LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Atwell is a passionate multimedia journalist dedicated to pursuing authentic stories. He was an intern for the Times’ High School Insider over the 2017 summer and currently works as a student leader for the program. Blake has 44 published stories on High School Insider, four of... Read More →

Chang is in the Creative Writing Conservatory at CSArts-SGV. She is passionate about the stories that people have lived and writes as an editor-in-chief for her school paper and the LA Times High School Insider, where she is part of their Student Advisory Board. One of her articles... Read More →

Herrera is a poet, performance artist, and activist. The son of migrant farmworkers, he was the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2015-2017. He has published more than a dozen collections of poetry, in addition to short stories, young adult novels, and children's literature. He is the recipient... Read More →