Dawn Raffel
The Art of Memoir, with Sara Connell and Laura Caldwell, 11:45 a.m. Saturday, University Center/Loop Room.
Dawn Raffel is the author of the memoir “The Secret Life of Objects” and “Further Adventures in the Restless Universe.” She is books editor at Reader’s Digest and editor of The Literarian at the Center for Fiction in New York.
Dan Rather
In conversation with Rick Kogan, introduced by Gerould Kern, 10 a.m. Saturday, Harold Washington Library Center/Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.
Dan Rather was the anchor and managing editor of “CBS Evening News.” He is the author of multiple books, the most recent of which is “Rather Outspoken.”
Rachael Ray
In conversation with Lourdes Duarte, 2 p.m. Saturday, Harold Washington Library Center/Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.
Rachael Ray is a syndicated television star, Food Network television host, best-selling author of 20 books, founder and editorial director of a lifestyle magazine and founder of the nonprofit Yum-o! organization.
In conversation with John Philip Sousa IV, noon Sunday, Trib Nation Stage.
has been covering music for the Tribune since 1977. He is producer-writer of the film “Prisoner of Her Past,” which is being broadcast nationally on PBS. His books include “Prisoner of Her Past,” “Let Freedom Swing,” “The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich,” “Jelly’s Blues” (with William Gaines) and “Van Cliburn.”
Abigail Reynolds
Panelist, Still Sexy After 200 years: Jane Austen’s Men, with Marilyn Brant, Regena Bryant, C. Allyn Pierson, and Elisabeth Lenckos, moderated by Karen Doornebos, 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Center Stage.
Abigail Reynolds is a writer and physician from Wisconsin who has published seven “Pride & Prejudice” variations and two modern novels set on Cape Cod. Her most recent releases are “Mr. Darcy’s Letter,” “What Would Mr. Darcy Do?” “Mr. Darcy’s Obsession” and “The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice.”
@abigailreynolds
Michael Robbins
Poetry reading, 2 p.m. Saturday, Arts and Poetry Stage
Michael Robbins was born in Topeka, Kan. His poems and criticism have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, Harper’s, The London Review of Books, The Village Voice and several other journals. He received his doctorate in English from the University of Chicago.
Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players
Performance with the Not Ready for Naptime Players, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 11:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Lil’ Lit Park.
Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players are best known for playing intelligent and whimsical rock music for kids and their parents. Roberts’ latest CD, “Jungle Gym,” was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Carlin Romano
In conversation with Julia Keller, 3 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Lake Room.
Carlin Romano, critic-at-large of The Chronicle of Higher Education and literary critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer, is professor of philosophy and humanities at Ursinus College. His criticism has appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Harper’s, Salon, and many other publications.
Tony Romano
Moderator, First Fiction, with Jessica Maria Tuccelli, AGS Johnson and Patricia Ann McNair, 3 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
Tony Romano is the author of the novel “When the World Was Young” and the story collection “If You Eat, You Never Die.”
Sarah Terez Rosenblum
Panelist, Just Get Me Started Writing Workshop, with Keith Ecker, Kate Harding, M. Molly Backes and Jill Pollack, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Multimedia Room.
Sarah Terez Rosenblum’s debut novel, “Herself When She’s Missing,” is coming this June from Soft Skull Press. She is a freelance journalist for theChicago Sun-Timesand Pop Matters. Rosenblum won Carve Magazine’s 2012 Esoteric Fiction Award.
In conversation with Frank Sennett, 12:15 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Park Fountain Room
has been a Chicago Tribune business columnist since 2005. He previously worked at the Los Angeles Daily News, where he wrote nationally distributed columns and TV criticism, and covered sports, and at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Veronica Roth
Panelist, Dark Days, with Aprilynne Pike, Elizabeth Norris, Bethany Griffin and Claire Zulkey, 1 p.m. Saturday, The Mash Stage.
Veronica Roth is the author of “Divergent” and “Insurgent,” the first two books in a trilogy that she began writing while a college student. She lives with her husband in the Chicago area.
veronicarothbooks .com
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@veronicaroth
Kate Russo
12:30 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
Kate Russo is an artist with a master’s degree of fine arts from the Slade School of Fine Art in London, England. She lives in Maine with her husband and has exhibited widely in England. She is the daughter of author Richard Russo.
Richard Russo
12:30 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
Richard Russo is the author of several novels, a collection of short stories, a forthcoming memoir and several produced screenplays. His novel “Empire Falls” won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He lives in coastal Maine and Boston, and is the father of artist Kate Russo.
Susan Salidor
Performance, with Dot Kane, 2 p.m. Saturday, Lil’ Lit Park.
Susan Salidor and Dot Kane have performed “The Dot & Susan Show” to thousands of children in the Chicago area for the last 12 years. Salidor is a singer and songwriter.
Dmitry Samarov
In conversation with Michael Czyzniejewski and Christopher Borrelli, 10 a.m. Saturday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
Dmitry Samarov was born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the United States in 1978. He received a bachelor’s degree in painting and printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993 and began driving a cab that year. Samarov is the creator of the blog Hack, stories from which have been featured in the Chicago Reader and elsewhere.
Sapphire
In conversation with Parneshia Jones, 11 a.m. Saturday, Center Stage.
Sapphire is the author of two poetry collections and the best-selling novel “Push.” The adaptation of her novel, “Precious,”received the Academy Award for best screenplay and Mo’Niquewon best supporting actress for the film. She lives in New York City.
Bill Savage
Panelist, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame New Class Announcement, with Parneshia Jones, Luis Alberto Urrea, Daniel Nearing and Donald G. Evans, 3 p.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
In conversation with June Skinner Sawyers and Louise Lincoln, 3 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Loop Room
Bill Savage is a senior lecturer in the English department at Northwestern University, where he teaches Chicago literature, history and culture. He also works as an editor for the Chicago Visions and Revisions series at the University of Chicago Press.
David Scheffer
In conversation with Julia Lieblich and Doug Foster,
11 a.m. Saturday, University Center/Lake Room.
David Scheffer is a law professor and director of the Center for International Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law. He was the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues (1997-2001). He is author of “All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals.”
Mary Schmich
In conversation with Mark Jacob, introduced by Gerould Kern, 4 p.m. Saturday, Trib Nation Stage.
In conversation with Gail Collins, 11 a.m. Sunday, University Center/Lake Room
Mary Schmich is a Chicago Tribune news columnist who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. For 25 years, she wrote the “Brenda Starr” comic strip.
Richard Schneirov
In conversation with John Jentz,
James Barrett and Mark Jacob, 11 a.m. Sunday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Richard Schneirov is a professor of history at Indiana State University. He has written extensively on Chicago and has published four books.
Josh Schonwald
The Future of Food, with Barb Stuckey and Bill Daley, 4 p.m. Sunday, Good Eating Stage.
Josh Schonwald has written for the New York Times, Washington Post and Salon. He lives with his family in Evanston.
Joseph M. Schuster
In conversation with Margot Livesey and Billy Lombardo, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
Joseph M. Schuster is the author of the novel “The Might Have Been.” Schuster, a faculty member at Webster University in St. Louis, has published short fiction in The Iowa Review, Kenyon Review and The Missouri Review and other journals.
@joewriter
Donna Seaman
In conversation with Nick Dybek and Sara Levine, 1 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Loop Room.
In conversation with
Alex Shakar and Nami Mun, 3 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room.
National Book Critics Circle, with Elizabeth Taylor, Art Winslow and Eric Banks, 11 a.m. Sunday, Center Stage.
Moderator, WBEZ-FM presents Changes in Reading and Writing, with J.C. Gabel, Wailin Wong and Gretchen Kalwinski, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
Donna Seaman is a senior editor for Booklist. Seaman created the anthology “In Our Nature: Stories of Wildness,” and her author interviews are collected in “Writers on the Air: Conversations about Book.”
Francesca Segal
Panelist, Her Story, with Claire McMillan, Margot Livesey, Laura Moriarty and Gioia Diliberto, 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Francesca Segal, author of “The Innocents,” was born in 1980 and raised in the United Kingdom and the United States. She is a journalist and literary critic, and her work has appeared in Granta, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph.
francescasegal.com
Doug Seibold
E-Reading the Best of the Tribune: An introduction to Tribune’s e-books, with Geoff Brown, 1 p.m. Saturday, Trib Nation Stage.
Doug Seibold has been a writer, editor, and publishing professional in Chicago since 1986. He founded Agate Publishing in 2003.
blog.agatepublishing.com
Adam Selzer
Panelist, Young Adult Isn’t Writing Down, with Kat Falls, Erica O’Rouke and Julie Cross, moderated by Joelle Charbonneau, 2:45 p.m. Sunday, The Mash Stage.
Adam Selzer is the author of “I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It,” “How to Get Suspended and Influence People,” and, most recently, “Extraordinary: The True Story of My Fairygodparent, Who Almost Killed Me, and Certainly Never Made Me a Princess.”
adamselzer.com
Frank Sennett
In conversation with Phil Rosenthal, 12:15 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Park Fountain Room
Frank Sennett, of Chicago, is editor in chief and president of Time Out Chicago. He has published seven books.
Alex Shakar
In conversation with Donna Seaman and Nami Mun, 3 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room.
Alex Shakar is the author of the novels “Luminarium” and “The Savage Girl” and the story collection “City in Love.”
Rachel Shteir
In conversation with Jenny Lawson and Rachel Bertsche, 2 p.m. Sunday, Harold Washington Library Center/Multipurpose Room.
Rachel Shteir is the author of three books: “Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show,” “Gypsy: The Art of the Tease,” and “The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting.”
Anupy Singla
Cooking demo, 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Good Eating Stage.
Anupy Singla has worked as a TV reporter and anchor for CLTV News and Bloomberg TV, and her food writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Wall Street Journal. She is the author of “The Indian Slow Cooker,” and her book, “Vegan Indian Cooking” is due out soon.
Eric Sirota
Poetry Slam, 7 p.m. Saturday, Good Eating Stage.
Lyricist Olympics, 9 p.m. Saturday, Good Eating Stage.
Eric Sirota is a Chicago slam poet, rapper and lawyer. He is competing at the 2012 National Poetry Slam.
June Skinner Sawyers
In conversation with Louise Lincoln and Bill Savage, 3 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Loop Room
June Skinner Sawyers is the author of “Bob Dylan: New York,” “Tougher Than The Rest: The 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs” and “Celtic Music: A Complete Guide.” She is the editor of several literary and music anthologies, and her latest book is “Chicago Portraits.”
Rebecca Skloot
In conversation with David Prete, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Harold Washington Library Center/Mulitpurpose room.
Rebecca Skloot is a science writer who contributes to the New York Times Magazine, NPR’s RadioLab and others. She wrote the best-seller “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” which has been translated into 25 languages and is being made into an HBO film by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball. She lives in Chicago.
rebeccaskloot.com
Christine Sneed
In conversation with Leigh Stein, Joe Meno and Rachel DeWoskin, 1:45 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Loop Room
Christine Sneed’s first book, “Portraits of a Few of the People I’ve Made Cry,” won the 2009 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. Her second book, a novel titled “Little Known Facts,” is scheduled to be published in February.
Sharon Solwitz
Neither Fish Nor Fowl: A Reading from Northwestern University MA/MFA Faculty, 1 p.m. Saturday, University Center/ Multimedia Room.
Sharon Solwitz is the author of the story collection “Blood and Milk” and the novel “Bloody Mary,” which won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award and a Society of Midland Authors Award. Her story “Alive” is in “The Best American Short Stories 2012” anthology.
Patrick Somerville
In conversation with Peter Orner and Scott Blackwood,
2:15 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Loop Room.
Patrick Somerville is the author of the story collections “Trouble” and “The Universe in Miniature in Miniature,” and the novel “The Cradle.” He lives with his wife and son in Chicago and teaches creative writing at Northwestern University.
John Philip Sousa IV
In conversation with Howard Reich, noon Sunday, Trib Nation Stage.
John Philip Sousa IV is the only living direct namesake of composer-conductor John Philip Sousa. He is a frequent speaker and narrator at Sousa/patriotic concerts across the U.S.
johnphilipsousaiv.com
Ruth Spiro
2:45 p.m. Saturday, Lil’ Lit Park.
Ruth Spiro is the award-winning author of “Lester Fizz, Bubble-Gum Artist.” Her articles and essays have been published in Disney’s Family Fun, CHILD, The Writer and Chicago Parent as well as many “Chicken Soup for the Soul” titles.
ruthspiro.com
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@RuthSpiro
Sarah Stegner
Farmers Markets Triumphs & Challenges, with Janine MacLachlan and Anna Blessing, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Good Eating Stage.
Sarah Stegner is chef/partner at Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook. A longtime campaigner for small farms and local food, Stegner co-founded Chicago’s Green City Market more than 12 years ago.
sarah@prairiegrasscafe.com
Leigh Stein
In conversation with Joe Meno, Rachel DeWoskin and Christine Sneed, 1:45 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Loop Room.
Leigh Stein is the author of the novel “The Fallback Plan.” Her first full-length poetry collection, “Dispatch from the Future,” is due to be published this summer. A Chicago native, she lives in Brooklyn.
Maya Stein
Type Rider: Cycling the Great American Poem, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, near the Arts & Poetry Stage.
Maya Stein is a poet and creative nonfiction writer. She has published three collections of personal essays, poetry and photographs. Stein’s “10-line Tuesday” poems reach more than 900 people each week.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
In conversation with Bruce Dold, 1 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Lake Room.
Adlai E. Stevenson, former U.S. senator, state treasurer, state representative, Marine and lawyer, focused his life on international affairs, especially East Asia and finance. He is chairman of the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy and records American politics as his family knew it over five generations in The Black Book.
Photographing Chicago, 3 p.m. Sunday, Trib Nation Stage.
has been a Chicago Tribune staff photographer since 2001. Strazzante is a former National Newspaper Photographer of the Year and a nine-time Illinois Photographer of the Year. Strazzante has photographed three Olympics, the Super Bowl and the World Series but he prefers documenting small but universal moments in daily life.
Barb Stuckey
The Future of Food, with Josh Schonwald and Bill Daley, 4 p.m. Sunday, Good Eating Stage.
Barb Stuckey has been a professional food developer for 15 years. She leads the marketing and sales functions at Mattson, North America’s largest independent developer of new foods and beverages.
@tastewhatumiss
J. Courtney Sullivan
In conversation with Elizabeth Taylor, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
J. Courtney Sullivan is the author of the novels “Commencement” and “Maine.” Courtney’s writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, New York magazine, Elle, Glamour, Allure, Men’s Vogue and The New York Observer. She is a co-editor of the anthology “Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists.”
Terese Svoboda
Panelist, with Alyson Hagy, Jonathan Evison and Larry Watson, moderated by Steve Mills, 4 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
Terese Svoboda’s work is called “disturbing, edgy and provocative” by Book Magazine. Her most recent book is “Bohemian Girl.”
Suzy Takacs
Panelist, How to Read a Book, with James Klise, Parneshia Jones and Jill Pollack, 11 a.m. Sunday, University Center/Loop Room
Suzy Takacs is the owner of The Book Cellar in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Takacs promotes Chicago’s literary community with regular reading series and book groups. She is a board member of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and a member of the Chicago Literary Alliance.
Tall Grass Writers Guild
10 a.m. Sunday, Arts & Poetry Stage.
TallGrass Writers Guild, an independent non-profit organization, provides publishing and performance opportunities for beginning and established writers via monthly open mic nights, formal readings and an annual anthology.
Amber Tamblyn
With Mark Eleveld, 5 p.m. Saturday, The Mash Stage.
With Derrick Brown, 2 p.m. Sunday, Arts & Poetry Stage.
Amber Tamblyn is a writer and actress, author of “Bang Ditto,” executive producer of “The Drums Inside Your Chest” and co-founder of Write Now Poetry Society. She appeared in the Fox TV show “House” and in “127 Hours,” opposite James Franco. Tamblyn is most recognized as having played Joan on CBS’ “Joan of Arcadia.”
amtam.com
Marvin Tate
With David Hilliard, 4 p.m. Sunday, Center Stage.
Marvin Tate is a poet, visual artist, educator, author and community activist. He teaches art in the Chicago Alternative Schools Network. His new book of self-published poems, “Assemblages,” reveals the complexities of everyday life, real or imagined.
In conversation with Gary Krist and Joe Allen, 10 a.m. Saturday, Center Stage.
In conversation with J. Courtney Sullivan, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
In conversation with Gillian Flynn, 2 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
In conversation with Richard Peck and Linda Sue Park, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, The Mash Stage.
National Book Critics Circle, with Donna Seaman, Art Winslow and Eric Banks, 11 a.m. Sunday, Center Stage.
Literary editor of the Chicago Tribune,
is past president of the National Book Critics Circle and has chaired three Pulitzer Prize juries. A former Time magazine correspondent, she is the co-author (with Adam Cohen) of “American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation,” named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times.
Robbie Q. Telfer
Panelist, Listen Up! How Chicago’s Live Lit Scene Is Changing the Literary Landscape, with Ian Belknap, Scott Whitehair and Dana Norris, moderated by Keith Ecker, 10 a.m. Saturday, Center Stage.
In conversation with Shanny Jean Maney, noon Saturday, Arts & Poetry Stage.
Robbie Q. Telfer is the author of “Spiking the Sucker Punch.” He helped found the Speak’Easy Poetry Ensemble, is an organizer of Louder Than A Bomb, the Chicago citywide youth slam, and is a co-founder of The Encyclopedia Show, a live literary variety show.
Frank Tempone
Moderator, Desperate Characters, with John Warner, Joseph Peterson and Dan Barden, 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Frank Tempone is a teacher and writer in Chicago. His short stories, essays, and interviews have appeared in upstreet, 580 Split, Fourth Genre, Berkshire Review and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. One of his essays was received a notable mention in “The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008.”
Third World Press
10 a.m. Saturday, Arts & Poetry Stage
Third World Press will present “Gwendolyn Brooks and Friends.” Share the art of poetry with Haki R. Madhubuti, reading from his new book “Honoring Genius,” and Nora Brooks Blakely, Quraysh Ali Lansana and others, reading from “In Montgomery and Other Poems” by Gwendolyn Brooks.
Mike Thomas
In conversation with Craig Wright and Jane Hamilton, 2 p.m. Sunday, University Center/River Room
Mike Thomas is a staff writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He has also written for Esquire, Smithsonian and Salon.com. Thomas is the author of “The Second City Unscripted: Revolution and Revelation at the World-Famous Comedy Theater.”
Roger Thurow
America and the World, with Gary Younge and Ted Fishman, 1:45 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room.
Roger Thurow is a senior fellow at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Previously he reported for The Wall Street Journal for 30 years. He is the co-author, along with Scott Kilman, of “Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty.” His new book is “The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change.”
Jessica Maria Tuccelli
First Fiction, with AGS Johnson and Patricia Ann McNair, moderated by Tony Romano, 3 p.m. Saturday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
A filmmaker and MIT graduate, Jessica Maria Tuccelli spent three summers trekking through northeastern Georgia, soaking up its ghost stories and folklore for her debut novel, “Glow.” The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance named “Glow” a 2012 Okra Pick, its highest honor. She is currently traveling across the US, visiting book clubs.
jessicamariatuccelli.com @JMTuccelli
Scott Turow
In conversation with Thomas Mallon, 1 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Lake Room
Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of nine best-selling works of fiction, including his first novel, “Presumed Innocent” and the sequel, “Innocent.” He has also written two nonfiction books about his experiences in the law. He has been a partner in the Chicago office of SNR Denton, an international law firm, since 1986.
Luis Alberto Urrea
In conversation with Art Winslow, 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Panelist, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame New Class Announcement, with Parneshia Jones, Daniel Nearing and Bill Savage, moderated by Donald G. Evans, 3 p.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Luis Alberto Urrea is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of 14 books, including “The Devil’s Highway,” “The Hummingbird’s Daughter” and “Into the Beautiful North.” His most recent book is “Queen of America.” He is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
@Urrealism
Marisel Vera
Panelist, with Natalie Bakopoulos and Samuel Park, moderated by Brigid Pasulka, 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
The daughter of Puerto Rican emigrants, Marisel Vera grew up in Humboldt Park. She is the author of “If I Bring You Roses” and lives in suburban Chicago with her husband and children.
Mary Vermillion
Panelist, Sex & Violence: The Dos and Don’ts of the Modern Cozy, with Laura Bradford, Sharon Fiffer and Julie Hyzy, moderated by Clare O’Donohue, 10 a.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Mary Vermillion is the author of three lesbian mystery novels set in Iowa. Her most recent novel, “Seminal Murder,” explores the lesbian baby boom and features a murder in a sperm bank.
maryvermillion.com
Paul Virant
Cooking demo, 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Good Eating Stage.
Paul Virant is the chef and owner of Michelin-star restaurant Vie in Western Springs and Perennial Virant in Chicago. He was a 2011 James Beard Foundation nominee for Best Chef: Great Lakes, and is co-author of “The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves and Aigre-doux.”
@jarstarvie
Gale Renee Walden
Poetry reading, 11 a.m. Saturday, Arts & Poetry Stage.
Gale Renee Walden is the author of “Same Blue Chevy.” Her work has appeared in literary magazines across the country.
Jan Wallentin
Panelist, The Thrill of the Mystery, with Manuel Munoz, Alec Nevala-Lee, Sean Chercover and David Heinzmann, 2:45 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Park Fountain Room
Journalist Jan Wallentin lives in Stockholm. His first novel was “Strindberg’s Star.”
Jesmyn Ward
In conversation with Bonnie Jo Campbell and Jennifer Day, 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Miss. Her novel, “Salvage the Bones,” won the National Book Award for fiction. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Her memoir, “The Men We Reaped,” is due out in 2013.
Rob Warden
In conversation with Leigh Buchanan Bienen and Eric Zorn, 2 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Lake Room
Rob Warden is a legal affairs journalist and executive director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at the Northwestern University School of Law.
John Warner
Panelist, Desperate Characters, with Joseph Peterson and Dan Barden, moderated by Frank Tempone, 2:45 p.m. Sunday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
John Warner is the author of the novel “The Funny Man.” He is also known as The Biblioracle, a one-man book recommendation service, and is editor at large for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
Richard Wasserman
Stories Through Photographs, with John Maloof and Colleen Plumb, in conversation with Mike Zajakowski, 11 a.m. Sunday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
Richard Wasserman is the author of “Midstream: The Chicago River 1999-2010.” Since closing his family’s lighting business in the late 1990s he has devoted himself full time to photography.
Larry Watson
Panelist, with Alyson Hagy, Jonathan Evison and Terese Svoboda, moderated by Steve Mills, 4 p.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
Larry Watson, of Milwaukee, has written seven acclaimed novels, including “Montana 1948.”
larry-watson.com
In conversation with Barbara Taylor Bradford, noon Saturday, Harold Washington Library Center/Cindy Pritzker Auditorium.
Host, the American Heritage Dictionary Define-A-Thon, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Center Stage.
is the “Lessons for Life” columnist at the Chicago Tribune and emcee for Trib University.
Bruce Weigl
3 p.m. Saturday, Arts & Poetry Stage.
Bruce Weigl’s collections include “The Abundance of Nothing,” “After the Others” and “What Saves Us.” His poetry, essays, articles and reviews have appeared in many magazines and journals.
Daniel Weiland
Cooking demo, 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Good Eating Stage.
Daniel Weiland is executive sous chef at the Custom House Tavern. Chicago area restaurants where he has worked include Blackbird, Avec, the former Isabellas Estiatorio in Geneva and C-House.
Sam Weller
In conversation with Dan Chaon, Sandra Novack and Adam Levin, 10 a.m. Saturday, Grace Place/2nd Floor.
Sam Weller is the authorized biographer of Ray Bradbury and an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago. His books include “The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury” and “Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews.” He is the co-editor of “Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury,” due out in July.
Tim Wendel
In conversation with Chris Ballard and Tim Bannon, 11 a.m. Saturday, Trib Nation Stage.
Tim Wendel is the author of “Summer of ’68: The Season that Changed Baseball — and America — Forever” and “High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time.” A founding editor of USA Today Baseball Weekly, he has written for magazines such as Esquire and GQ. He teaches at Johns Hopkins University.
Carol Weston
Performance, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Lil’ Lit Park.
Carol Weston has been a residency artist and touring performance artist with Urban Gateways for more than 25 years. She works at the Old Town School of Folk Music as a children’s Wiggleworms instructor and piano teacher.
Charles Wheelan
Panelist, with Austin Kleon, moderated by James Finn Garner, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
Charles Wheelan is the author of “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science” and teaches at Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago.
Scott Whitehair
Panelist, Listen Up! How Chicago’s Live Lit Scene Is Changing the Literary Landscape, with Robbie Q. Telfer, Ian Belknap and Dana Norris, moderated by Keith Ecker, 10 a.m. Saturday, Center Stage.
Participant, Essay Fiesta, 6 p.m. Saturday, The Mash Stage
Scott Whitehair is a co-founder and host of monthly storytelling series This Much Is True, and creator of reading series Story Lab Chicago. He recently produced The 43rd annual Chicago’s Biggest Liar Contest at Herdegen-Brieske Funeral Home and the Adult Education series at The Acorn Theater.
Ebony Joy Wilkins
Panelist, Young Adult Fiction: The Real World, with Gabrielle Zevin, Julie Anne Peters and Beth Neff, moderated by Billy Lombardo, 11:15 a.m. Sunday, The Mash Stage.
Ebony Joy Wilkins is the author of the young-adult novel “Sell-out.” She has a master’s degree in writing for children from New School in New York.
ebonyjoywilkins.com
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@ebonyjoy
Introducing John Green, winner, 2012 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Book Prize, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jones College Prep High School/Auditorium.
is vice president and associate editor at the Chicago Tribune. She works on new business ideas for media and journalism, including the Printers Row literary membership program. Her team created Trib Nation, the reader engagement program; a full menu of live events that bring Chicago Tribune journalism to the stage; and an e-book initiative.
Art Winslow
In conversation with Joseph Kanon, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, University Center/Loop Room.
In conversation with Luis Albert Urrea, 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Wyndham Blake/Burnham Room.
National Book Critics Circle, with Elizabeth Taylor, Donna Seaman and Eric Banks, 11 a.m. Sunday, Center Stage.
Art Winslow, a former executive editor of The Nation, is a longtime contributor to various newspapers and magazines on literary and cultural topics. He is at work on a novel set in the years between World War I and World War II.
S.L. Wisenberg
Neither Fish Nor Fowl: A Reading from Northwestern University MA/MFA Faculty, 1 p.m. Saturday, University Center/ Multimedia Room.
S.L. Wisenberg directs the MA/MFA in creative writing program at Northwestern University. She is the author of a story collection, “The Sweetheart Is In”; and two books of creative nonfiction, “Holocaust Girls: History, Memory & Other Obsessions,” and “The Adventures of Cancer Bitch.”
Panelist, WBEZ-FM presents Changes in Reading and Writing, with J.C. Gabel, Gretchen Kalwinski, moderated by Donna Seaman, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, University Center/ Park Fountain Room.
covers consumer technology and Chicago startups for the Chicago Tribune. She was also a reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in New York and Buenos Aires. Wong is married to Alec Nevala-Lee, a novelist who is also appearing at this year’s Printers Row.
Craig Wright
In conversation with Jane Hamilton and Mike Thomas, 2 p.m. Sunday, University Center/River Room
Craig Wright’s plays include “Recent Tragic Events,” “Molly’s Delicious,” “Mistakes Were Made” and “The Unseen.” He recently published “Three Plays: Melissa Arctic, Orange Flower Water, and The Pavilion” with Northwestern University Press. His work as a TV writer and producer includes “Six Feet Under,” “Lost,” “Brothers and Sisters”and “Dirty Sexy Money.”
10 a.m. Saturday, Trib Nation Stage.
, a consumer columnist for the Chicago Tribune, is the author of “What’s Your Problem? Cut Through Red Tape, Challenge the System, and Get Your Money Back.” He has helped readers retrieve more than $1 million of their money. He lives in Oak Park.
Nili Yelin
Emcee of Lil’ Lit Park programs.
Nili Yelin performs throughout the Chicago area as The Storybook Mom.
storybookmom .com
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@niliyelinwronski
Young Chicago Authors
10:45 a.m. Saturday, The Mash Stage.
Young Chicago Authors cultivates young people’s voices through writing, publication and performance education.
Gary Younge
America and the World, with Roger Thurow and Ted Fishman, 1:45 p.m. Saturday, University Center/River Room.
Alfred Knobler fellow Gary Younge is a New York-based columnist for The Guardian and The Nation and an author. Formerly the Belle Zeller visiting professor of public policy and social administration at Brooklyn College, CUNY, he has two honorary degrees from British universities.
garyyounge.com
Stories Through Photographs, with Richard Wasserman, John Maloof and Colleen Plumb, 11 a.m. Sunday, University Center/Park Fountain Room.
is the features photo editor for the Chicago Tribune, working on Arts & Entertainment, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Sunday, Dining, Printers Row Journal and feature packages distributed nationally. He contributes book reviews and other writing and photography for various sections, and teaches visual communication in the graduate school of journalism at DePaul University.
Gabrielle Zevin
Panelist, Young Adult Fiction: The Real World, with Julie Anne Peters, Ebony Joy Wilkins and Beth Neff, moderated by Billy Lombardo, 11:15 a.m. Sunday, The Mash Stage.
Gabrielle Zevin is the author of “Elsewhere, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac” and “All These Things I’ve Done.” She lives in New York City.
Natalie Ziarnik
Oh, The Places You Can Go! Writing for Children Today! with Esther Hershenhorn, 1 p.m. Saturday, Jones College Prep/Student Learning Center.
Natalie Ziarnik is the author of the picture book “Madeleine’s Light: A Story of Camille Claudel.” She is head of the children’s department at the Ela Area Public Library in Lake Zurich and lives with her family in Barrington.
@NatalieZiarnik
Eric Zorn
In conversation with Leigh Buchanan Bienen and Rob Warden, 2 p.m. Sunday, University Center/Lake Room
Eric Zorn began at the Chicago Tribune as a reporting intern in summer 1980. He began writing a column for the metro section in 1986 and started the Tribune’s first blog in 2003. He focuses on politics, criminal justice and social controversies.
Claire Zulkey
Moderator, Dark Days, with Veronica Roth, Aprilynne Pike, Elizabeth Norris and Bethany Griffin, 1 p.m. Saturday, The Mash Stage.
Claire Zulkey is the author of “An Off Year.” Since 2003 she has run the blog Zulkey.com, which is produced by NPR affiliate WBEZ. She is a television critic and contributor to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and AV Club. She lives in Edgewater.
826CHI
Memoirs, Dance Floors, and Dinosaurs, 2 p.m. Saturday,
The Mash Stage.
826CHI is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write.
