Gustavo Arellano, Orange County, Scribner
Collen Dunn Bates, Hometown Santa Monica, Prospect Park Books
David Benioff, City of Thieves, Penguin
Bill Boyarsky, Big Daddy, U of Cal Press
Jan Burke, The Messenger, Simon & Schuster
Robert Crais, Chasing Darkness, Simon & Schuster
Cheryl Crane, Lana: The Memories, The Myths, The Movies, Running Press
Mike Daly, Time Flies When Youâre In a Coma: The Wisdom of the Metal Gods, Hudson Street Press & Plume
Selden Edwards, The Little Book, Dutton Adult
David Francis, Stray Dog Winter, MacAdam Cage
Roy Freirich, Winged Creaters, St. Martinâs Griffin
David Fuller, Sweetsmoke, Hyperion
Debra Ginsberg, The Grift, Shaye Areheart Books
Christopher Goffard, Snitch Jacket, Overlook/Rookery
Nancy Gottesman, Hometown Santa Monica, Prospect Park Books
PJ Haarsma, The Softwire: Betrayal on Orbis 2, Candlewick Press
Dan Hanna, The Pout-Pout Fish, Farrar, Straus & Giroux for Young Readers
Jim Jennewin, RuneWarriors, HarperCollins
Jeanne Kelley, Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes, Running Press
Jonathan Kirsch, The Grand Inquisitorâs Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God, HarperOne
Rafael Lopez, Our California, Charlesbridge
Dean Lorey, Monster Madness, HarperCollins
D. J. MacHale, Raven Rise: Pendragon Book Nine, Simon & Schuster
Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltinâs 2009 Movie Guide, Hudson Street Press & Plume
Jeffrey Mariotte, River Runs Red, Jove
Carolyn Marsden, The Buddhaâs Diamonds, Candlewick Press
George McClements, Baron Von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident, Harcourt
Mary McNamara, Oscar Season, Simon & Schuster
Jordan Mechner, Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel, First Second Books
Bill Mernite, Imagine Me and You, Shaye Areheart Books
Kadir Nelson, Abeâs Honest Words/All Godâs Critter, Hyperion Simon & Schuster
Tao Nyeu, Wonder Bear, Penguin Young Readerâs Group
Stewart OâNan, Songs for the Missing, Viking Penguin
Tom Parker, RuneWarriors, HarperCollins
Ann Whitford Paul, If Animals Kissed Goodnight, Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers
Mary E. Pearson, The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Henry Holt & Co. Books for Young Readers
Paul Rogers, Forever Young, Antheneum
Pam Munoz Ryan, Our California, Charlesbridge
Ariel Sabar, My Fatherâs Paradise, Algonquin Books
Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages: Book Three of Mistborn, Tor
Mark Sarvas, Harry Revised, Bloomsbury
Margery L. Schwartz, Hometown Santa Monica, Prospect Park Books
Jennie Shortridge, Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe, NAL Trade
Ami Silber, Early Bright, Toby Press
Marisa Silver, God of War, Simon & Schuster
April Smith, Judas Horse, Knopf Books
Jerry Stahl, Pain Killers, HarperCollins
Whitley Strieber, Critical Mass, Macmillan
John Villani, Art Town: California, Countryman Press
J. Michael Walker, All the Saints of the City of the Angels, Heyday Books
Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Crows, Little, Brown & Co.
Maiya Williams, The Hour of the Outlaw, Amulet Books
Don Winslow, Dawn Patrol, Knopf Books
Jacqueline Winspear, An Incomplete Revenge, Picador
Paula Yoo, Good Enough, HarperTeen
Tom Zimmerman, Paradise Promoted: The Booster Campaign that Created L.A., Angel City Press
* All authors listed have been invited, not all have confirmed.
