2025 Presenting Author Schedule!

March 15-16 was an amazing weekend. We'll leave this posted so you can remember it all, until we have our 2026 dates to share. We're already looking forward to the next TFOB. Thank you everyone!

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Sat, Mar 15	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)	No event	The Power of Story Telling Daniel Lavery Betsy Lerner Kirsten Miller	No event	Veils of Deception Kay Chronister Jennifer Coburn Nanda Reddy	No event
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Darker Side of Artistic Pursuits Margarita Montimore Nnedi Okorafor Lilliam Rivera
Koffler Room 204 (Seats 300)	Beyond Boundaries: Blending of Genres Mateo Askaripour R.O. Kwon Julia Phillips	No event	No event	No event	No event
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Friendship, Ambition, Dreams Carole Hopson Nancy Johnson Lynda Loigman
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142)	No event	For Better or Worse Jonathan Evison Lisa Genova Willy Vlautin	No event	No event	No event
Sat, Mar 15	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Modern Languages Room 350 (Seats 318)	No event	Contentious Politics and Social Change Marjan Kamali Crystal Hana Kim David Wright Faladé	No event	Unveiling Desire Jessica Elisheva Emerson Eowyn Ivey R.O. Kwon	No event
UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)	No event	No event	Author, Write Thyself Edward Burns Leonard Pitts Luis Alberto Urrea	No event	No event
Integrated Learning Center Room 150 (Seats 155)	No event	Meet Samantha Harvey & Jamie Quatro Samantha Harvey Jamie Quatro	Secrets, Betrayals and Forgiveness Jillian Cantor Tracey Enerson Wood Ann Hood	No event	No event
Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40)	No event	Workshop: Native American Storytelling Tom Holm	No event	No event	No event
UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110)	No event	No event	No event	SW Books of the Year - Fiction Sydney Graves Marcela Fuentes Willy Vlautin	No event

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Sun, Mar 16	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Arizona Daily Star Stage (Seats 250)	No event	No event	Angels from Montgomery Leonard Pitts	No event	All in the Family Craig Lancaster
Student Union North Ballroom (Seats 670)	No event	No event	Read It, Feel It Lisa Genova Luis Alberto Urrea	Lights! Camera! Publish! Edward Burns Bill Carter Ramona Emerson	No event
Student Union Tucson Room (Seats 110)	Reimagining the Past Jillian Cantor Tracey Enerson Wood Lynda Loigman	No event	Love, Loss, and Second Chances Marcela Fuentes Crystal Hana Kim Nanda Reddy	No event	The Weight We Carry Betsy Lerner Margarita Montimore Jamie Quatro
Student Union Santa Rita (Seats 110)	No event	No event	No event	Coming of Age in Challenging Times Jennifer Coburn Nancy Johnson David Wright Faladé	They Dared to Speak Up Jane Botkin Chris Enss Michele Feeney
Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)	No event	No event	No event	Tomorrow's Bestsellers Today April Darcy Kateri Kosek D.A. Navoti	No event
Sun, Mar 16	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
UA Campus Store (Seats 250)	A World Apart T. Jefferson Parker Luis Alberto Urrea Willy Vlautin	No event	No event	No event	No event
Koffler Room 216 (Seats 89)	No event	No event	Workshop: How to Query Agents Betsy Lerner	No event	No event
Koffler Room 218 (Seats 142)	Writing the Lives of Others: Crafting Compelling Characters Jonathan Evison R.O. Kwon Kirsten Miller	Paths Taken: Women’s Lives, Choices, and Legacies Jessica Elisheva Emerson Marjan Kamali Daniel Lavery	No event	The Ties That Bind Maddie Norris Rudy Ruiz Joel Waldman	No event
Modern Languages Room 350 (Seats 318)	Worlds Beyond: Reimagining Reality 'Pemi Aguda Mateo Askaripour Nnedi Okorafor	No event	No event	No event	The Natural World, Solitude, and the Human Spirit Samantha Harvey Eowyn Ivey Julia Phillips
Integrated Learning Center Room 119 (Seats 60)	No event	No event	No event	No event	Workshop: Learn Good Steamy Writing Jessica Elisheva Emerson
Sun, Mar 16	10:00 am	11:30 am	1:00 pm	2:30 pm	4:00 pm
Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40)	Workshop: Art of the Short Story Karen Brennan	No event	No event	No event	No event