Join these 2024 National Book Award honorees to hear real-life inspirations behind their books, and how they polished ideas and fascinations into their final drafts. Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, this session is presented in partnership with the NBF.
| Where: | UA Campus Store (Seats 250)   |
| When: | Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Lower Level (following presentation)
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| Genre: | National Book Awards |
| Moderator: | Ruth Dickey |
| Sponsor: | Session made possible courtesy of UA Campus Store |
Jason De León is a professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies and the director of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. He is also executive director of the Undocumented Migration Project, a 501(c)3 research, arts and education collective that seeks to raise awareness about migration issues globally while also assisting families of missing migrants reunite with their loved ones....
Violet Duncan is Plains Cree and Taino from Kehewin Cree Nation. As an accomplished author, educator, dancer and storyteller, she has toured nationally and internationally, promoting wellness and cultural education....
Octavio Quintanilla, a semifinalist for the National Book Award in Poetry in 2024, will be making his first apparance at the Tucson Festival of Books. His longlisted collection was "The Book of Wounded Sparrow....
Ernest Scheyder is a senior correspondent for Reuters and the author of "The War Below," which was one of 10 books longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2024. The book was also longlisted for the Financial Times/Schroders Business Book of the Year and earned praise from The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and Science....
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