2019: Panels and Speakers
Ross Macdonald Literary Award
2019 — Lisa See
Past Recipients
2002 - Ray Bradbury
2003 - Dean Koontz
2004 - Sue Grafton
2005 - Mark Salzman
2006 - Robert Crais
2007 - T. C. Boyle
2008 - James Ellroy
2016 - Dennis Lynds
2017 - Fannie Flagg
2018 - Pico Iyer
2019 - Lisa See
On opening night of the 2019 Santa Barbara Writers Conference, author Lisa See is slated to receive the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. This award is a U.S. book prize given some years by the Santa Barbara Book Council to "a California writer whose work raises the standard of literary excellence." The award is named in honor of California mystery novelist, Ross Macdonald, whose novels were set in a fictionalized version of Santa Barbara, California.
Panels
4:00 PM — 5:00 P.M.
Monday
Lorelei Armstrong, Moderator
August Norman
Deborah Gaal
John Reed
K.N. Crighton
Tuesday
Eric Myers, Moderator
Annie Bomke
Charlotte Gusay
Dara Hyde
Mary C. Moore
Dana Newman
Liz Parker
Thursday
Trey Dowell, Moderator
Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Robin LaFevers
Willard Thompson
Silver Webb
Friday
Speakers
Monte Schulz
Sunday June 18, 7:30 PM, Pacific Ballroom
Monte Schulz published his first novel, Down By The River, in 1990, and spent the next two decades writing Crossing Eden, an epic novel of the Jazz Age. He has taught writing and literature in the College of Creative Studies at UCSB, where he earned his M.A. in American Studies. Metropolis is not only a dystopian narrative of love in a time of war and moral disintegration but also a meditation on the meaning of virtue and goodness in the face of the most monstrous crimes. Monte lives in Santa Barbara and Hawaii.
https://metropolisthebook.com
Elinor Lipman
Monday June 19, 8:00 PM, Pacific Ballroom
Known for her wry social commentary, Elinor Lipman is the author of 14 novels, including her latest, Ms. Demeanor, which has received praise from authors Tom Perrotta, Wally Lamb and Cathleen Schine. In 2008 her debut novel Then She Found Me (1990) was adapted into a film starring Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth, Helen Hunt and Bette Midler. She not only served on the 2006 literature panel for the National Endowment for the Arts but was also a fiction judge for the 2008 National Book Awards. She lives in Manhattan and part-time in Homes, NY, on Lake Dutchess.
https://elinorlipman.com/about-elinor-lipman.html
Mary Hogan
Tuesday June 20, 8:00 PM, Pacific Ballroom
Mary Hogan is the bestselling author of Two Sisters, praised by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani and Left, a love story about a woman who slowly retreats into a fantasy world as she loses her once whip-smart husband to dementia. Her compulsively-readable historical novel based on the Johnstown Flood of 1889, The Woman in the Photo tells a story of class and catastrophe that resonates today. Her previous novels include the young adult titles, The Serious Kiss, Perfect Girl and Pretty Face (HarperCollins). Married to veteran TV and stage actor Robert Hogan until his death in 2021, Mary lives in New York City with their Catahoula Leopard rescue dog.
https://www.maryhogan.com
Matthew Pallamary
Wednesday, June 19, 4:00 PM, El Cabrillo
As we have entered into the twenty-first century, traditional models of publishing and promotion have dissipated into a bewildering electronic jungle where traditional wisdom changes almost daily. Having a blog was once considered the way to go, but once that became the traditional wisdom of the day, thousands of writers jumped on the bandwagon, diluting that approach. MySpace was the hot place to be – for a minute.
Writers have limited budgets, and an overwhelming plethora of paid publicizing services, web sites, and listing services bombard their inboxes daily, and the majority of them are not cost effective. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media giants constantly change their policies, making marketing a hit or miss proposition.
Join thirty-five-year publishing veteran Matt Pallamary for an informative workshop on how to get the best bang for your buck, (or lack of it), by taking advantage of free services, and a guerrilla approach to getting the best exposure for your work possible.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Wednesday June 19, 8:00 PM, El Cabrillo
Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. Her novels have been Indie Next Picks, chosen by Book of the Month, and featured in People, US Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Good Morning America, and more. Her newest novel, Daisy Jones and the Six, will be out March 5th. She lives in Los Angeles.
Jeffrey C. Stewart
Thursday, June 20, 8:00 PM, El Cabrillo
Jeffrey C. Stewart is a National Book Award Winner for Nonfiction, November 2018, the Pulitzer Prize in April 2019 and the Mark Lynton Prize for History, May 2019 . He is a Professor of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara, where he was chair of the department from 2008-2016.
Dr. Stewart is the author of numerous articles, essays and books, including The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about African American History, an essay to the exhibition catalog “Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis,” and the foreword for “Barthe: A Life in Sculpture.” He founded the Black Studies Review: An Undergraduate Research Journal, for which he won the Chancellor’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring (2018). Professor Stewart has taught at Harvard University, Yale University, UCLA, Tufts University, Howard University, Scripps College, and George Mason University.
