Tucson Festival of Books

Investigative Reporting


A free and adversarial press is essential to a fully functioning democracy, holding those in power to accountability and educating the public. Meet three authors on the front lines of investigative reporting, covering difficult subjects and risking their safety to bring us the truth.


Panelists
Aaron Davis

Aaron Davis is an investigative reporter who has shared two Pulitzer Prizes. He was a lead writer and reporter on The Washington Post’s investigative series into the causes, costs, and aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U....

Jacob Soboroff

Jacob Soboroff is an MSNBC senior political and national correspondent, who comes to the festival with the newly published "Firestorm," an in-depth look at the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles last year....

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Miranda Spivack

Miranda S. Spivack, a veteran reporter and editor who specializes in stories about government accountability and secrecy, spent 20 years with The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, USA Today and the McClatchy newspapers....

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Books:
Injustice
How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department
Aaron Davis
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Penguin Group
November 2025
ISBN 9780593831373
496 pages
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Firestorm
The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster
Jacob Soboroff
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2026
ISBN 9780063467965
400 pages
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Backroom Deals in Our Backyards
How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back
Miranda Spivack
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
New Press
May 2025
ISBN 9781620978559
256 pages
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