Vera Ahiyya, author of ‘You Have a Voice,’ in the LA Times Festival of Books photo studio at USC. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
The 27th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books returns in person to the University of Southern California, April 23-24, featuring more than 550 authors, poets, artists, chefs, journalists, celebrities and musicians. Here are some of the attendees who stopped by the Los Angeles Times photo studio to be entertained, cuddled and photographed by Jay L. Clendenin.
Gwenda Bond, author of “Not Your Average Hot Guy and the Date from Hell”. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs, author of the YA series ‘Shatter Me’ and creator of ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’, respectively, in the LA Times Festival of Books photo studio. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Carl Bernstein (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Author Joy Williams, nominated for the LA Times Book Prizes in fiction for her book “Harrow”. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Jim Ruland, author of “Corporate Rock Sucks” (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Poet Ra Malika Imhotep (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Daniel Jose Older, author of fantasy and young adult fiction (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of “Velvet Was the Night” (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Danny Trejo, actor and author of “Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood” (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Imani Perry, author of “Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry” (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Melissa Chadburn, author of the novel “A Tiny Upward Shove” (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.
