coaching staff, was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame and was invited to the White House.
Fran Buss
Women and Social Change: Activists, Oral History and Biography
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Buss has been a community organizer since the late 1960s. Her books include, "La Partera: Story of a Midwife," "Dignity: Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives and Struggles," "Journey of the Sparrows" and "Forged Under the Sun: The Life of Maria Elena Lucas."
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Scott Calhoun
Prickly and Forbidden: Writing About Spiny, Delicious and Smuggled Plants
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Calhoun is the author and photographer of five acclaimed books including "Yard Full of Sun" and "Chasing Wildflowers." His latest book is "The Hot Garden: Landscape Design for the Desert Southwest." He writes a monthly column for Sunset magazine.
F. Isabel Campoy
Sharing Cultures/Sharing Stories: Family Writing Projects
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./333
Behind the Pages of Our Books: Celebrating Latino Culture
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Campoy is the author of numerous children's books. Her books include, "Mu, Moo!," "My Day from A to Z," "My Celebrations" and "The Eyes of the Jaguar."
Kathy Cano-Murillo
"Crafty Chica" book reading and Q & A session
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Nuestras Raíces Stage
"Crafty Chica" Workshop
Sat., 12:30 p.m. Nuestras Raíces Craft Area
"Crafty Chica" Workshop
Sun., 11 a.m. Nuestras Raíces Craft Area
Cano-Murillo has authored seven books including "Crafty Chica's Guide to Artful Sewing." Her crafts have been carried by retailers including Bloomingdales, Target and Hallmark. "Waking Up in the Land of Glitter" is her first novel.
Jillian Cantor
Awakening the Heart: Adversity, Love and Loss in Writing for Teens
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Cantor's first novel, "The September Sisters," came out in 2009. Her second novel, "The Life of Glass," was published this year, and her debut novel for adults, "The Transformation of Things," is expected this fall.
Philip Caputo
The US-Mexico Border: Living and Writing on the Edge (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Caputo worked for nine years for the Chicago Tribune and shared a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his reporting on election fraud in Chicago. He is the author of four works of nonfiction, seven works of fiction and two memoirs, including "A Rumor of War," about his service in Vietnam.
Ron Carlson
Guys Behaving Badly: Real Men Write About Real Men
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Carlson is a novelist and short-story writer. His most recent novel is "The Signal," an L.A. Times Best Book of 2009. He teaches at the University of California-Irvine.
Novella Carpenter
Living the Green and Sustainable Lifestyle
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Carpenter is the author of "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer" and co-author of "Don't Jump! The Northwest Winter Blues Survival Guide."
Jennifer Lee Carrell
Writing Literary Mysteries
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Historical Mysteries - Blending Fact with Fiction
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/111
Carrell's first novel, "Interred with Their Bones," is a New York Times and Sunday London Times bestseller. She also wrote "The Speckled Monster," historical nonfiction about battling smallpox at the beginning of the 18th century. Her latest is "Haunt Me Still," in bookstores April 15.
Donis Casey
Revelations from a Mystery Writer - A Workshop
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Historical Mysteries - Blending Fact with Fiction
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/111
Casey is a former academic librarian and the author of the Alafair Tucker mysteries. "The Sky Took Him" is her latest in the series.
Barbara Chana
Leonard F. Chana: A Tohono O'odham Perspective on Life and Art
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/134
Chana is a licensed therapist and a frequent presenter on the dynamics of American Indian families and substance abuse.
Elaine Charton
Local Writers: All You Ever Wanted to Know About E-publishing
Sun., 4 p.m. Koffler/218
Charton is the author of "Easy Lovin'" and "Pandora's Justice."
Jerome Charyn
Thanks for the 'Memoir'ies
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Charyn is the author of a series of novels about a murderous, romantic cop, along with "Metropolis," "Movieland," "The Dark Lady from Belorusse" and "The Black Swan." His latest is "The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson: A Novel."
Andrei Cherny
The Candy Bombers
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Cherny is co-editor of the idea journal Democracy. He is the author of "The Next Deal: The Future of Public Life in the Information Age," and has written for The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. His most recent book is "The Candy Bombers."
David Christiana
Join the Quest: Journey to Imagined Worlds
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./351
Christiana is an artist and professor at the University of Arizona. He illustrates children's books, including "Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand" and "Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg."
Roy Peter Clark
Writing Tools
Sat., 10 a.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Clark is the author or editor of 15 books, including "Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer" and "The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English." He was recently inducted into the Feature Writing Hall of Fame.
Brock Clarke
Unlikely Heroes in Fiction: Bumblers, Fumblers, Stumblers and Why We Love Them
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/111
Thanks for the 'Memoir'ies
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Clarke is the author of "The Ordinary White Boy" and "An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England," a New York Times Editor's Choice Book, a People magazine Critics' Choice Book and an American Library Association Book of the Year.
Meg Waite Clayton
For the Love of Book Clubs
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
Women Searching (In Storytelling)
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/134
Clayton's bestselling novel, "The Wednesday Sisters," has been selected by the Target Stores Bookmarked and Borders Book Club programs and the Pulpwood Queens. Her first novel, "The Language of Light," was a Bellwether Prize finalist.
Jan Cleere
That's How the West Was Really Won
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Cleere is the author of "Outlaw Tales of Arizona: True Stories of Arizona's Most Famous Robbers, Rustlers, and Bandits," winner of the 2007 National Federation of Press Women's Literary Competition for Historical Nonfiction, and "Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers."
Benyamin Cohen
Benyamin Cohen on My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt, Presented by the Tucson Jewish Community Center
Sun., 2:30 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Cohen is the author of "My Jesus Year: A Rabbi's Son Wanders the Bible Belt in Search of His Own Faith." He was the founder and editor of the award-winning national magazine "American Jewish Life" and the online magazine "Jewsweek."
D.S. Cohen
Writing and Producing Video Games - A Workshop
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/137
Your First Published Book: What Every Writer Needs to Know - A Workshop
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/151
Cohen is a professional writer and video-game producer. Most recently, he was the producer and co-writer of "SAW: The Video Game." He is the author of "Producing Games: From Business and Budgets to Creativity and Design."
Jeff Coleman
An Exciting Tale of Island Adventure
Sun., 10:30 a.m. Story Telling Stage
Coleman, aka "Captain Jeff," is the author of the novel for young readers "A Captain Without A Ship," which reinforces phonetic awareness. He recently completed his first storytelling tour, which took him from the border of Mexico to Canada.
Ying Chang Compestine
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Writing for Teens: Creating Characters, Conflicts and Complications to Keep Your Audience Reading
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Compestine is the author of 18 books. Her novel, "Revolution is Not a Dinner Party," has received 28 awards, including the ALA Best Books and Notable Books. She has been featured on many national TV programs and in magazines and newspapers.
Shannon Conner
Hustling to Beat Deadline
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
After covering everything from rodeo in rural Idaho to the Final Four, the Olympic Trials and the NFL, Conner is in year five of her dream job as sports editor of the Arizona Daily Star.
Geraldine Connolly
Poetry Reading
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Connolly is the author of three collections of poetry, "Hand of the Wind," "Province of Fire" and "Food for the Winter." Her work has appeared in many magazines and journals, including Poetry, Chelsea, The Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review and Shenandoah.
Jack Cox
Approaching the Future with Reason, Not Fear
Sun., 4 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Cox is president and CEO of The Communications Institute. He has written for national news organizations including USA Today and the Los Angeles Times and has appeared on television including CNN discussing the role of media in covering public policy issues.
Steve Cox
Writing About Our Families
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Cox is co-author of "Writing Brave and Free: Encouraging Words for People Who Want to Start Writing," with Ted Kooser, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and U.S. Poet Laureate, 2005-2006. Cox is director emeritus of the University of Arizona Press.
Robert Crais
The First Rule of Robert Crais
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Author of the bestselling Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novels, Crais' most recent is "The First Rule." "The Monkey's Raincoat" was named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association.
Rebecca Cramer
Dirty Deed in the Desert
Sat., 4 p.m. UA Bookstore
Cramer is the author of three novels in the Bluenight Mystery Series, "Mission to Sonora," "The View from Frog Mountain" and "High Stakes at San Xavier."
Ann Cummins
Taking Risks
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Cummins is the author of the novel "Yellocake." Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, McSweeney's and The Best American Short Stories.
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David Danelo
The US-Mexico Border: Living and Writing on the Edge (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Danelo is the author of "Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq" and "The Border: Exploring the U.S.-Mexican Divide." His work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Post, Marine Corps Gazette, Military.com and Parade magazine.
Pat Darcy
Game Six
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Darcy is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds from 1974 to 1976. He is best known as the pitcher who gave up a walk-off homer to Carlton Fisk in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series.
Matt de la Peña
Claiming My Space: The Gritty Reality of Living in Two Cultures
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Screenwriting: From Teen Novels to Movies
Sun., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
De la Peña is the author of the award-winning young-adult books "Ball Don't Lie," "Mexican White Boy" and "We Were Here."
Charles de Lint
Young Adult Fantasy for Everyone
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Contemporary and Urban Fantasy
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
De Lint has 67 books published to date, including adult novels and short fiction, as well as young-adult and children's literature. His latest works include the adult novel, "The Mystery of Grace," and a short-story collection, "Muse and Reverie."
William deBuys
My West Is Not Your West
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
DeBuys is the author of six books including "Enchantment and Exploitation" and "River of Traps," which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1991. An excerpt from his most recent book, "The Walk," won a 2008 Pushcart Prize.
James Deem
Researching and Writing True Stories: A Writing Workshop (Ages 10-15)
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./349
Deem has written nonfiction and fiction, including the 2009 Sibert Honor book, "Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past," and "Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii," "Bodies from the Bog," and "3 NBs of Julian Drew."
Leonard Dinnerstein
The Leo Frank Case
Sun., 10 a.m. UA Bookstore
Dinnerstein is the author of "The Leo Frank Case," "America and the Survivors of the Holocaust" and "Antisemitism in America," which won a National Jewish Book award for best work in history, 1993-94.
Jay Dobyns
No Angel: Jay Dobyns' Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Dark Heart of the Hells Angels
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Dobyns is the author of "No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels." He worked for more than 20 years as a federal agent on undercover assignments.
James Donovan
History as Bestseller (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Donovan is founder and president of Jim Donovan Literary, a literary agency in Dallas. He is the author of "Custer and the Little Bighorn" and the recent "A Terrible Glory," which spent three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.
Amanda Downum
Shadow Unit: Reimagining Fiction Online
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Downum is the author of "The Drowning City" and "The Bone Palace" in the Necromancer Chronicles. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Realms of Fantasy and Weird Tales.
Meredith Dreiss
Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods
Sun., 4 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Dreiss is an archaeologist and producer of the documentary film, "Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods." She is president of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, which focuses on global sustainability issues, and ArcheoProductions Inc.
Judy Duarte
Inspirational Writing: The Ultimate Happy Ever After
Sun., 1 p.m. Koffler/218
Duarte's books include "Cowboy Courage" and "The Rich Man's Son," which won a Reader's Choice Award. Her first Inspirational romance, "Mulberry Park," was a 2009 nominee in the Romance Writers' of America Rita awards.
Stella Pope Duarte
Mexican-American Community Story
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
Mexican Folk Tales
Sat., 1 p.m. Nuestras Raíces Stage
Duarte is the author of the novels "Let Their Spirits Dance" and "If I Die in Juárez." She won a creative-writing fellowship from the Arizona Commission on the Arts for "Fragile Night," a collection of short stories.
John Dufresne
Taking Risks
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Dufresne is the author of several novels, including "Requiem, Mass" and "Deep in the Shade of Paradise." His latest work is "Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months."
Robert Dugoni
Kill Your Boss
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Desperation, Disappearance and Death
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Writing Compelling Mysteries - A Workshop
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/137
Dugoni is the author of The New York Times bestseller "The Jury Master," its sequel, "Wrongful Death" and "Damage Control." His work also includes the nonfiction exposé, "The Cyanide Canary," a Washington Post Best Book of the Year.
Jon Dunn
Birds and Birding I: Field Guides - Past, Present and Future
Sat., 1 p.m. Chemistry/134
Dunn is the host and editor of "Hummingbirds of North America," co-writer and host of the two-video set "Large and Small Gulls of North America" and co-author of two works in the Peterson Field Guide Series.
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Maxwell Eaton III
Alyss, Babymouse and The Flying Beavers: Writing Graphic Novels
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./353
Drawing a Polar Bear in a Blizzard: A Drawing Workshop with Max and Pinky (Ages 3-7)
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./351
Eaton is the author of The Adventures of Max and Pinky series of picture books and is working on a series of graphic novels about surfing beavers and pancakes.
Chris Eboch
It's a Tough Audience: A Workshop for Adults on Writing for Children
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./333
Eboch, author of children's books including "The Ghost on the Stairs" and "The Riverboat Phantom," is regional adviser for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in New Mexico.
Martha Egan
Dirty Deed in the Desert
Sat., 4 p.m. UA Bookstore
Egan is the author of "Clearing Customs," named Fiction Book of the Year for 2005 by Online Review of Books & Public Affairs. Her "Coyota" won a Bronze Ippy Award for Mountain-West Best Regional Fiction in 2008.
Timothy Egan
Timothy Egan and the Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Egan is a national enterprise reporter for The New York Times. He is the author of five books and the recipient of several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize.
Marge Eldeen
Bringing Stories to Life: Puppets and Literature
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./331
Eldeen is the owner and director of The Puppet Stage, and has extensive training and 30 years experience in working with puppets. She is trained in ventriloquism, puppet character development and puppet techniques.
Jonathan Ellerby
Return to the Sacred: Canyon Ranch Authors on How to Achieve the Summit of Your Life
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/134
Ellerby is the spiritual program director for Canyon Ranch Health Resorts. He has studied with spiritual teachers from more than 40 cultural traditions.
Elissa Elliott
Forgotten Voices: Women in Religious Fiction
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Elliott is the author of "Eve: A Novel of the First Woman," a contributing writer to Books & Culture and a screenwriter who has optioned her first screenplay.
Dianne Emley
L.A. Noir
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Emley is the author of the thrillers "The First Cut," "The Deepest Cut" and "Cut to the Quick."
Jane Eppinga
That's How the West Was Really Won
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Eppinga is the author of several books, including "They Made Their Mark: An Illustrated History of The Society of Women Geographers," "Tombstone: Images of America" and "Arizona Sheriffs: Badges and Bad Men."
Margaret Erhart
Fiction Writers: Why We Do What We Do
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Erhart is the author of five novels. Her fourth, "Crossing Bully Creek," won the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and in several anthologies.
Eric Esquivel
Daring Graphic Novels
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/204
Esquivel has worked on comic books such as "Calabrese!" "The Adventures of Bikini Automatic" and "Sequentially Tucson."
Patricia Etter
Southwestern Trails, Adventure and Exploration
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Etter, a member of Arizona State University's Emeritus College, is the former curator of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, a research library at ASU, and author of "California Odyssey: An Overland Journey on the Southern Trails, 1849."
Elizabeth Evans
Taxing the Imagination: Writing from the Other's Point of View
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Evans is the author of the story collections "Suicide's Girlfriend" and "Locomotion," and the novels "The Blue Hour," "Rowing in Eden" and "Carter Clay." She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
Paula Eykelhof
Editor: From Writer to Reader and Reader to Writer
Sat., 10 a.m. Koffler/218
Editor Query Letter: Ticket to a First Sale - A Workshop
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Eykelhof is an executive editor at Harlequin and MIRA Books.
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Vanessa Farquharson
Living the Green and Sustainable Lifestyle
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Farquharson is a Toronto-based arts reporter and environment columnist, the blogger behind Green as a Thistle (www.greenasathistle.com) and author of "Sleeping Naked is Green: How an Eco-cynic Unplugged her Fridge, Sold her Car, and Found Love in 366 Days."
Laura Fitzgerald
Bending The Truth: Using Real Events in Fictional Stories
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Fitzgerald is the author of the national bestseller, "Veil of Roses," and "One True Theory of Love." Her novel "Dreaming In English" will be released in February 2011.
David Fitzsimmons
Fun Fest with Feathered Friends
Sun., 1 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Fitzsimmons is the cartoonist and an editorial writer for the Arizona Daily Star. His cartoons are syndicated to more than 700 news publications. He is the illustrator of the children's book "Two Arizona Blackbirds."
Gillian Flynn
The Dark Side: Forbidden Topics and Why Writers Are Drawn to Them
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Flynn is the author of the literary mystery "Sharp Objects," an Edgar Award finalist and the winner of two of Britain's Dagger Awards. Her latest literary thriller is "Dark Places," a New York Times bestseller that has been shortlisted for a Dagger Award.
Jamie Ford
Bending The Truth: Using Real Events in Fictional Stories
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Jamie Ford's Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Sun., 4 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Ford is the New York Times bestselling author of "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," an Indiebound NEXT List Selection and Borders Original Voices Selection.
Karen Joy Fowler
Fiction Writers: Why We Do What We Do
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Fowler is the author of two short-story collections and five novels, including "The Jane Austen Book Club," which was a New York Times bestseller. Her most recent book is "Wit's End."
Philip Fradkin
My West Is Not Your West
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Fradkin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. He has written 11 books, including "A River No More: the Colorado River and the West" and most recently "Wallace Stegner and the American West."
Zoe Francois
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Francois is a pastry chef and baker trained at the Culinary Institute of America. She teaches baking and pastry courses nationally and consults in the food industry.
James Frenkel
The Ins and Outs of Editing - A Workshop
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/137
Author/Editor Relationship
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Future of Publishing
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Frenkel is senior editor for Tor Books and edits science fiction and fantasy authors Kate Elliott, Anne Harris, Frederik Pohl, Joan D. Vinge, Vernor Vinge and Timothy Zahn. He produced "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" for more than 20 years.
Mark Frost
Game Six
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Frost is a bestselling author, television/film writer, director and producer. He was the co-creator and co-executive producer of "Twin Peaks." He is the author of eight books, including "The Greatest Game Ever Played." His latest book is "Game Six."
Raymond Fuentez
Getting Started - First Steps to Writing Fiction - A Workshop
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/141
Fuentez writes about his experiences as a Mexican-American rising through poverty to wealth. He boot-strapped his own software business and built it to $200 million in revenue, then sold it. He is the author of the short story "Talk Funny to Me."
David Fulmer
Writing Convincing Sex Scenes (the PG version) - A Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/151
Exhuming the Past
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Fulmer is a writer and producer. His novel, "Chasing the Devil's Tail," won a Shamus Award in 2002 and an AudioFile Golden Earphones Award in 2008. His newest mystery, "The Fall," is to be released March 10.
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Chris Gall
Four Funny Guys: Humor in Children's Books
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Gall is an illustrator and author of books for children including "Dear Fish," "There's Nothing To Do On Mars" and "Dinotrux," in development at DreamWorks as an animated film. His artwork has been seen in a wide variety of American publications.
Morgana Gallaway
Crossing the Cultural Divide: Writing About Other Cultures
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Gallaway is the author of "The Nightingale," which stems from her travels and experiences in the Middle East.
Joe Garden
Nothing is Sacred: Writing Funny with The Onion
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Collaborative Comedy Writing: Crafting a Humor Book Without Watering It Down or Killing Your Co-Authors - A Workshop
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/119
Garden is features editor at the Onion. He's co-written two episodes of the children's show "Word Girl" and is a member of the comedy writing collective Action 5. With Action 5, he has co-written three books, including "The Dangerous Book For Dogs."
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Staring: How We Look, Disabled in America
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning /150
Garland-Thomson is professor of women's studies at Emory University in Atlanta. She is the author of "Staring: How We Look" and "Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature."
William Gates Sr.
William Gates Sr. on Showing Up for Life
Sun., 1 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Gates is the author of "Showing Up for Life" and co-author of "Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes." He currently serves as co-chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Michael J. Gelb
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Gelb is the author of several books including the international bestseller "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day." He was awarded the Brain Trust "Brain of the Year" award in 1999.
Claire Gerus
Authors, Agents & Publicists Oh My!
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
How to Craft a Book Proposal That Sells - A Workshop
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Gerus has worked for seven major publishers, has written articles for U.S. and Canadian magazines and newspapers, and has taught corporate communications. She is presently working as a literary agent and book-development consultant.
Rachel Gibson
Truth in Fiction: Writing Believable Lies
Sat., 1 p.m. Koffler/218
Gibson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance novels, including "True Love and Other Disasters," "Not Another Bad Date" and "Tangled Up In You."
Tony Gilkyson
Michael Blake and Tony Gilkyson: Use Your Time
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Gilkyson has played guitar with the band X, Bob Dylan, Kip Boardman, Alice Cooper and others, and co-produced with Tom Waits. He has played on numerous soundtracks, including "Walk the Line."
Robert Glennon
Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/134
Meet Robert Glennon
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Ventana/Roche Sci. Stage
Glennon, the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Arizona, is the author of "Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters" and "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What To Do About It."
Paul Goldberger
Paul Goldberger on Why Architecture Matters
Sat., 1 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Goldberger, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is the author of "Why Architecture Matters," "Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture" and "Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York."
Adam Gollner
Prickly and Forbidden: Writing About Spiny, Delicious and Smuggled Plants
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Gollner is the author of "The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession." "Springs Eternal: The Neverending Quest for Neverending Life," will be published in 2011.
Rigoberto González
Nuestras Raíces - Mexican American GLBT Authors
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/150
Poetry Reading
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
González is the author of two poetry books, "So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks" and "Other Fugitives and Other Strangers," two children's books, the novel "Crossing Vines" and the memoir "Butterfly Boy."
Carol Goodman
Genre Bending
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Writing Literary Mysteries
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Goodman is the author of novels including "The Lake of Dead Languages" and "The Ghost Orchid." Her books have been nominated for the IMPAC Award twice, the Simon & Schuster/Mary Higgins Clark Award and the Nero Wolfe Award.
John Granger
Spotlight: The Artistry & Meaning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Novels
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Granger writes and speaks on the meaning and artistry of popular books. His works include "The Deathly Hallows Lectures," "Harry Potter's Bookshelf" and "Spotlight: A Close-Up Look at the Artistry and Meaning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga."
Richard Grant
Fact and Fiction in Arizona's Sonoran Borderlands
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/111
Grant is the author of "American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers and Bullriders" and "God's Middle Finger: Into The Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre."
Cathy Greenberg
What Happy Working Mothers Know
Sun., 1 p.m. UA Bookstore
Greenberg is the co-author of "What Happy Companies Know" and "What Happy Women Know."
Sharon Edgar Greenhill
Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods
Sun., 4 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Greenhill has more than 25 years of professional experience in architecture, museum design and historic preservation. She is the author of "Historic Austin" and co-producer of the documentary film, "Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods."
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Nuestras Raíces - Mexican-American Cultural Identity
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Griest's memoirs are "Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana" and "Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines." She is also the author of the guidebook "100 Places Every Woman Should Go."
Rose Castillo Guilbault
Nuestras Raíces - Mexican American Cultural Identity
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Guilbault is the author of "Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America," a childhood memoir set in California's Salinas Valley and Sonora, Mexico. She is currently writing a book on mentoring Latinas to succeed in corporate America.
Jeff Guinn
History as Bestseller (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Guinn is the author of "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde," "The Sixteenth Minute: Life in the Aftermath of Fame," "Our Land Before We Die: The Proud Story of the Seminole Negro" and the Christmas Chronicles series.
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Gail Halvorsen
The Candy Bombers
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Halvorsen is a pilot who started "Little Vittles," a project that resulted in more than 20 tons of candy being dropped by small parachutes to children during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. He is the author of "The Berlin Candy Bomber."
Allan Hamilton
Medicine: the Miracle of Science and the Science of Miracles
Sat., 1 p.m. Koffler/204
Hamilton is the author of "The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope." For the last three years he has served as medical script consultant to the hit TV series, "Grey's Anatomy."
Masha Hamilton
The Dark Side: Forbidden Topics and Why Writers Are Drawn to Them
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Crossing the Cultural Divide: Writing About Other Cultures
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Hamilton is the author of the novels, "Staircase of a Thousand Steps," "The Distance Between Us" and "The Camel Bookmobile." Her latest work, "31 Hours," was recently named one of 2009's best mysteries/thrillers by The Washington Post.
Greg Hansen
Hustling to Beat Deadline
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Now, in his 29th year at the Arizona Daily Star, Hansen has documented every meaningful Arizona Wildcats moment since 1981. Many can be found in his book "Hustling to Beat Deadline."
Stephen Happel
Approaching the Future with Reason, Not Fear
Sun., 4 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Happel is a professor of economics at Arizona State University. He has received numerous state and national teaching awards and is an expert on finance issues. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Economic Education and Journal of Managerial and Decision Economics.
Joy Harjo
Girls, Cats and Celebrations of Life Journeys
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Harjo is the author of seven books of poetry and two children's books, "For a Girl Becoming" and "The Good Luck Cat."
C. C. Harrison
The Softer Side of Murder
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/218
Harrison writes mystery, suspense and romance. Her works include "The Charmstone," "Running From Strangers" and "Sage Cane's House Of Grace and Favor."
William K. Hartmann
Science Fact to Science Fiction: From Mars to Black Holes
Sun., 1 p.m. Chemistry/134
Hartmann is known internationally as a scientist, writer and painter. He is the author of three college-level textbooks in astronomy and planetary science as well as novels about Mars and the Southwest.
Lynn Hassler
Birds and Birding II: Writing About Birds
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/134
Hassler is the author of "Roadrunners," "Gambel's Quail," "Birds of the American Southwest," "Hummingbirds of the American West" and "The Raven: Soaring Through History, Legend, and Lore."
Juanita Havill
Seven Things to Do with a Poem: A Poetry Workshop
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./351
Havill is the author of nearly 40 books for young readers. Her book "Just Like a Baby" recently was named a Parents' Choice Award winner for 2009.
J. M. "Mike" Hayes
Southwest Crime Ink
Sat., 10 a.m. Koffler/204
Death and Dismemberment in the Desert
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
Hayes is the author of novels including "Mad Dog & Englishman," "Prairie Gothic," "Broken Heartland" and "The Grey Pilgrim."
Tony Hays
Exhuming the Past
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Hays is the author of novels including "Murder on the Twelfth Night," "Murder in the Latin Quarter" and "The Killing Way."
Marilyn Heins
Fun Fest with Feathered Friends
Sun., 1 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Heins is the author of the book "ParenTips for Effective, Enjoyable Parenting" published in 1999. She has written more than 900 newspaper columns on parenting.
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Other Countries, Other Crimes
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Good Girls and Bad Guys: Female P.I.s Come Into Their Own
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Hellmann is the author of the Ellie Foreman crime fiction thriller series. Her works include "Easy Innocence," "An Eye For Murder" and "Doubleback."
John Hemingway
John Hemingway in Conversation with Aurelie Sheehan, "Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir"
Sat., 10 a.m. UA Bookstore
Hemingway, grandson of Nobel Prize-winner Ernest Hemingway and son of the writer's youngest child, Gregory, investigates the similarities between the paternal figures in "Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir."
Barbara Henning
Poetry Reading
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Henning is the author of three novels, seven books of poetry and a series of photo-poem pamphlets. Her most recent works are the novel, "Thirty Miles from Rosebud," and "My Autobiography," a collection of object-sonnets.
Sam Henrie
Sell More Books: How to Achieve Success in Nontraditional Markets - A Workshop
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/151
Henrie is president and founder of Wheatmark Inc., an author-service firm focused on helping authors achieve publishing success. Henrie is the past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association.
Bonnie Henry
Tucson in Fact and Fiction
Sat., 1 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Henry is a native Tucsonan who has written about Tucson's history for more than two decades as a columnist for the Arizona Daily Star. She is the author of "Another Tucson" and "Tucson Memories."
Jeff Hertzberg
Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Hertzberg has been a physician, university professor, information technology consultant and ardent amateur baker. He is the co-author of "Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day."
Jordan Hill
Tales of Magic and Wonder from the Jewish Tradition
Sat., 1:30 p.m. Story Telling Stage
Hill is a professional storyteller and wondering/wandering minstrel. He tells traditional tales bursting with energy, enchantment and adventure.
Anne Hillerman
"Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn"
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Hillerman is the author of eight books including "Gardens of Santa Fe," "Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn" and "Santa Fe Flavors: Best Restaurants and Recipes."
Linda Himelstein
The King of Vodka: Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Himelstein is the author of "The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire."
Alice Hoffman
Young Adult Fantasy for Everyone
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Awakening the Heart: Adversity, Love and Loss in Writing for Teens
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Conversation with Alice Hoffman and Bobby Rich
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Hoffman is the author of 18 novels, two books of short fiction and eight books for children and young adults. Her book "Practical Magic" was made into a film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Her most recent novel is "The Story Sisters."
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Young Adult Fantasy for Everyone
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
A Writing Life - A Workshop
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/137
Contemporary and Urban Fantasy
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
Hoffman is the author of adult and young-adult novels and more than 250 short stories. Her most recent novels include "Fall of Light" and "Thresholds."
Matthew Holm
Alyss, Babymouse and The Flying Beavers: Writing Graphic Novels
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./353
A Thousand Words Made Easy: A Workshop on Cartooning
Sun., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./351
Holm is the co-creator of the award-winning Babymouse series of graphic novels from Random House Children's Books. His latest book is "Babymouse: Burns Rubber."
Paul Andrew Hutton
History as Bestseller (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Hutton is the author of "The Custer Reader" and "Phil Sheridan and His Army." He has written many essays, scripts and articles and was a historical consultant for the film "The Missing."
Elisabeth Hyde
Did That Actually Happen to You?: The Process of Fiction
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/111
Hyde is the author of five novels, including "The Abortionist's Daughter" and "Crazy as Chocolate."
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Janis Ian
Society's Child
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Janis Ian Interviewed by J.A. Jance
Sun., 4 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Ian is the author of "Society's Child: My Autobiography,'' on her life as a folk singer and songwriter.
Chris Impey
Science Fact to Science Fiction: From Mars to Black Holes
Sun., 1 p.m. Chemistry/134
Meet Chris Impey, Author of "How It Ends: From You to the Universe"
Sun., 4 p.m. Ventana/Roche Science Stage
Impey is the author of "The Living Cosmos: Our Search for Life in the Universe" and co-author of "Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey" and "The Universe Revealed." "How It Ends: From You to the Universe" is forthcoming.
Douglas Isbell
Beneath the Starry Skies: Exploring the Observatories of the Southwest
Sat., 1 p.m. UA Bookstore
Isbell is the author of "Observatories of the Southwest." He is manager of communications for Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and is a frequent guest on radio and television programs about astronomy and space.
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Laura Jacobsen
What's a Hijab: Bridging the Cultural Gaps Between Writer and Illustrator
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Your Life in Pictures: A Drawing Workshop (ages 9-12)
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./351
Jacobsen is the illustrator of several books, including "A Party in Ramadan," "The Best Eid Ever" and "Animal Mischief."
Karl Jacoby
Western Apaches, Aravaipa and the Camp Grant Massacre
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Jacoby is the author of "Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation" and "Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History."
Dahr Jamail
Dahr Jamail on the Will to Resist
Sat. 4 p.m. Modern Lang./311
Jamail is the author of "The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan." Jamail's work has been featured on National Public Radio and in the Guardian, The Nation and The Progressive.
J.A. "Judith" Jance
J.A. Jance Interviewed by Janis Ian
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Jance is the top-10 New York Times bestselling author of the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, the Ali Reynolds series, three interrelated thrillers featuring the Walker family and a book of poetry.
Edie Jarolim
New Media, Old Media: The Changing Landscape of Publishing - A Workshop
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning /137
Jarolim is the author of "Am I Boring My Dog: And 99 Other Things Every Dog Wishes You Knew," "Arizona for Dummies" and "Frommer's San Antonio & Austin, 6th edition."
Angelo J. Joaquin Jr.
Leonard F. Chana: A Tohono O'dham Perspective on Life and Art
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/134
Joaquin is the program coordinator at the Arizona State Museum, the University of Arizona.
Craig Johnson
Hardened Landscape and Hardened Criminals
Sat., 4 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Craig Johnson: Another Man's Moccasins
Sun., 10 a.m. Chemistry/111
Johnson is the author of novels including "The Cold Dish," "Death Without Company," "Kindness Goes Unpunished" and "The Dark Horse." His "Another Man's Moccasins" won the Western Writer's of America's Spur Award as Novel of the Year and the Mountains and Plains Book of the Year.
Fenton Johnson
Taxing the Imagination: Writing from the Other's Point of View
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Johnson is the author of two novels, "Crossing the River" and "Scissors, Paper, Rock," as well as "Geography of the Heart: A Memoir" and "Keeping Faith: A Skeptic's Journey among Christian and Buddhist Monks."
James W. Johnson
What It Takes to Get Your Book Published: A Sportswriting Workshop
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Swapping Stories: The Arizona Daily Wildcat Alumni
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Johnson is the author of several books, including "The Wow Boys: A Coach, a Team, and a Turning Point in College Football." He is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Arizona.
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Stephanie Kallos
For the Love of Book Clubs
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
Kallos is the author of the novels "Broken for You" and "Sing Them Home." She is currently working on her third novel.
Joseph Kalt
Approaching the Future with Reason, Not Fear
Sun., 4 p.m. Star Pavilion/Mall
Kalt is the Ford Foundation professor of international political economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also heads the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. Kalt has published widely in the area of natural-resources economics and policy.
Janice Kaplan
Rules of Vengeance
Sun., 1 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Kaplan, the former editor of Parade magazine, is the author and co-author of 11 books, including bestselling novels. Her most recent book is "A Job to Kill For."
Chris Karwowski
Nothing is Sacred: Writing Funny with The Onion
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Karwowski is a staff writer and Onion Radio News producer.
Allen Kates
Ghostwriting a Story Without Losing Your Mind - A Workshop
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/151
Kates is a book editor, writing coach and ghostwriter. He is author of the bestseller "CopShock, Surviving Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)," and co-author of "Gifts My Father Gave Me" and "Just Plain Dorothy: The Life of Dorothy Hunt Finley."
Cassandra King
Southern Discomfort: What is Southern Literature Anymore, Anyway?
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Food, Fiction and Friendship: Writing About Topics Near and Dear to Women's Hearts
Sat., 4 p.m. Koffler/204
King is the author of the novels "Making Waves in Zion," "The Sunday Wife" and "The Same Sweet Girls." Her short fiction and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Her latest novel is "Queen of Broken Hearts."
Becca Klaver
Poetry Reading
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Klaver is a founding editor of the feminist poetry press Switchback Books and is the author of the chapbook "Inside a Red Corvette: A 90s Mix Tape." Her most recent work is a full-length collection of poems, "Los Angeles Liminal."
Gary Knight
Dispatches from the Real World
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Knight is the founding director of VII Photo Agency, board member of the Crimes of War Foundation and a trustee of the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation. Knight won an Amnesty International Press Award in 1997 for his photographs of Rwandan refugees.
Doug Kreutz
The Great Outdoors - A Workshop
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/119
Kreutz is a feature writer and outdoor reporter at the Arizona Daily Star. He has won awards for reporting on environmental issues, American Indian affairs, climate change and disasters such as earthquakes in Mexico City.
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Ken Lamberton
Words from the Joint: Finding Humanity in the Prison Writing Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Lamberton's books include "Wilderness and Razor Wire" and "Time of Grace: Thoughts on Nature, Family and the Politics of Crime and Punishment." He is finishing a book about hope and redemption on the Santa Cruz River.
Ron Lancaster
Story Telling Stage emcee
Sat., Sun. Story Telling Stage
Lancaster is a professional storyteller and the author of "How I Helped Win World War II," a book of humorous stories about growing up in the '40s and '50s.
Richard Lange
Death and Dismemberment in the Desert
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
L.A. Noir
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Lange is the author of the collection "Dead Boys" and the novel "This Wicked World." He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009.
Betty Leavengood
The Great Outdoors - A Workshop
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/119
Leavengood is the author of "Tucson Hiking Guide" and "Grand Canyon Women: Lives Shaped by Landscape," about the role women played in the formative years of the park.
Carol Leifer
Stand-up with Carol Leifer, presented by the Tucson Jewish Community Center
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Leifer has written scripts for "Saturday Night Live" and "Seinfeld." Her book of humorous essays, "When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win," was released in 2009. She will be a contestant on "The Celebrity Apprentice."
Stephen Lekson
Writing the Ancient Southwest
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Lekson is editor of Kiva and a contributing editor for Archaeology magazine. His most recent works include "A History of the Ancient Southwest" and "The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico."
Felicia Luna Lemus
Nuestras Raíces - Mexican-American GLBT Authors
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/150
Lemus is the author of the novels "Like Son" and "Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties." Her writing has appeared in anthologies including "Fifteen Candles: 15 Tales of Taffeta, Hairspray, Drunk Uncles, and other Quinceañera Stories."
Chris Leonard
Elmore Leonard Family with Scott Simon
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Leonard is at work on his first novel. When not writing, he is a sommelier and a wine merchant, and on Saturdays he plays blues guitar with the Torpedoes, a Tucson band.
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard Interviewed by Bill Buckmaster
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Elmore Leonard Family with Scott Simon
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Leonard is the author of 43 novels including the bestsellers "Hombre," "Touch," "Freaky Deaky," "Killshot," "Get Shorty," "Maximum Bob," "Rum Punch," "Mr. Majestyk," "Out of Sight" and "Cuba Libre." His most recent book is "Road Dogs."
Peter Leonard
Desperation, Disappearance and Death
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Elmore Leonard Family with Scott Simon
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Leonard is the author of "Quiver" and "Trust Me." A gifted storyteller, he is working on his next novel "As the Romans Do."
Graciela Limón
Mexican-American Community Story
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
Limón is the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of seven novels, including "The River Flows North," "Erased Faces" and "In Search of Bernabé."
Jane Lindskold
Culture and Mythology in Fantasy
Sun., 1 p.m. Koffler/204
Lindskold is the author of 19 published novels, including the six-volume Firekeeper Saga. Her most recent books are "Thirteen Orphans," "Nine Gates" and "Five Odd Honors."
Sophie Littlefield
The Softer Side of Murder
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/218
Finish That Book - A Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Littlefield is the author of "A Bad Day for Sorry: A Crime Novel."
Susan Lobo
Leonard F. Chana: A Tohono O'odham Perspective on Life and Art
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry /134
Lobo is the author of "The Sweet Smell of Home: The Life and Art of Leonard F. Chana," "Urban Voices: The Bay Area American Indian Community" and "A House of My Own."
Victor Lodato
Adolescent Characters with Attitude
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Lodato is the recipient of Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, and has won numerous awards for his plays, including one from the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays. "Mathilda Savitch" is his first novel.
Dustin Loehr
Tap-ing-ly Ever After
Sun., 1:30 p.m. Story Telling Stage
Loehr is a professional storyteller who combines the spoken word and ancient art of storytelling with percussive dance and tap dancing. He has been an adviser for the National Storytelling Network for youth storytellers.
Tedi López Mills
Poetry Reading
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./311
López Mill's most recent book is "Muerte en la Rúa Augusta," which recently won the prestigious Premio Xavier Villaurrutia. "While Light is Built" is a selection of her poems translated into English.
Greg Loumeau
Great Cartooning: All You Need is the Web
Sun., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Loumeau writes and illustrates books and comics, creates albums of folk-rock music, teaches graphic and Web design classes and develops Web sites through his company, Dreamco Media Inc.
Susan Lowell
Future of Publishing
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Susan Lowell and Company present "Three Little Javelinas.''
Sun., 2 p.m. McDonald's Entertain. Stage
Lowell is the author of several picture books for children, including "The Three Little Javelinas." Her latest is "The Elephant Quilt." She will be awarded the OneBookAZ award for "The Three Javelinas" at the 2 p.m. Sunday performance.
Kevan Lyon
Get Published! An Agent Tells How
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Author/Agent Relationship - A Workshop
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/119
Lyon has worked for more than 20 years in the publishing business, including five years as a literary agent with the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency and more than 17 years on the wholesale, retail and distribution side of the business.
Bettina O'Neil Lyons
Building Arizona: It Was a Family Business
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Lyons is the author of "Zeckendorfs and Steinfelds: Merchant Princes of the American Southwest." Her articles have appeared in The Journal of Arizona History.
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Suse MacDonald
Letters Take Shape: Transforming Ideas Into Picture Books
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./353
Great Techniques for Illustrating Picture Books
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./353
MacDonald has illustrated numerous children's books and won many awards, including a Caldecott Honor. She is the author and illustrator of "Fish, Swish! Splash, Dash!: Counting Round and Round."
Deborah Madison
The Glorious Highs and Oh-So Lows of Eating Alone
Sun., 1 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Madison is the author of several books on cooking, including "What We Eat When We Eat Alone," "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone" and "Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets."
Tim Maleeny
Finish That Book - A Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Maleeny's novels include the award-winning Cape Weathers Investigations series: "Stealing The Dragon," "Beating the Babushka" and "Greasing the Piñata." His most recent novel is "Jump."
Phillip Margolin
Kill Your Boss
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
A Conversation with Philip Margolin
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Margolin's list of New York Times bestselling novels includes "Heartstone" (his first), "The Last Innocent Man," "Gone, But Not Forgotten," "The Burning Man" and "Sleeping Beauty." His most recent work of fiction is "Supreme Justice."
Jeff Mariotte
Kill Your Boss
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Vampires, Zombies and Monsters
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/204
Daring Graphic Novels
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/204
Mariotte is the author of more than 30 novels, including the supernatural thrillers "River Runs Red" and "Missing White Girl." He writes the horror comic series "Desperadoes" and the teen horror series "Witch Season."
Barbara Marriott
That's How the West Was Really Won
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Marriott is the author of five nonfiction books, including "Outlaw Tales of New Mexico" and "Canyon of Gold."
Bonnie Marson
For the Love of Book Clubs
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
Marson is the author of "Sleeping with Schubert" and the short story "The Sphinx," which won honorable mention in the Society of Southwestern Authors writing contest in 1994. She is working on a new novel.
Patricia Preciado Martin
Mexican-American Community Story
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
Martin is the author of works including "Images and Conversations: Mexican Americans Recall a Southwest Past" and "Songs My Mother Sang To Me: An Oral History of Mexican American Women."
Kate Mathis
The Softer Side of Murder
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/218
Mathis is currently completing the sequel to her novel "Living Lies."
Cheyenne McCray
Social Networking Before and After Publishing
Sun., 10 a.m. Koffler/218
McCray is a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of contemporary suspense novels including "Chosen Prey," and urban paranormal erotic romances including "Forbidden Magic," "Seduced by Magic" and "Wicked Magic."
Michael McGarrity
Michael McGarrity on Cops and Crooks: Crime in the New West
Sat., 11:30 a.m. UA Mall Tent
McGarrity's books include "Tularosa," which was nominated for an Anthony Award, a Dilys Award and a Spur Award, and was selected as one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly.
Robert McGinnis
Winning Their Place: Women and Arizona Politics
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/218
McGinnis is a member of the Washington, D.C., Bar. He's the co-editor of "A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway 1904-1953." His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone and in the Florida Law Review.
Bobbi McKean
Bobbi McKean: Stories on Stage - Words and Other Voices/Palabras y otras voces
Sat., 4:30 p.m. Story Telling Stage
Electrify Your Read-Alouds: Making a Story Come Alive for Children
Sun., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./333
McKean specializes in teaching methods of educational drama/theater as well as improvisation and collaborative play development. She is associate director for the School of Theatre Arts and director of graduate studies at the University of Arizona.
Dennis McKiernan
Culture and Mythology in Fantasy
Sun., 1 p.m. Koffler/204
McKiernan is the author of some 25 novels, including the Mithgar series and the Faery series. Several million of his books are in print in English and many European languages.
Patricia McKissack
Stitchin' and Pullin': Piecing Together African-American Stories in Quilts
Sun., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
The Story Behind the Story: Authors Kids Love
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./353
McKissack has written more than 100 books about the African-American experience. Her books include "Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt" and "Goin' Someplace Special."
Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana in Conversation with Tom Miller
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
McMurtry is known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1985 novel "Lonesome Dove," and for co-writing the adapted screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain." His latest novel is "Rhino Ranch," the fifth and final novel about Duane Moore.
Gregory McNamee
Nature Writing and the Natural History of the Sonoran Desert: Land and Sea
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
McNamee is the author of 36 books, among them "Otero Mesa: Preserving America's Wildest Grassland," "Moveable Feasts: The History, Science, and Lore of Food" and "Careers in Renewable Energy."
María Melendez
Poetry Reading
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Melendez is the incoming editor/publisher for Pilgrimage magazine. Her third collection of poetry, "Flexible Bones," was recently published. Her essays and features appear in such magazines as Sojourns and Isotope.
Maaza Mengiste
From The Outside Looking In: Exiles in Fiction
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
Mengiste is the author of "Beneath the Lion's Gaze." She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A recent Pushcart Prize nominee, she was named a New Literary Idol by New York Magazine.
Bonnie Jean Michalski
Chapbooks: How to Make One, and Why You Should
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Michalski is the author of a poetry chapbook, "My Glass Terrace the Hinterland." Her work has also been published in the ApocryphalText and Little Red Leaves poetry journals.
Donalyn Miller
Celebrating Reading: Inspiring Your Kids to Read
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./308
What's the Plan? Organizing a Reading Program
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./333
Miller is the author of "The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child" and writes a blog, "The Book Whisperer," for teachermagazine.org. She is a sixth-grade language-arts teacher in Keller, Texas.
Kristie Miller
Winning Their Place: Women and Arizona Politics
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/218
Miller is the author of the biographies "Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Woman" and "Ruth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944," about her grandmother. Miller is the Washington, D.C., correspondent for the La Salle (Illinois) NewsTribune.
Susan Cummins Miller
Southwest Crime Ink
Sat., 10 a.m. Koffler/204
Dirty Deed in the Desert
Sat., 4 p.m. UA Bookstore
Miller is the author of the Frankie MacFarlane Mysteries series, which includes books such as the recently released "Hoodoo" and "Quarry." She is at work on a new MacFarlane adventure, "Fracture."
Tom Miller
Luis Alberto Urrea Interviewed by Tom Miller
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
The US-Mexico Border: Living and Writing on the Edge (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sat., 1 p.m., Student Union/Gallagher
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana in Conversation with Tom Miller
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Miller is the author of "Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba," "The Panama Hat Trail" and "On the Border." His newest release is "Revenge of the Saguaro: Offbeat Travels Through America's Southwest."
Esther Mitchell
Vampires That Don't Sparkle
Sat., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Mitchell writes a wide range of fiction, with paranormal elements the common denominator. Her books include "In Her Name," "Hope of Heaven," "Shadow Walker" and "Mind Killer" in her Underground series.
Asma Mobin-Uddin
What's a Hijab: Bridging the Cultural Gaps Between Writer and Illustrator
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./349
What I Wish People Knew About Muslims
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./333
Mobin-Uddin, a pediatrician, writes about the Muslim-American experience. "My Name is Bilal" won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Grades 4-6. "The Best Eid Ever," won the 2008 Skipping Stones Honor Award.
Sarah Monette
Shadow Unit: Reimagining Fiction Online
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Monette is the author of the novels "Mélusine," "The Virtu," "The Mirador" and "Corambis." Her short stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Weird Tales and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet magazines and in a short-story collection.
Ander Monson
Chapbooks: How to Make One, and Why You Should
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Monson is a professor of nonfiction at the University of Arizona and a technophile whose work gives him a valuable perspective into the future of publishing. He is the author of two nonfiction books, a novel and two books of poetry.
Leigh Montville
Big Bam to Mysterious Montague: Sportswriter Leigh Montville Interviewed by James W. Johnson
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
What It Takes to Get Your Book Published: A Sportswriting Workshop
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Montville is the author of books including "Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero," which won the Casey Award as best baseball book of 2004, and "At the Altar of Speed: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of Dale Earnhardt."
David Morrell
Drawing First Blood: The Making of the First Rambo Movie
Sat., 4 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Modern Lang./350
Morrell is the award-winning author of "First Blood," the novel that created Rambo. He has written 28 books, including such novels of international intrigue as "The Fifth Profession," "Assumed Identity" and "Extreme Denial."
Manuel Muñoz
Nuestras Raíces - Mexican-American GLBT Authors
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/150
Taxing the Imagination: Writing from the Other's Point of View
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Muñoz is the author of two collections of short stories, "The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue" and "Zigzagger." He has received fellowships and national writing awards.
Seth Muller
Contemporary and Urban Fantasy
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
Muller is the author of "The Mockingbird's Manual: The Keeper of the Windclaw Chronicles," a three-book fantasy fiction series for young readers with Navajo and Hopi characters.
Sheila Murphy
Poetry Reading
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Murphy co-founded and coordinated the Scottsdale Center for the Arts Poetry Series for 12 years. Her recent works of poetry include "Reverse Haibun," "Circumsanct," "Quaternity," "How to Spell the Sound of Everything," and "Parsings."
Gloria Myers
Stories from the African-American and African Traditions
Sat., 12:30 p.m. Story Telling Stage
Myers is an African- American storyteller and actress with strong ties to Tucson. She has performed at festivals throughout the U.S. and been featured in the Tucson and Southwestern Reading conferences.
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Gary Nabhan
Exploring Foodways of the Transborder Southwest
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Nabhan is author or editor of 20 books and a frequent contributor to many journals and magazines, including the Journal of the Southwest, Nature, Orion, Natural History, Audubon and Sierra.
Gina B. Nahai
From The Outside Looking In: Exiles in Fiction
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
The Enigma of Iran: Fusing Fiction and Nonfiction in a Novel - A Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/119
Nahai is the author of award-winning novels including "Cry of the Peacock" and "Caspian Rain." Her writings also have appeared in newspapers, magazines, literary journals and anthologies.
Tenney Nathanson
Poetry Reading
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Nathanson is the author of the book-length poem "Home on the Range (The Night Sky with Stars in My Mouth)" and the collection "Erased Art." His latest work, a book-length poem, is "Ghost Snow Falls Through the Void (Globalization)."
Mireya Navarro
Living the Green and Sustainable Lifestyle
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Navarro, environmental writer for The New York Times, was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for the Times series "How Race is Lived in America." She is the author of "Green Wedding: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration."
Yvonne Navarro
Vampires, Zombies and Monsters
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/204
Married to an Author
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Navarro has had 20 solo and media novels and more than 100 short stories published. She is a Bram Stoker Award winner and is at work on "Concrete Savior," the second novel in the Dark Redemption series.
Antonya Nelson
Did That Actually Happen to You?: The Process of Fiction
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/111
Nelson is the author of six short-story collections, including "Nothing Right," and three novels, "Talking in Bed," "Nobody's Girl" and "Living to Tell." Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's, Redbook and many other magazines.
S. D. Nelson
Culture, Color, and Illustration: Painted Horses and Lakota Symbols
Sun., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Nelson is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. His artwork appears on book covers, CDs, greeting cards, in children's books and in public/private collections. Two of his books have received the Western Writers of America Spur Award.
Peter Nichols
Guys Behaving Badly: Real Men Write About Real Men
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Nichols is the author of the bestsellers "A Voyage for Madmen" and "Evolution's Captain," and three other books of fiction, memoir and nonfiction. He spent 10 years as a professional sea captain and has taught creative writing at four universities.
David Niecikowski
Games + Books = An Engaged Reader
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./308
Niecikowski is a recognized expert on using games to bring families together and increase achievement. He currently coordinates Arizona's largest gifted and talented program.
Carolyn Niethammer
Contemporary Southwest Cooking
Sat., 10 a.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Niethammer writes about the Southwest: the plants, the food, the mountains, canyons and streams, and the people. Her most recent cookbooks are "The Prickly Pear Cookbook" and "The New Southwest Cookbook."
Hutch Noline
Western Apaches, Aravaipa and the Camp Grant Massacre
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Noline is a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and an Aravaipa Apache descendant. He is an Army veteran and director of the San Carlos tribe's Employment Rights Office.
Michael Norman
Kill Your Boss
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Norman is co-author of the popular Haunted America series of true ghost stories including "Haunted Homeland." His most recent work is "The Nearly Departed: Minnesota Ghost Stories and Legends."
Alice Notley
Poetry Reading
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Notley has published more than 30 books of poetry, most recently "Grave of Light, New and Selected Poems 1970-2005." She is also the author of a book of essays on poets and poetry, "Coming After."
Brenda Novak
Editor Query Letter: Ticket to a First Sale - A Workshop
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Networking: Sowing the Seeds of Success
Sat., 4 p.m. Koffler/218
Novak is the bestselling author of 31 books, including the Last Stand trilogy of "Trust Me," "Stop Me" and "Watch Me."
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Stacey O'Brien
Birds and Birding II: Writing About Birds
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/134
O'Brien is a biologist who works as a wildlife rescuer and rehabilitation expert. She is the author of "Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl."
Chris O'Dell
Backstage with Chris O'Dell, Interviewed by Bobby Rich
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
O'Dell is the author of "Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with The Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved." From 1968 to 1984, O'Dell worked as an assistant and tour manager for the most influential musicians of that era.
Alex O'Meara
Medicine: The Miracle of Science and the Science of Miracles
Sat., 1 p.m. Koffler/204
O'Meara is the author of "Chasing Medical Miracles: The Promise and Perils of Clinical Trials." In an effort to cure his diabetes, he participated in a risky and groundbreaking clinical trial to receive a transplant of islet cells from several cadaver pancreases.
Maria Ochoa
Women and Social Change: Activists, Oral History and Biography
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Ochoa is the author of the books "Russell City (Images of America)" and "Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence," as well as numerous articles and essays. The California State Assembly honored her as a Woman of the Year.
Weston Ochse
Vampires, Zombies and Monsters
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/204
Married to an Author
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Ochse is the author of the novels "Scarecrow Gods," "Recalled to Life" and "The Golden Thread," and short stories and articles in comic books, professional writing guides, magazines and anthologies.
Sandy Oglesby
Once Upon an Arizona Time
Sun., 12:30 p.m. Story Telling Stage
Oglesby is a storyteller who has honed her craft as a tour guide, museum educator, Elderhostel instructor, keynote speaker and early childhood educator.
Lynne Olson
Swapping Stories: The Arizona Daily Wildcat Alumni
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Lynne Olson's Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Olson is a former Associated Press journalist. Her most recent book "Citizens of London" and the highly acclaimed "Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England," established her as one of today's best nonfiction writers.
Steve Oney
The Leo Frank Case
Sun., 10 a.m. UA Bookstore
Oney is the author of "And the Dead Shall Rise." He worked for many years for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine. He has also contributed to national publications including Esquire, Playboy, Premiere and GQ.
Diana Ossana
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana in Conversation with Tom Miller
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Ossana is an Academy Award-winning writer who has collaborated on screenplays, teleplays and novels with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry. Their screenplay for "Brokeback Mountain" won an Academy Award.
Heidi Osselaer
Winning Their Place: Women and Arizona Politics
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/218
Osselaer is the author of "Winning Their Place: Arizona Women in Politics, 1883-1950."
James A. Owen
Mapping the Imagination: A Writing Workshop (Ages Teen-Adult)
Sun., 10 a.m. Education Bldg./351
Join the Quest: Journey to Imagined Worlds
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./351
Screenwriting: From Teen Novels to Movies
Sun., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Owen has written and illustrated four books in The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series, which is published in more than 20 languages.
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Michelle Parker-Rock
The Story Behind the Story: Authors Kids Love
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Parker-Rock is the author of the Authors Kids Love Series, nine multicultural biographies of contemporary children's book writers. She is also the regional adviser for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators in Arizona.
Marilyn Anne Pate
Your Treasure, Your Memoir - A Workshop
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/141
Pate's newest work, a memoir titled "Everyday Evil: Even When Forgiven, Abuse is Never Forgotten," was published in July 2009. Her previous book, "Mary George, Her Book," is based on her pioneer grandmother's life.
Ernie Patino
Truth About Private Investigators: How to Create a P.I. - A Workshop
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/151
Patino is the author of "In the Shadow of a Stranger" and "Web of Secrets." He worked for more than 20 years as a special agent for the FBI.
Chris Pauls
Collaborative Comedy Writing: Crafting a Humor Book Without Watering it Down or Killing Your Co-Authors - A Workshop
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning 119
Pauls is a contributing writer to The Onion and a member of the collaborative writing cooperative Action 5. With the latter, he co-authored three books: "The Dangerous Book For Dogs," "The Devious Book For Cats" and "The New Vampire's Handbook."
Marge Pellegrino
Writing About Our Families
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Writing for Teens: Creating Characters, Conflicts and Complications to Keep Your Audience Reading
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Pellegrino's middle-grade novel, "Journey of Dreams," won the 2009 Judy Goddard Award for young-adult literature. Pellegrino also creates writing workshops.
Lucille Penner
The Hard Job of Writing Easy Readers
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./331
Penner is the author of more than 30 books for young readers, including "Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners." She has also written fiction to illustrate scientific and mathematical concepts for beginning readers.
Thomas Perry
Desperation, Disappearance and Death
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
L.A. Noir
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Perry is the author of 17 novels, including the bestsellers "Death Benefits" and "Pursuit," the Edgar Award-winning "The Butcher's Boy" and its sequel, "Sleeping Dogs," The New York Times Notable Book "Metzger's Dog" and the Jane Whitefield series.
Greg Peterson
Hot House: Climate Change In & Out of Your Space
Sun., 10 a.m. Chemistry/134
Peterson is a writer, teacher and lecturer on sustainability, green living and permaculture. He has been a contributing writer for Phoenix Magazine and Edible Phoenix, and is primary writer and host for the pilot TV show "Smart Spaces: Inside & Out."
Mary Pipher
Writing to Change the World - A Workshop
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/141
Writing About Our Families
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Pipher has written three New York Times nonfiction bestsellers: "Reviving Ophelia," "The Shelter of Each Other" and "Another Country." "Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World" will be released soon.
Guy Porfirio
Bring Stories and Characters to Life Through Illustration: A Drawing Workshop (Ages 10 and up)
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Education Bldg./349
Porfirio is an illustrator for many well-known children's book publishers as well as advertising and marketing companies. Books he's illustrated include "Junk Man's Daughter," "Grandpa's Little One" and "Happy Birthday, America!"
D.A. Powell
Poetry Reading
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Powell is the author of four poetry collections, most recently "Chronic." He is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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John Quinn
Authors, Agents & Publicists Oh My!
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Quinn is the author of the memoir "Someone Like Me, An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph over Cerebral Palsy." He completed a 20-year career in the U.S. Navy while keeping his cerebral palsy a secret.
Julia Quinn
Dialogue: It's More Than What You Say
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Koffler/218
Quinn, a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, has written 18 novels, including the historical romances "Mr. Cavendish, I Presume" and "The Last Duke of Wyndham."
Sherrill Quinn
Local Writers: All You Ever Wanted to Know About E-publishing
Sun., 4 p.m. Koffler/218
Quinn has published more than 20 novellas with electronic publishers, including "Ellora's Cave" and "Amber Heat." She also has two novels and a novella out with Kensingston, a print publisher.
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Janette Rallison
Staying in High School Forever: How to Write the Young Adult Novel
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./333
Rallison is the author of 12 novels for young people, including the recent "Revenge of the Cheerleaders." She has written both inspiration romance and young-adult fiction.
Margaret Randall
Memoirs About Travel and Place
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/150
Randall is a feminist poet, writer, photographer and social activist. In the turbulent 1960s she co-founded and co-edited El Corno Emplumado/The Plumed Horn, a bilingual literary journal, and she has more than 80 published books.
Michael Rattee
A Celebration of Will Inman
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Rattee's poetry books include "Mentioning Dreams," "Calling Yourself Home," "Greatest Hits: 1976-2006" and, with his son Kiev, "Enough Said: A Poetry Dialogue Between Father & Son."
David Ray
A Celebration of Will Inman
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Ray is the author or editor of 23 poetry books, including "X-Ray" and "Gathering the Firewood." He has won many prizes, including the William Carlos Williams Award (the only poet to have done so twice), and the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award.
Merl Reagle
My Name is Merl and I am a Puzzleholic
Sun., 10 a.m. Star Pavilion/Mall
Swapping Stories: The Arizona Daily Wildcat Alumni
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Reagle sold his first crossword puzzle to The New York Times when he was a 16-year-old Tucsonan, and he's been amusing us with his word play for more than 40 years. He was featured in the 2006 movie "Wordplay" and on "The Simpsons."
Ian Record
Western Apaches, Aravaipa and the Camp Grant Massacre
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Record is manager of educational resources for the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management and Policy at the University of Arizona. In 2006, he produced the institute's nationally aired "Native Nation Building" television/radio series.
Janice "Ginny" Redish
Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works - A Workshop
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning 151
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/137
Redish is passionate about helping you make your Web site meet your goals and your site visitors' needs. Her book on writing for the Web is full of tips, techniques, and examples. She has experience as a workshop leader, speaker, and consultant.
David Reed
The Real State of Real Estate
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Reed is the author of books including "Decoding the New Mortgage Market" and "Mortgages 101." He is a columnist for Realty Times and Mortgage Originator magazines.
Margaret Regan
The US-Mexico Border: Living and Writing on the Edge (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Regan has won many awards for her border reporting, her arts criticism and her stories on the Irish immigrant experience. Formerly a staff writer for the Tucson Weekly, she is now a freelancer.
Christopher Reich
Rules of Vengeance
Sun., 1 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Reich is the bestselling author of acclaimed novels including "Numbered Account," "The Runner," "The First Billion," "The Devil's Banker" and "Rules of Deception." His latest book is "Rules of Vengeance."
J. Jefferson Reid
Writing the Ancient Southwest
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Reid's 40 years of anthropology fieldwork ranges from large prehistoric pueblos of the American Southwest to temple mounds in the Southeast and Mayan pyramids in the Mexican jungle. He is co-author of "The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona."
Adam Rex
Four Funny Guys: Humor in Children's Books
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Rex's picture book "Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich," a collection of stories about monsters and their problems, was a New York Times bestseller. His latest novel, for teens and adults, is "Fat Vampire - A Never Coming of Age Story."
Josh Richman
"What's My Pee Telling Me?" Josh Richman Interviewed by Beth Viner
Sat., 11:30 a.m. UA Bookstore
Richman is the co-author of "What's Your Poo Telling You?" which details what one can learn about health and well-being by studying what's in the bowl, and "What's My Pee Telling Me?" which reveals the many splendors of urine.
Michelle Richmond
Women Searching (In Storytelling)
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/134
Richmond is the author of The New York Times and international bestseller "The Year of Fog," soon to be a motion picture, as well as the critically acclaimed novels "No One You Know" and "Dream of the Blue Room."
Jorga Riggenbach
Building Arizona: It was a Family Business
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Riggenbach is the author of "The Agua Caliente Chronicles, The History of the Tanque Verde Valley" and co-author of "A Red Howell Fit" and "The Empire: Cowboys We'd Love to Know."
Cristina Rivera Garza
Perspectives on Mexican Fiction
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Modern Lang./311
Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction Reading
Sat., 1 p.m. Modern Lang./311
Rivera Garza is the author of transdisciplinary works in both English and Spanish, most recently "La Frontera Más Distante" (The Outmost Border). She writes a weekly column for the cultural section of the Mexican newspaper Milenio.
Mary Roby
Hustling to Beat Deadline
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Roby is a pioneer in women's athletics. Hired at the University of Arizona in 1959 as director of the Women's Recreation Association, she retired in 1989 after ushering in Title IX at Arizona and growing the program to solidly compete in the Pac-10 Conference.
Mary Robinson
Women and Social Change: Activists, Oral History and Biography
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Robinson, raised by sharecroppers in rural Alabama, is the subject of an oral history book, "Moisture of the Earth: Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist," by Fran Leeper Buss.
Roxana Robinson
Why Write Fiction?
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Robinson's most recent novel is "Cost." Her work has appeared in "Best American Short Stories" and has been widely anthologized. Four of her works were Notable Books of the Year as chosen by The New York Times.
Mort Rosenblum
Dispatches from the Real World
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Rosenblum has written from 200 countries, some no longer with us, on subjects ranging from war to tango dancing by the Seine. He won The Associated Press's top reporting award in 1990, 2000 and 2001. He has written 12 books.
Elizabeth Rosenthal
Birds and Birding I: Field Guides - Past, Present and Future
Sat., 1 p.m. Chemistry/134
Rosenthal's "Birdwatcher: the Life of Roger Tory Peterson" has been embraced as the definitive biography of Peterson, the premier bird expert and conservationist of the 20th century. Her first book was "His Song: the Musical Journey of Elton John."
Jonathan Rothschild
Poetry Reading
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Rothschild's first book of poetry is "The Last Clubhouse Eulogy."
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Barbara Samuel O'Neal
Food, Fiction and Friendship: Writing About Topics Near and Dear to Women's Hearts
Sat., 4 p.m. Koffler/204
Fiction Writers: Why We Do What We Do
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Samuel spent more than a decade in various restaurants, from dives to high cuisine, before selling her first novel. Her books include "Madame Mirabou's School of Love," "Lady Luck's Map of Vegas" and "The Goddesses of Kitchen Avenue."
Joan Sandin
The Hard Job of Writing Easy Readers
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./331
Sandin is an illustrator, author (writing in English and Swedish) and translator of children's books. Two of her books have appeared on "Reading Rainbow." She has worked on more than 100 published books.
David Schickler
East Meets West: East Coast Novelists Working as West Coast Screenwriters
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Schickler writes fiction and screenplays. He is the author of "Kissing in Manhattan" and "Sweet and Vicious." He recently finished writing an original sexy thriller feature script, "Toxic," for Lions Gate Films.
Laurie Schnebly
Block Busting: Putting the Joy Back in Writing - A Workshop
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/151
Schnebly loves speaking to writers about issues that draw on her background as a therapist, advertising writer and novelist. Along with nonfiction books on creating characters, Schnebly writes videos for an ad agency and narrates Talking Books.
Jon Scieszka
Guys Read: Inspiring Boys as Readers
Sat., 10 a.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Four Funny Guys: Humor in Children's Books
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Scieszka is the author of "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales" and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs." He is the U.S.'s first-ever National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
Jerry Scott
A Zits Guide to Living with Your Teenager
Sat., 1 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Scott is the co-creator of the comic strips "Baby Blues" and "Zits." He is one of four cartoonists in history to have two daily comic strips published in more than 1,000 newspapers.
Charles Sennott
Dispatches from the Real World
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Sennott, author of "The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium: A Reporter's Journey," is an award-winning journalist and author with a distinguished career in international reporting.
Frank Serafini
Sharing the Experience: Talking with Kids About Books
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./308
Serafini is the author of "Interactive Comprehension Strategies: Fostering Meaningful Talk about Text."
Aurelie Sheehan
Taxing the Imagination: Writing from the Other's Point of View
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Sheehan is the author of two novels, "History Lesson for Girls" and "The Anxiety of Everyday Objects," as well as a short-story collection, "Jack Kerouac Is Pregnant."
Will Shetterly
Shadow Unit: Reimagining Fiction Online
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Modern Lang./350
Contemporary and Urban Fantasy
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/204
Married to an Author
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/150
Shetterly is an American-fantasy and comic book writer best known for his novel "Dogland." He is also the author of "Elsewhere" and "Nevernever." He and his wife created and edited the Liavek shared universe anthologies.
Jennie Shortridge
Bending The Truth: Using Real Events in Fictional Stories
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Shortridge is the author of the novels, "When She Flew," "Riding with the Queen," "Eating Heaven," and "Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe." Prior to writing novels, her nonfiction work appeared regularly in magazines and newspapers.
Hampton Sides
History as Bestseller (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Sides is editor-at-large for Outside magazine and the author of the international bestseller, "Ghost Soldiers," the basis for the 2005 Miramax film, "The Great Raid." "Ghost Soldiers" won the 2002 PEN USA award for nonfiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble.
Jerry Simmons
Future of Publishing
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Simmons is a 25-year veteran of New York publishing with Random House and the Time Warner Book Group. He is the author of "What Writers Need to Know About Publishing" and founder of www.WritersReaders.com, which offers free articles on marketing and publishing.
Janni Lee Simner
Culture and Mythology in Fantasy
Sun., 1 p.m. Koffler/204
Simner is the author of the young-adult fantasy novels "Bones of Faerie" and "Thief Eyes." She also has published books for younger children and more than 30 short stories.
Scott Simon
A Weekend with NPR's Scott Simon
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Elmore Leonard Family with Scott Simon
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Peabody Award-winning correspondent of NPR's Weekend Edition, Simon has reported from all 50 states, five continents, and 10 wars. His most recent book is "Windy City."
Sheri Sinykin
Awakening the Heart: Adversity, Love and Loss in Writing for Teens
Sat., 4 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Sinykin is the author of children's books including "Heather Takes the Reins," "Heather At The Barre" and "The Secret of the Attic." Her most recent is "Giving Up the Ghost."
Curtis Sittenfeld
A Fly on the Wall: Adventures in Novel Research
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
An Interview with Curtis Sittenfeld: The Audacity of Fictionalizing Laura Bush in "American Wife"
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Ballroom
Sittenfeld is the author of the bestselling novels "American Wife," "Prep" and "The Man of My Dreams." "Prep" was chosen as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times, nominated for the UK's Orange Prize and optioned by Paramount Pictures.
Lenore Skenazy
Free Range Kids
Sat., 10 a.m. UA Mall Tent
Columnist Skenazy's pieces take a skeptical look at the culture that has brought us vitamin water for dogs, pole dancing for grannies and an S.A.T. vocabulary shower curtain. She's the author of "Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry."
Gary Small
"iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind"
Sat., 10 a.m. Chemistry/134
"The Memory Bible"
Sat., 1 p.m. Ventana/Roche Science Stage
Small's latest book is "iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind." Small and co-author Gigi Vorgan reveal the remarkable brain evolution caused by the constant presence of technology.
Abraham Smith
Poetry Reading
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Smith is the author of two books of poems: "Whim Man Mammon" and "Hank." He was a 2004-2005 Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass.
Andrew Smith
Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine
Sun., 10 a.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Smith, author of "Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine," is a writer and lecturer on food and culinary history, and a consultant for TV productions. He is editor-in-chief of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America.
Lynn Wiese Sneyd
How to Create a Media Kit - A Workshop
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Authors, Agents & Publicists Oh My!
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/140
Sneyd is the author of "Holistic Parenting: Raising Children to a New Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being" and co-author of "How Happy Families Happen" and "Healthy Solutions: A Guide to Simple Healing and Healthy Wisdom."
Gil Sperry
Mariachi 101
Sat., 10 a.m. Nuestras Raíces Stage
Sperry's first book, "Mariachi for Gringos," is the basis for a TV series under development. He has lectured internationally on subjects ranging from the energy crisis to the esoterica of how to shoot free throws.
Terry Sprouse
How to Self-Publish and Promote Your Book, and Enjoy It! - A Workshop
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Sprouse buys fix-up houses, repairs them and rents them out in his spare time. He is the author of the book "Fix 'em Up, Rent 'em Out: How to Start Your Own House Fix-Up and Rental Business in Your Spare Time."
Doug Stanton
Doug Stanton on Horse Soldiers in Afghanistan (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Make Your Living Writing - A Workshop
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/141
Stanton is the author of "Horse Soldiers," which spent more than three months on The New York Times bestseller list, reaching No. 2. He has traveled extensively as a contributing editor for Esquire, Men's Journal and Outside magazines.
Jeanne Stein
Vampires That Don't Sparkle
Sat., 4 p.m. Chemistry/111
Stein is the bestselling author of the urban fantasy series The Anna Strong Vampire Chronicles. The most recent book in the series is "Retribution." She also has short stories in two popular anthologies.
Deanne Stillman
The Power of Place, A Workshop
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/151
Stillman's latest book is "Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West," an L.A. Times Best Book 08 and a Pima County Public Library Southwest Book of the Year.
Daniel Stolar
Guys Behaving Badly: Real Men Write About Real Men
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Stolar, author of "The Middle of the Night," graduated from Harvard University and completed two years of the Yale School of Medicine before turning to writing. His work has appeared in Doubletake, the Utne Reader, Press, Prism International and Bomb.
Don Strel
"Tony Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with Chee and Leaphorn"
Sun., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/130
Strel has had his photos published in numerous books, magazines and newspapers. He is currently the director of the Southwest Assignments, a design and public-relations agency.
Robert Strom
Hot House: Climate Change In & Out of Your Space
Sun., 10 a.m. Chemistry/134
Strom is researching the cratering record on solid bodies in the solar system, the possibility of ancient oceans and ice sheets on Mars and the surfacing history of Venus. He is the author of "Hot House: Global Climate Change and the Human Condition."
Stephen E. Strom
Beneath the Starry Skies: Exploring the Observatories of the Southwest
Sat., 1 p.m. UA Bookstore
Strom has provided photos for works published by the University of Arizona Press: "Secrets from the Center of the World," "Sonoita Plain: Views of a Southwestern Grassland" and "Otero Mesa: Saving America's Wildest Grassland."
David E. Stuart
Writing the Ancient Southwest
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Stuart is the author of "The Guaymas Chronicles," named Southwest Book of the Year by the Pima County Public Library in 2003; "Zone of Tolerance," a PEN Southwest Award finalist, fiction; and "The Ecuador Effect," a PEN Southwest Award finalist.
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Robert Taylor
What It Takes to Get Your Book Published: A Sportswriting Workshop
Sun., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Taylor is senior editor at the University of Nebraska Press, where he acquires general interest and scholarly books in sports history and culture and outdoors/nature.
Mark Teague
Mrs. LaRue vs. The Doom Machine
Sat., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./Kiva
Great Techniques for Illustrating Picture Books
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./353
Teague has illustrated more than 20 picture books for young readers, and he has written many of them himself. His books include "How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?" "Dear Mrs. LaRue" and "The Doom Machine."
Vicki Lewis Thompson
What's So Funny? Writing Comedy That Sells
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Koffler/218
Thompson is the 2008 recipient of the Romance Writers of America's Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award and the author of more than 90 books. She launched a paranormal series with "Over Hexed" and "Wild & Hexy."
Tim Tingle
Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Story Telling Stage
Writing Fiction From Life Events: A Writing Workshop (Ages 12-Adult)
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./351
Saltypie: Family Stories of Struggle and Hope
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Story Telling Stage
Capturing the Audience: A Storytelling Workshop for Educators
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./333
Tingle is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He performs lively historical and traditional stories. He has completed 11 storytelling tours for the U.S. Department of Defense and has performed at the National Storytelling Festival.
Erec Toso
Words from the Joint: Finding Humanity in the Prison Writing Workshop
Sun., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Toso's memoir, "Zero at the Bone: Rewriting Life After a Snakebite," was selected as one of the 2007 Southwest Books of the Year. He has won awards for his poetry and prose.
Pamela Tracy
Inspirational Writing: The Ultimate Happy Ever After
Sun., 1 p.m. Koffler/218
Tracy has won awards in the Christian market and was nominated for the Romance Writers of America's Rita award in 2007. Her first novel, "It Only Takes a Spark," was published in 1999; her most recent work is "Clandestine Cover-Up."
Jonathan Tropper
Unlikely Heroes in Fiction: Bumblers, Fumblers, Stumblers and Why We Love Them
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Chemistry/111
East Meets West: East Coast Novelists Working as West Coast Screenwriters
Sat., 1 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Tropper is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel, "This Is Where I Leave You," as well as "How to Talk to a Widower," "Everything Changes," "The Book of Joe" and "Plan B." He is adapting "This Is Where I Leave You" as a feature film.
Peter Turchi
Taking Risks
Sat., 2:30 p.m. UA Bookstore
Turchi is the author of books including "Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer," "Magician: Stories" and "Night, Truck, Two Lights Burning."
Nancy Turner
Tucson in Fact and Fiction
Sat., 1 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Editing Toward Publication - A Workshop
Sun., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/137
Turner is the author of novels including "Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906," "The Star Garden: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine" and "The Water and the Blood."
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Brady Udall
A Fly on the Wall: Adventures in Novel Research
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Adolescent Characters with Attitude
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Udall's widely anthologized stories and nonfiction have been published in Esquire, Gentleman's Quarterly and The Paris Review. He is the author of a short-story collection, "Letting Loose the Hounds," and a novel, "The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint."
Scott Uehlein
Healthy Cooking the Canyon Ranch Way
Sat., 1 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Uehlein, corporate chef for Canyon Ranch, is the author of "Canyon Ranch: Nourish: Indulgently Healthy Cuisine" and co-author of "Canyon Ranch Cooks." He received his culinary training at the Culinary Institute of America and studied with famed chef Madeleine Kamman.
Álvaro Uribe
Perspectives on Mexican Fiction
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Modern Lang./311
Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction Reading
Sat., 1 p.m. Modern Lang./311
Uribe is the author of four novels, three short-story collections and three books of essays. His most recent novel is "Expediente del Atentado" (Chronicle of an Attempted Assassination), which received the first Elena Poniatowska Award for the Latin American Novel.
Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea Interviewed by Tom Miller
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Southwest Inspiration - A Workshop
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/119
Q&A Session with Luis Alberto Urrea
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Nuestras Raíces Stage
Urrea's national bestseller "Devil's Highway," a nonfiction account of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the 2004 Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize. He is also the author of "The Hummingbird's Daughter" and "Into the Beautiful North."
Pamela Uschuk
Poetry Reading
Sun., 10 a.m. Student Union/Kiva
Uschuk is the prize-winning author of five books of poetry: "Crazy Love," "Scattered Risks," "Without the Comfort of Stars," "One Legged Dancer" and "Finding Peaches in the Desert."
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Marcela Valladolid
Fresh Mexico: Contemporary Cooking from South of the Border
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Between taping episodes of her cooking show, "Relatos con Sabor," for Discovery en Español in the United States and Latin America, Valladolid runs her own catering company and teaches culinary arts to private groups in Tijuana and San Diego.
Steve Vander Ark
In Search of Harry Potter
Sun., 10 a.m. Koffler/204
Vander Ark is the creator of the Harry Potter Lexicon Web site, a detailed guide to the world of Harry Potter. He's the author of "In Search of Harry Potter" and "The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials."
Brenda Rickman Vantrease
Forgotten Voices: Women in Religious Fiction
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/140
Vantrease is the author of "The Illuminator," set in 14th century England; "The Mercy Seller," set during the religious conflicts of pre-reformation Europe; and "The Heretic's Wife," a novel of love, treachery, and abuse of power in Tudor England.
Joan D. Vinge
Star Wars, Star Trek and Writing in Someone Else's Universe
Sat., 1 p.m. Chemistry/111
Author/Editor Relationship
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Vinge has eight books in print: "Dreamfall," "The Summer Queen," "Heaven Chronicles," "Catspaw," "Psion," "Phoenix in the Ashes," " World's End" and "The Snow Queen," which won the 1981 Hugo Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Gigi Vorgan
"iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind"
Sat., 10 a.m. Chemistry/134
Vorgan is the co-author, along with her husband, book festival participant Gary Small, of "iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind."
John Vornholt
Science Fiction Today
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Star Wars, Star Trek and Writing in Someone Else's Universe
Sat., 1 p.m. Chemistry/111
Vornholt, author of more than 50 books, wrote "Masks," No. 7 in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" book series. He's writing a contemporary suspense novel and "The Genesis Wave" series.
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Peggy Holt Wagner
Return to the Sacred: Canyon Ranch Authors on How to Achieve the Summit of Your Life
Sun., 4 p.m. Chemistry/134
Wagner is a counselor at Canyon Ranch and is trained in hypnosis, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing treatment, equine therapy and other life enhancement techniques. She speaks on peak performance and wellness topics.
Anne Waldman
Poetry Reading
Sun., 4 p.m. Student Union/Kiva
Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community for more than 40 years. She is the author of more than 40 books of poetry, most recently "Manatee/Humanity."
Andrew Wallace
Southwestern Trails, Adventure and Exploration
Sat., 4 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Wallace is the author of "The Image of Arizona" and articles including "Across Arizona to the Big Colorado." He taught American history at Northern Arizona University for 29 years.
Bill Walsh
Swapping Stories: The Arizona Daily Wildcat Alumni
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Walsh, the author of "Lapsing Into a Comma" and "The Elephants of Style," is the copy chief on the national desk at The Washington Post.
Cynthia Ward
Science Fiction Today
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Ward has published some 40 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories. She is co-author of the writing manual "Writing the Other" and is completing her first novel, a futuristic mystery tentatively titled "The Stone Rain."
Brad Watson
Why Write Fiction?
Sat., 10 a.m. Student Union/Catalina
Southern Discomfort: What is Southern Literature Anymore, Anyway?
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Catalina
Watson has worked as a journalist, teacher and writer, and is the author of "Last Days of the Dog-Men" and "The Heaven of Mercury." His stories have appeared in many other publications.
Kim Watters
Inspirational Writing: The Ultimate Happy Ever After
Sun., 1 p.m. Koffler/218
Watters is the author of romance novels including "On Wings Of Love" and "Web of Deceit."
Betty Webb
Genre Bending
Sat., 1 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Hardened Landscape and Hardened Criminals
Sat., 4 p.m. UA Mall Tent
Webb is at work on her sixth Lena Jones novel. Previous works include "Desert Lost," "Desert Run" and "Desert Noir."
Amy Weintraub
Getting Whole and Well: Healing for Illness and Depression
Sat., 4 p.m. Chemistry/134
Weintraub is the author of "Yoga for Depression" and founding director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute. She edits a free bimonthly newsletter and is a frequent contributor to national magazines.
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger
The Genius of Instinct
Sat., 4 p.m. Star Pavilion/UA Mall
Weisinger is a licensed psychologist with extensive experience in organizational psychology. He is the author of books including "Nobody's Perfect," a New York Times bestseller, and "The Genius of Instinct."
Catherine Wells
Science Fiction Today
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Wells is the author of seven novels and assorted short stories. Her works include "Mother Grimm," which was a finalist for the 1997 Philip K. Dick Award; and the Coconino trilogy from Del Rey Books.
Doris Wenzel
When Family Is Your Inspiration
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Wenzel co-authored "Ten Sisters, A True Story" and "Ten Little Sisters." She founded Mayhaven Publishing in 1990. She is featured in two PBS documentaries based on the "Ten Sisters" work.
Stephanie Whittlesey
Writing the Ancient Southwest
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Whittlesey is co-author of "The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona." Her research interests include American Indian ceramics, Mesoamerica-U.S. Southwest connections and the Mogollon and Hohokam cultures of Arizona.
Janos Wilder
Great Chiles Rellenos
Sat., 2:30 p.m. Culinary Stage/UA Mall
Wilder, a noted chef, wrote "Janos: Recipes and Tales from a Southwest Restaurant" and owns Janos Restaurant and the adjacent J Bar at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson's Catalina Foothills. His latest is "The Great Chiles Rellenos Book."
Amy Wilentz
From The Outside Looking In: Exiles in Fiction
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Student Union/Tucson
The Dark Side: Forbidden Topics and Why Writers Are Drawn to Them
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Student Union/Tucson
Haiti: Before the Quake, and After
Sun., 4 p.m. UA Bookstore
Wilentz's works include "The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier" and "I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen: Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzenegger."
Sheri Williamson
Birds and Birding II: Writing About Birds
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Chemistry/134
Williamson is the author of "A Field Guide to Hummingbirds of North America." She studies and teaches about birds at the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory.
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Susan Yarina
Science Fiction: How to Balance the Science and the Fiction - A Workshop
Sun., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/119
Yarina is the author of books including "Best Man for the Job," "Angel Reluctant," "TimeRider" and "TimeQuest." She is a proponent of e-books and believes the medium will entice today's young people into the world of books.
Lisa Yee
Boy Humor vs. Girl Humor in Children's Novels
Sun., 1 p.m. Education Bldg./353
The Weird, Wacky and Wonderful World of Being an Author
Sun., 2:30 p.m. Education Bldg./349
Yee's books include "Bobby vs. Girls" and "Millicent Min, Girl Genius" and her young-adult novel "Absolutely Maybe." Yee's other accolades include Publishers Weekly Flying Start, USA Today Critics' Top Pick, and Fox Sports Network Americans in Focus.
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Bob Zachmeier
The Real State of Real Estate
Sat., 11:30 a.m. Integrated Learning/130
Zachmeier is the author of "Upside Up Real Estate Investing." He has worked on Alaska's icy North Slope and Australia's blistering hot outback.
Timothy Zahn
Science Fiction Today
Sat., 10 a.m. Integrated Learning/120
Star Wars, Star Trek and Writing in Someone Else's Universe
Sat., 1 p.m. Chemistry/111
Author/Editor Relationship
Sat., 4 p.m. Integrated Learning/120
Zahn won a Hugo Award for the novella "Cascade Point" in 1984. He has published more than 80 short stories and novelettes, 36 novels and four short-fiction collections. He has written eight Star Wars books, the Quadrail series, the Cobra series and the Dragonback series.
Anthony Zinni
Gen. Anthony Zinni, Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons from the Battlefield to the Boardroom (Live C-SPAN broadcast)
Sun., 1 p.m. Student Union/Gallagher
Zinni, a retired Marine general, is the author of "Leading the Charge: Leadership Lessons From the Battlefield to the Boardroom" and co-author, with Tom Clancy, of a New York Times bestseller on his career, "Battle Ready." He was commander-in-chief of CENTCOM.
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