Mah, Edward James Olmos, Jefferson Parker, George Plimpton and Martin Cruz Smith. The festival will be held from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 29.
Admission is free to the public.
However, tickets will be required to attend author panel discussions and lectures. Beginning April 22, tickets will be available free of charge at all participating Southern California Ticketmaster locations. A limited number of tickets will also be available on-site. Detailed event information will be published in a special section of the April 22 edition of The Times. E.L. Doctorow, Dr. Dean Edell, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Christopher Hitchens, Ricky Jay, Diane Johnson, Larry King, Elmore Leonard, Sandra Tsing Loh, Sara Paretsky and Sidney Sheldon.