The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage

Michael Chabon +
Ayelet Waldman

Michael Chabon + Ayelet Waldman
9.17.13

Bestselling and renown writer Michael Chabon is best known for his novels, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, and The Yiddish Policeman's Union, for which he won the Nebula and Hugo Awards. His latest novel is Telegraph Avenue. He is married to writer Ayelet Waldman.

Attorney-turned-writer Ayelet Waldman is the author of the New York Times bestseller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace and multiple other novels. Her latest novel is Red Hook Road.

Stephen L. Carter
10.16.13

Stephen L. Carter is a prolific writer who has published eight critically acclaimed nonfiction books and five works of fiction, including The Emperor of Ocean Park, a 2003 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner. His latest novel is The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln.

Cheryl Strayed
11.19.13

American memoirist, novelist and essayist Cheryl Strayed is best known for the New York Times bestseller, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, a memoir that has been translated into 28 languages.

Andrew Solomon
3.18.14

Author Andrew Solomon's internationally bestselling book, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, received the 2001 National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His recent work, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity won a 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.

Robert Pinsky
4.8.14

Acclaimed poet Robert Pinsky's first two terms as United States Poet Laureate were marked by such visible dynamism and inspired such national enthusiasm for poetry through his Favorite Poem Project that the Library of Congress appointed him to an unprecedented third term. He is the author of nineteen books of poetry and prose, including his latest, Selected Poems (2011).

Katherine Boo
5.13.14

Award-winning journalist, author and MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Katherine Boo, delivers intimate and powerful reporting about the world's poor and disadvantaged. Her book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, a nonfiction account of life in the slums of Mumbai, won the 2012 National Book Award.