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Fiction: Outside Looking In

Keynote Speakers Fiction: Magical Realism Fiction: Novel Ideas Fiction: Outside Looking In Fiction: Women’s Lives, Women’s Stories Food: Eating Your Words Memoir: Family Ties Mystery: Adrenaline Rush Mystery: California Crime Mystery: Past Unraveled New Fiction: Flowers, Bees, Words Non-Fiction: The Changing Face of Media Poetry: A visual Language Travel: Journeys in Writing YA: The Awesome Age Caroline Leavitt   Caroline Leavitt is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Pictures of You (2011), which is also a Costco Book Pick, and one of the Best Books of 2011 from the San Francisco Chronicle, Providence Journal, Bookmarks Magazine, and Kirkus Reviews. Read More...   Nicole Mones   Nicole Mones was one of the earliest participants in U.S.-China trade after the Cold War ban was lifted in the 1970s. As an individual, she traded textiles with China for eighteen years before she turned to writing. Her novels, Lost in Translation (1998), A Cup of Light (2002), and The Last Chinese Chef (2007), are in print in more than twenty-five countries and have received multiple juried prizes, including the Kafka Prize for the best work of fiction by an American woman. Read More... Dora Levy Mossanen   Dora Levy Mossanen was born in Israel and moved to Iran when she was nine. At the onset of the Islamic Revolution, she and her family moved to the United States. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from UCLA and a master’s degree in professional writing from USC. Dora is the bestselling author of the acclaimed novels Harem (2002), Courtesan (2005), and The Last Romanov (2012). Read More...   With Moderator...  Marrie Stone