2020 Presenting Author Schedule

Festival Staff / January 15, 2020

Welcome to the 2020 Tucson Festival of Books event grid. We are excited about this year's presenting authors and have placed the schedule into a compact, color-coded grid that you may use to organize your visit to the festival.

Click the title of an event to obtain detailed information about that event including a short description, the moderator, and details on each panelist. The schedule is subject to change and will be updated as new information is made available.

Each event on this grid has a star next to it. Click a star to bookmark an event. Click it again to remove the bookmark. When you are finished, you can view your bookmarked events in a printer-ready format here.

Jump to: Saturday, March 14, 2020 | Sunday, March 15, 2020

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Sat, Mar 14	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 560)	No event	No event	Looking at Life with Louise Erdrich Louise Erdrich Luis Urrea	No event	Unwavering Human Spirit Lily King Lisa See
Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)	No event	Courage to Hope Jillian Cantor Mamta Chaudhry Meg Waite Clayton	Ambitious Undertakings Jami Attenberg Aja Gabel Bruce Holsinger	No event	No event
Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)	A New Kind of Western Emily Nemens Shannon Pufahl Willy Vlautin	No event	Book Shop Confidential Matthew Dicks Peter Swanson Erika Swyler	No event	Oh, The Places You'll Go Marjan Kamali Emily Nemens J. Ryan Stradal
UA BookStore (Seats 150)	No event	No event	No event	No event	It's Complicated Jean Kwok Liz Moore Julia Phillips
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89)	No event	No event	Significant Settings Diane Chamberlain Allen Eskens Alice Lichtenstein	No event	No event
Sat, Mar 14	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Modern Languages Room 350 (Seats 318)	Then And Now Diane Chamberlain Anne Enright Susan Wiggs	Meet Lisa See Lisa See	Who Am I, Anyway? Therese Anne Fowler Meng Jin Jean Kwok	Family Ties Sarah Blake Juliet Grames Mary Beth Keane	Cowboy Up! Johnny Boggs C.J. Box Chris Enss
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)	Luis Urrea: Master Storyteller Luis Urrea	No event	No event	No event	No event
UA Library - Special Collections (Seats 110)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Navigating Rough Terrain Philip Caputo Karl Marlantes Willy Vlautin
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155)	Word Power Patti Callahan Henry Bruce Holsinger Lara Prescott	No event	Artistic Sacrifice Anne Enright Lily King Lara Prescott	Fantastic History Téa Obreht Natasha Pulley Mindy Tarquini	Feel the Feels Mamta Chaudhry Kiley Reid Brandon Taylor
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60)	No event	No event	No event	Workshop: Where to Begin? Jennifer Acker	No event

Sunday, March 15, 2020

Sun, Mar 15	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 560)	No event	No event	No event	Seriously, This is Funny Adam Mansbach Alan Zweibel	No event
Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 340)	No event	No event	No event	No event	LGBTQ: This Is Who I Am Saeed Jones Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)	All You Can Do is Laugh Matthew Dicks Gigi Levangie Kevin Wilson	Authors and Artists and Musicians Oh My Chris Rush Willy Vlautin	No event	No event	No event
Student Union Kachina (Seats 100)	No event	Musical Prodigies Jillian Cantor Aja Gabel Jennifer Rosner	No event	Exciting New Voices Jennifer Acker Juliet Grames Shannon Pufahl	No event
Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)	No event	Ties that Bind Jami Attenberg Meng Jin Liz Moore	No event	No event	No event
Sun, Mar 15	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)	No event	No event	Writing Contest Winners Jane Craven Jenny Davis Tara Deal	No event	No event
UA BookStore (Seats 150)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Meet W. Bruce Cameron W. Bruce Cameron
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142)	No event	No event	Bless Your Heart and Other Southern Flairs Diane Chamberlain Cassandra King Conroy	Family Saga Karl Marlantes J. Ryan Stradal Nancy Turner	No event
Modern Languages Room 350 (Seats 318)	National Book Award Finalists Kali Fajardo-Anstine Carmen Giménez Smith Julia Phillips	Searching for Home Jean Kwok Karl Marlantes Shannon Pufahl	Privilege and Power Sarah Blake Therese Anne Fowler Kiley Reid	Guns and Roses Meg Waite Clayton Lara Prescott Jennifer Rosner	No event
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)	No event	Sagebrush and Subplots Elizabeth Crook Téa Obreht Nancy Turner	No event	No event	No event
Sun, Mar 15	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Integrated Learning Center Room 120 (Seats 300)	No event	No event	Unintended Consequences Bruce Holsinger Mary Beth Keane Alice Lichtenstein	No event	No event
Integrated Learning Center Room 130 (Seats 143)	No event	No event	Writing the Unexpected Natasha Pulley Erika Swyler Mindy Tarquini	No event	No event
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155)	Love at Last Sight Marjan Kamali Lily King Susan Wiggs	No event	No event	No event	No event
Integrated Learning Center Room 125 (Seats 60)	No event	Workshop: Margaret Regan on Technique Margaret Regan	No event	No event	No event