Edward Burns, Leonard Pitts and Luis Alberto Urrea have walked very different paths in their lives, backstories they use to full effect in their books. In this session, we will learn more about them ... and how their own life experiences are infused into their work.
Where: | UA Mall Tent (Seats 250) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
When: | Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)
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Genre: | Fiction / Literature |
Moderator: | Beth Viner |
Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of Pepper Viner Homes |
Born in Woodside, Queens and raised on Long Island, Edward Burns has made 14 feature films as a writer-director-actor and starred in many films, including "Saving Private Ryan." In 2015, he published "Independent Ed," an inside look at his two decades as a pioneer in independent filmmaking....
In a career that now spans 48 years, Leonard Pitts Jr. has worked as a college professor, columnist, radio producer, lecturer and author. In short, he says, he's a writer. The winner of a Pulitzer Prize in commentary while with the Miami Herald in 2004, Pitts became a syndicated columnist whose work often appeared in the Arizona Daily Star....
Luis Alberto Urrea has never missed a Tucson Festival of Books, and will make it 16-for-16 this Spring. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and an American mother, Urrea draws on his bi-cultural experiences to explore themes of love, loss and triumph....