Tucson Festival of Books

Anna North (She/her)

Seth Pomerantz

Anna North is the author of The New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick "Outlawed." She also authored the America Pacifica and Lambda Literary Award winner "The Life and Death of Sophie Stark." Her career included working as a writer and editor at The New York Times, Salon, BuzzFeed and Jezebel. She grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2009, and now lives in Brooklyn.

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Awards: Lambda Literary Award

Scheduled events:

Women at the Crossroads

When the world pushes back, women push forward through friendship, acts of defiance, and sheer determination to take control of their lives. These three authors illuminate the many forms of female resilience, from intimate friendships to battles against systems designed to silence and constrain.

Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)

Sat, Mar 14, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: UA Campus Store Book Sales (Mall) (following presentation)

Panelists: Emily Nemens, Anna North, Shobha Rao
Moderator: Caitlin Schmidt

The Weight of Truth

How does fiction bear witness to history, injustice and the moral costs of resistance? This panel brings together three authors whose work illuminates the courage it takes to tell the truth (and the consequences of doing so) in worlds shaped by power and silence.

Commons 105 / Chemistry (Seats 217, Wheelchair accessible)
Sat, Mar 14, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
Fiction / Literature
Signing area: Sales & Signing Koffler/Commons (following presentation)

Panelists: Ha Jin, Jason Mott, Anna North
Moderator: Jessica Braithwaite

Books:

Bog Queen

A Novel
Fiction / Literature
Bloomsbury USA
October 2025
ISBN 9781635579666
288 pages

Outlawed

Fiction / Literature
Bloomsbury USA
February 2022
ISBN 9781635578249
272 pages