8:00 am – 9:00 am
Registration, Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:00 am
Welcome & Morning Keynote Speaker: Marlo Thomas

10:00 am - 10:30 am
Keynote Speaker Autograph Session

10:30 am – 11:10 am
Author Panel 1

Mystery: Adrenaline Rush
Andrew Kaplan, Tammy Kaehler, Robert Rotstein
Moderator: Jill Patterson

Fiction: Novel Ideas
Sarah Jio, Edward Kelsey Moore, Lynn Sheene
Moderator: Sarah Stimson

Non-Fiction: The Changing Face of Media
Judy Muller, Marc Wanamaker
Moderator: Maria Hall-Brown

Fiction: Outside Looking In
Caroline Leavitt, Nicole Mones, Dora Levy Mossanen
Moderator: Marrie Stone

Agents: The Business of Writing
Julia Drake, B.J. Robbins
Moderator: Linda Friedman

11:20 am – 12:00 pm
Author Panel 2

Mystery: California Crime
Matt Coyle, Steph Cha, Harley Jane Kozak
Moderator: Wendy Crutcher

Fiction: Women’s Lives, Women’s Stories
Leslie Lehr
Moderator: Mary Menzel

Memoir: Family Ties
Lori Duron, Alison Singh Gee, Reyna Grande
Moderator: Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

New Fiction: Flowers, Bees, Words
Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Peggy Hesketh
Moderator: Andrew Tonkovich

YA: The Awesome Age
Kendare Blake, Jessica Brody, Maurene Goo
Moderator: Alyson Beecher

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Autograph Session For Panel 1 & 2 Authors

12:30 pm - 1:20 pm
Lunch

1:20 pm – 2:00 pm
Author Panel 3

Mystery: Past Unraveled
Rhys Bowen
Moderator: Joan Hansen

Fiction: Magical Realism
Sarah Cornwell, Ivy Pochoda
Moderator: Samantha Smith

Travel: Journeys in Writing
Lisa Napoli, Gail D. Storey
Moderator: Catharine Hamm

Poetry: A Visual Language
Victoria Chang, Karen An-hwei Lee, Lynne Thompson
Moderator: Chris Davidson

Food: Eating Your Words
Joyce Goldstein, Diane Rossen Worthington, Kamal Al-Faqih
Moderator: Charles Perry

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Autograph Session For Panel 3 Authors

2:40 pm - 3:30 pm
Dessert & Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Ann Hood

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Speaker Autograph Session