Tucson Festival of Books

Darker Side of Artistic Pursuits


Join authors Lilliam Rivera, Margarita Montimore and Nnedi Okorafor as they discuss the pursuit of artistic dreams, the complexities of ambition, and the potential costs of success.


Panelists
Margarita Montimore

Margarita Montimore is the author of The Dollhouse Academy, Acts of Violet, Asleep from Day, and Oona Out of Order, which was a USA Today bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club pick....

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Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor is the author of multiple award-winning and New York Times bestsellers. Her latest book is "Death of the Author." She has won every major prize in speculative fiction, including the World Fantasy, Nebula and Eisner Awards, multiple Hugo Awards, and the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa....

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Lilliam Rivera

Lilliam Rivera is a MacDowell Fellow and an award-winning author of eight works of fiction: four young adult novels, three middle grade books, and a graphic novel for DC Comics. Her books have been awarded a Pura Belpré honor and featured on NPR and in The New Yorker, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and multiple “best of” lists....

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Books:
The Dollhouse Academy
Margarita Montimore
Fiction / Literature
Flatiron Books
February 2025
ISBN 9781250320650
320 pages
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Death of the Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Fiction / Literature
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2025
ISBN 9780063391147
448 pages
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Tiny Threads
A Novel
Lilliam Rivera
Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Horror
Random House Worlds
September 2024
ISBN 9780593600474
256 pages
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