Welcome to the 2025 Tucson Festival of Books event schedule! We are excited about this year's presenting authors and have placed the schedule into a compact, color-coded grid to organize your visit to the Festival.

Schedule Of Events:

Arizona Daily Star Stage
(Seats 250)
10:00 am - The Forgotten Americans Pamela Prickett
11:30 am - The Game Has Changed
Max Bazerman
1:00 pm - Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
Maureen Dowd
2:30 pm - Remembering Beirut
James M. Scott
4:00 pm - Weighing the Pros and Cons
Joe Conason

Student Union North Ballroom
(Seats 670)

10:00 am - Longmire, Henry Standing Bear
Lou Diamond Phillips
Craig Johnson

11:30 am - Don Winslow & T.J. Newman
T.J. Newman
Don Winslow

1:00 pm - Edge-of-Your-Seat Thrillers
Sandra Brown
Tess Gerritsen
Megan Mirand

2:30 pm - Medical Mysteries
Allan Hamilton, M.D.
Lawrence Ingrassia
Sebastian Junger

4:00pm - A Conversation with Scott Turow
Scott Turow

Student Union Gallagher Theater
(Seats 337)

10:00 am - Flexing Their Electoral Muscle
Zeke Hernandez
Paola Ramos
Juan Williams

11:30 am - Freedoms Under Fire
Amanda Becker
David Daley
Jonathan Turley

1:00 pm - In Search of the American Dream
Edgar Gomez
Lee Hawkins
Sarah Smarsh

2:30 pm - Preserving Our Planet
Vince Beiser
Edward Humes
Rosanna Xia

4:00 pm - Billionaires Run Wild
Catherine Bracy
Kate Conger
Amy Gamerman

Student Union Tucson Room
(Seats 110)

10:00 am - The Importance of Facts in Fiction
Lynn Cahoon
Juliet Grames
Beth Morrison

11:30 am - The Power of Story Telling
Daniel Lavery
Betsy Lerner
Kirsten Miller

1:00 pm - Meet Your Next Favorite Author
Christopher Jansmann
GK Jurrens
Nancy Nau Sullivan

2:30 pm - Veils of Deception
Kay Chronister
Jennifer Coburn
Nanda Reddy

4:00 pm - Love, Arizona
Jen DeLuca
Sonora Reyes
Sarah T. Dubb
Neely Tubati Alexander

Student Union Kachina
(Seats 100)

10:00 am - Where Do I Belong?
Freda Epum
David Martinez
Oliver Radclyffe

11:30 am - Regency and Beyond
TJ Alexander
Adriana Herrera
Maureen Lee Lenker

1:00 pm - Caregiver, Heal Thyself
Mary Lou Falcone
Jessi Gold
Maddie Norris

2:30 pm - Coming of Age Challenges
Sarah McCammon
Guy Trebay

4:00 pm - Bold Women Win
Meryl Gordon
Vanda Krefft
Lisa Rogak

Student Union Santa Rita
(Seats 110)

10:00 am - Masters of Disinformation
Renée DiResta
Ryan Mac
Elle Reeve

11:30 am - Freedoms Under Fire
Amanda Becker
David Daley
Jonathan Turley

1:00 pm - The Path To and From Prison
Lisa Belkin
Barbara Bradley Hagerty

2:30 pm - Between Two Worlds
Mateo Askaripour
Luis Jaramillo
Lilliam Rivera

4:00 pm - Masters of the Supernatural
Alex Grecian
Jonathan Maberry
Erika T. Wurth

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)

10:00 am - Shades of Gray in Mystery
Jo Perry
Paige Shelton
Iona Whishaw

11:30 am - Let's Focus on Louis Carlos Bernal
Elizabeth Ferrer

1:00 pm - Arizona Stories
Gregory McNamee
Julie Morrison
Lisa Schnebly Heidinger

2:30 pm - The Late, Great Langston Hughes
Danez Smith

4:00 pm - Darker Side of Artistic Pursuits
Margarita Montimore
Nnedi Okorafor
Lilliam Rivera

Student Union Kiva(Seats 100)

10:00 am - Fearless Forms
Jose Hernandez Díaz
Amber McCrary
m.s. RedCherries

11:30 am - Radical Hope in Memory and Myth
Rosa Alcalá
Perry Janes
Leo Romero

1:00 pm - The Poetics of Place
Forrest Gander
Farid Matuk
Gabriel Palacios

2:30 pm - What is Ecopoetry?
Alison Hawthorne Deming
Jenny Irish
Saretta Morgan

4:00 pm - "Art Begins in a Wound"
Denise Low
Octavio Quintanilla
Danez Smith

UA Campus Store(Seats 250)

10:00 am - One Shade Darker
Kelley Armstrong
Ramona Emerson
Kate Alice Marshall

11:30 am - Worlds Adjacent
Alisa Alering
Amal El-Mohtar
Seanan McGuire

1:00 pm - National Book Awards: Realities of Writing
Jason De León
Violet Duncan
Octavio Quintanilla
Ernest Scheyder

2:30 pm - The Mysteries Behind Series Mysteries
J.A. Jance
Beth Morrison
Boyd Morrison
Barbara Nickless

4:00 pm - T. Swift, Dolly P. and Joni Mitchell
Paul Lisicky
Rob Sheffield
Sarah Smarsh

Koffler Room 204(Seats 300)

10:00 am - Beyond Boundaries: Blending of Genres
Mateo Askaripour
R.O. Kwon
Julia Phillips

11:30 am - California Killers
Robert Crais
T. Jefferson Parker
Gary Phillips

1:00 pm - Meet Billy Collins
Billy Collins

2:30 pm - Giggles and Swoons
Ali Hazelwood
Kimberly Lemming
Penny Reid

4:00 pm - Following the Clues
Kelley Armstrong
William Kent Krueger
David McCloskey

Koffler Room 216(Seats 89)

10:00 am - Writing a Modern Cookbook
Kristina Cho
Matt Rodbard
Joe Yonan

11:30 am - All Parents Matter
Simmons Buntin
Julie Fingersh
Marianne Novy

1:00 pm - Lives in Food and Drink
Silvana Esparza
Steve Friesen
Steve Hoffman

2:30 pm - Separated at Birth: Adoptee Voices
Susan Kiyo Ito
Marianne Novy

4:00 pm - Friendship, Ambition, Dreams
Carole Hopson
Nancy Johnson
Lynda Loigman

Koffler Room 218(Seats 142)

10:00 am - Meet Casey McQuiston
Casey McQuiston

11:30 am - For Better or Worse
Jonathan Evison
Lisa Genova
Willy Vlautin

1:00 pm - No Glass Ceilings Here!
Carole Hopson
Vanda Krefft
Melissa Ludtke

2:30 pm - The Storyteller's Magic
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
T. Kingfisher

4:00 pm - Heady Challenges
Sadie Dingfelder
Sarah LaBrie
Suzanne Scanlon

Culinary Stage(Seats 265)

10:00 am - Plantas: Vegan Mexican Cooking
Alexa Soto

11:30 am - A Celebration of Tropical Cooking
Von Diaz

1:00 pm - Chinese Enough
Kristina Cho

2:30 pm - Crumbs: Cookies From Around the World
Ben Mims

4:00 pm - Mother Sauce: Italian-American Food
Lucinda Scala Quinn

Modern Languages Room 350(Seats 318)

10:00 am - Hearts, Swords and Spellcraft
J.C. Cervantes
Rebecca Thorne
T. Kingfisher

11:30 am - Contentious Politics and Social Change
Marjan Kamali
Crystal Hana Kim
David Wright Faladé

1:00 pm - Bluff the Mystery Reader
William Kent Krueger
Wanda Morris
Thomas Perry

2:30 pm - Unveiling Desire
Jessica Elisheva Emerson
Eowyn Ivey
R.O. Kwon

4:00 pm - My Romantasy Era: Fierce Heroines
Mai Corland
Tracy Wolff
Cecy Robson

UA Mall Tent(Seats 250)

10:00 am - Villains We Love to Hate
J.A. Jance
Phillip Margolin
Kyle Mills

11:30 am - A Sports Book Feast
Jack McCallum
Keith O'Brien
Joe Posnanski

1:00 pm - Author, Write Thyself
Edward Burns
Leonard Pitts
Luis Alberto Urrea

2:30 pm - Where the Trail Leads
Ramona Emerson
Rachel Howzell Hall
Craig Johnson

4:00 pm - Presidential Legacies, Past to Present
Jonathan Alter
Jeffrey Toobin
Craig Unger

Nuestras Raíces Stage(Seats 150)

10:00 am - Entrelazados: Our Family Histories
Tim Hernandez
Melani Martinez
Rex Ogle

11:30 am - Ways to Love
Prisca Rodríguez
Daniel Olivas
Jessica Parra
Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

1:00 pm - Close Encounters with the Paranormal
Stanley Milford Jr.

2:30 pm - Powerhouse Chingonas Unite
Elizabeth Ferrer
Prisca Rodríguez
Cynthia Pelayo
Sandra Velasquez

4:00 pm - Border Near and Far
Tim Hernandez
Richard Parker
Cristina D. Ramirez

Integrated Learning Center Room 120(Seats 300)

10:00 am - Cultural Icons
Susan Morrison
Rob Sheffield
Guy Trebay

11:30 am - Hampton Sides in Conversation
Hampton Sides

1:00 pm - Meet Marcia Clark
Marcia Clark

2:30 pm - The Dangerous Manipulators
Clay Risen
David Rohde
Michael Tackett

4:00 pm - FBI Connection
Becky Masterman
John McMahon
Kyle Mills

Integrated Learning Center Room 130(Seats 143)

10:00 am - Dark Tales and Light Hearts
Constance Fay
Kel Kade
Cecy Robson

11:30 am - Our New Status Quo
Joe Conason
Alejandra Oliva
Juanita Tolliver

1:00 pm - Secrets & Lies Mystery
Sydney Graves
Jennifer Dornbush
Mary Keliikoa

2:30 pm - Another Side of Sports
Rus Bradburd
Louis Moore
Keith O'Brien

4:00 pm - Ripped from the Headlines
T.J. English
Frank Figliuzzi
Lori Hellis

Integrated Learning Center Room 150(Seats 155)

10:00 am - Wild in the West
Amy Gamerman
Richard Grant
Kyle Paoletta

11:30 am - Meet Samantha Harvey & Jamie Quatro
Samantha Harvey
Jamie Quatro

1:00 pm - Secrets, Betrayals and Forgiveness
Jillian Cantor
Tracey Enerson Wood
Ann Hood

2:30 pm - Striving for Acceptance
Omar El Akkad
Zeke Hernandez
Sarah Jones

4:00 pm - Breaking Barriers
Mirin Fader
Melissa Ludtke
Howard Megdal

Integrated Learning Center Room 119(Seats 60)

10:00 am - Workshop: This Year You'll Write a Book
John McMahon

11:30 am - Workshop: Worldbuilding
Kimberly Lemming

1:00 pm - Workshop: Family Histories
Cristina D. Ramirez

2:30 pm - Workshop: Write Novels in Spare Time
Phillip Margolin

4:00 pm - Workshop: Finding a Taxi in the Rain
Jo Perry

Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB(Seats 40)

10:00 am - Workshop: Dual Points of View Penny Reid

11:30 am - Workshop: Native American Storytelling Tom Holm

1:00 pm - Workshop: Writing Engaging Character Iona Whishaw

2:30 pm - Workshop: Writing Trauma Survivors Adriana Herrera

4:00 pm - Workshop: Writing, Selling a Love Story TJ Alexander

UA Library/Special Collections(Seats 110)

10:00 am - Stories of Resistance
Victoria Blanco
José Lucero
Michael (Mike) Wilson

11:30 am - Unsung Heroes
Jack Fairweather
Lisa Rogak

1:00 pm - The Borderlands
Victoria Blanco
Gary Nabhan
Richard Parker

2:30 pm - SW Books of the Year - Fiction
Sydney Graves
Marcela Fuentes
Willy Vlautin

4:00 pm - Crazy Iconic
Richard Grant
Kyle Paoletta
Yolonda Youngs

National Parks Experience Stage(Seats 146)

10:00 am - Writing Animals
Theodore Fleming
Leslie Patten
Mike Stark

11:30 am - Woven Threads of Time
Wallace James Jr.

1:00 pm - The Canyons of the Colorado River
Kevin Fedarko
Zak Podmore
Yolonda Youngs

2:30 pm - Connecting Youth to Nature with Literature
Teddi Lynn Chichester
Alison Pearce Stevens
Jessica Stremer

4:00 pm - People the Planet Needs Now
Dudley Edmondson
Rue Mapp

Science City - Main Stage(Seats 195)

10:00 am - The Metals Powering Our World
Vince Beiser
Ernest Scheyder

11:30 am - Life on Our Earth
Ferris Jabr
Zoe Schlanger

1:00 pm - Life's Rhythms
Nell Greenfieldboyce
Lynne Peeples

2:30 pm - Wonders in the Night
Christopher Cokinos
Leigh Ann Henion

4:00 pm - Science Trailblazers of Their Times
Nicholas Nicastro
Anna Von Mertens

Education Room 211(Seats 200)

10:00 am - The Spell of Dragons: Fire and Flight
Scott Reintgen
Adam Rex
Tui T. Sutherland

11:30 am - The School for Good and Evil: Where Fates Collide
Soman Chainani

1:00 pm - Bad to the Bone? Mischief Makers Who Steal Our Hearts
Nick Bruel
Eric Lide
David Shannon

2:30 pm - Home Meets the Heart in Words & Images
Matt de la Peña
Rebecca Lee Kunz
Loren Long
Andrea Rogers

4:00 pm - Middle Grade Carousel: Invitations to Adventure
Tom Angleberger
Kim Bussing
J.C. Cervantes
Megan E. Freeman
Gale Galligan
Leah Johnson
Rosanne Parry
Jose Pimienta
Kim Tomsic

Education Room 349(Seats 48)

10:00 am - Drawing Bad Kitty: A Workshop for Children
Nick Bruel

11:30 am - Draw Anything With Bob Shapes: Workshop for Children
Bob Shea

1:00 pm - Make Your Own Comic: Workshop for Children
Eliza Kinkz

2:30 pm - Create a Butterfly: Workshop for Children
Cynthia Harmony

4:00 pm - Cartooning Workshop for Children
Eric Lide

Education Room 351(Seats 46)

10:00 am - Writing Her World: Girls of Color with Complex Lives
Monica Brown
Angela Dominguez
Leah Johnson
Dawn Quigley

11:30 am - The Process of Creating Picturebooks
Beth Ferry
Tom Lichtenheld

1:00 pm - A Touch of Mystery and a Sprinkle of Magic
Leah Johnson
Jasmine Warga
Justine Pucella Winans

2:30 pm - The Ups and Downs of Life: Connections that Matter
Kyle Lukoff
Laura Numeroff
Bob Shea

4:00 pm - A Conversation with Jasmine Warga
Jasmine Warga

Education Room 353(Seats 92)

10:00 am - Belonging: Connections that Define Us
Matt de la Peña
Cynthia Harmony
Adiba Nelson

11:30 am - Courage in the Wild: Animals in Action
Teddi Lynn Chichester
Rosanne Parry
Alison Pearce Stevens

1:00 pm - Dinos and Poets: Roaring Rhymes Workshop for Children
Tom Angleberger
John Schu

2:30 pm - Dream Big: Stories that Inspire Action
Monica Brown
Kwame Mbalia
Zachariah OHora
Nikkolas Smithc

4:00 pm - Indigenous Voices and Stories of Resilience
Violet Duncan
Dawn Quigley
Ginger Reno

Education Room 437(Seats 65)

10:00 am - Illustrator Studio: Multimedia Collage
Rebecca Lee Kunz

11:30 am - Illustrator Studio: Pencil, Charcoal, and Acrylic
Loren Long

1:00 pm - Illustrator Studio: Artivism,The Power of Art to Change the World
Nikkolas Smith

2:30 pm - Illustrator Studio: Drawing with Pencil and Pastel
Guojing

4:00 pm - Illustrator Studio: Humor
Ryan T. Higgins

Education Room 333: Parent Educator(Seats 44)

10:00 am - Children's Dialogue about Banned Books
Junko Sakoi

11:30 am - Notable Books for a Global Society
Jeanne Gilliam Fain
Ruth McKoy Lowery

1:00 pm - Award-Winning Poetry and Verse Novels
Willeena Booker
Junko Sakoi
April Halprin Wayland
Jongsun Wee

2:30 pm - Award-Winning Books for K-8 Readers
Patrick Andrus
Laura Hudock
Osha Lynette Smith
Fran Wilson

4:00 pm - Speaking to Children's Hearts through Story
John Schu

UA Library YA /Room 254 Main Floor(Seats 55)

10:00 am - Writing Horror Stories: YA Workshop
Justine Pucella Winans

11:30 am - Amaze-Zines: YA Workshop
Josh Galarza

1:00 pm - Designing Comics: YA Workshop
Jose Pimienta

2:30 pm - Creating graphic novels and comics: YA Workshop
Rex Ogle

4:00 pm - A New Lens on Remixes and Retellings: YA Workshop
Jessica Parra

YA Author Stage(Seats 84)

10:00 am - A World on the Edge: Fate or Choice?
Victoria Aveyard
Kendare Blake
Tiffany Jackson

11:30 am - The Price of Freedom in a Dark World
Libba Bray
Kyle Lukoff
Andrea Rogers

1:00 pm - Blueprints: Magic Systems in Worldbuilding
Vanessa Le
Scott Reintgen
Emily J. Taylor

2:30 pm - Trauma, Healing & Second Chances
Gayle Forman
Josh Galarza
Kathleen Glasgow

4:00 pm - Romantasy: Happy Ever After?
Victoria Aveyard
Lou Diamond Phillips
Tricia Levenseller