Susan Orlean comes to the festival with her latest book,"Joyride." She is The New York Times bestselling author of seven previous books, including "The Library Book," "Rin Tin Tin," "Saturday Night," and "The Orchid Thief," which was "adapted" into the Academy Award–winning, meta-film, "Adaptation." She also has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles.

Friends of the Festival Hospitality Tent (Seats 40)  
Sun, Mar 15, 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction

Author: Susan Orlean
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Arizona Party Rental Companies

Join Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Joy Harjo and Susan Orlean as they explore the path from girlhood to self‑defined womanhood, where memory, art and ancestral stories shape identity.

Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 670)  
Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Signing area: Sales & Signing South Ballroom (following presentation)  

Panelists: Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Joy Harjo, Susan Orlean
Moderator: Gay Vernon
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of TMC Health