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2022 Writers Festival
October 8, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 6:00 pm
Local award-winning author, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, author of Secret Daughter, The Golden Son, and The Shape of Family (Keynote)
Qian Julie Wang, author of Beautiful Country: A Memoir (A NYT Bestsellter and Notable Book of 2021; One of President Obama’s Favorite Books of 2021; NPR Best Book of 2021) (in conversation with Marni Freedman)
Authors Madhushree Ghosh (Khabaar) and Keith Corbin (California Soul: An American Epic of Cooking and Survival) (on Food Writing as Metaphor)
Laura Cathcart Robbins host of The Only One in the Room podcast and author of Stash (workshop on the publishing process from query to cover art)
San Diego’s own Dean Nelson, author of Talk to Me: How to Ask Better Questions, Get Better Answers, and Interview Anyone – (Art of the Interview workshop and panel on the current state of journalism)
SDWF Poet in Residence, Gill Sotu – (performance and creative writing workshop)
Kirsten Grind, WSJ reporter and author of Happy At Any Cost: The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
Award-winning mystery writers panel with Matt Coyle (author of the Rick Cahill Series); Naomi Hirihara (Clark and Division); Joe Ide (The Goodbye Coast and the IQ series); and Gary Phillips (One Shot Harry).
Historical fiction panel with Jennifer Coburn (Cradles of the Reich); Nicola Harrison (The Showgirl); and Jill Hall (The Green Lace Corset)
Author Amy Wallen (How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies) (workshop on Striving for Imperfection)
Kidlit authors, Virginia Loh-Hagan, and Lee Wind (on speaking out against book banning)
Award-winning actress, screenwriter, and comedian, Renee Taylor (The Nanny)
Memoir panel with Jesse Leon (I’m Not Broken); Sonora Jha (How to Raise a Feminist Son); Laura Engel (You’ll Forget This Ever Happened)
Zibby Owen, host of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast and author of Bookends (on building community and being an author advocate and book influencer)
and Dave Putnam (author of the Bruno Johnson series); Linda Moore (Attribution); Leslie Johansen Nack (The Blue Butterfly); and Anastasia Zadeik (Blurred Fates) (on Developing a Book Marketing Plan)
…and more to come!