Moderators at the Festival

Festival Staff / February 5, 2010

The Tucson Festival of Books' moderators have the important task of bringing the topics, the audience and the participating authors together in an organized and enjoyable presentation.

While authors naturally tend to take the limelight at the Festival, the moderators have some star power of their own. Here's our moderator lineup (as of Mar 5):

• Randy Acceta
• Christine Acevedo-Medina
• Suleika Acosta
• Howard Adams
• Damien Alameda
• Sergio Alejandro
• Ed Alexander
• Charles Alexander
• Steve Alley
• Barb Alley
• Bonnie Allin
• Kristin Almquist
• Beth Alvarado
• Jenny Anchondo
• Andy Anderson
• Jim Arnold
• Darrin Arriens
• Guy Atchley
• Brenda Austin
• Damian Baca
• Don Bachrach
• Vera Marie Badertscher
• Barry Baker
• Frank Bangs
• Ron Barber
• Jaret Barr
• Brian Basham
• Bruce Beach
• Jeff Beamish
• Jim Becker
• Jim Bednarek
• Dick Belkin
• Josh Benson
• Rich Berra
• Marty Bishop
• Shannon Black
• Mindy Blake
• Betsy Bolding
• Mary Bouley
• Lisa Bowden
• Amy Bright
• Julie Brinks
• Matt Brode
• Gail Browne
• Tony Brueski
• Janice Brundage
• Melissa Buckheit
• Bill Buckmaster
• Lisa Bunker
• Lauren Burgoyne
• Patrick Butler
• Anthony Cabrera
• Mike Camp
• Jay Campbell
• Max Cannon
• Randy Carlson
• Ken Carr
• Dusty Chandler
• Michael Charton
• Elaine Charton
• Andrei Cherny
• Colin Christian
• Erin Christiansen
• Dean Christoffel
• Delane Cleveland
• David Cohen
• Mel Cohen
• Sam Cohon
• Arlan Colton
• Joni Condit
• Dave Cooney
• Dee Cortez
• Dean Cotlow
• Betsy Cowan
• Steve Cox
• Greg Curtis
• Pat Darcy
• Silver Dave
• Gilbert Davidson
• Ann Day
• Jess Devaney
• Bob Diaz
• Ruth Dickstein
• Bruce Dinges
• Tom Doucette
• Albert Elias
• Randy Emerson
• Gary Emerson
• Jessica Emerson-Fleming
• Julian Etienne Gomez-Baranda
• Vicki Evans
• Annette Everlove
• Mike Feder
• Brad Feder
• Jim Fein
• Meg Files
• Laura Fitzgerald
• David Fitzsimmons
• Sharon Foltz
• Bud Foster
• Stephanie Fries
• Diane Frisch 
• Mike Gabrielson
• Efrain Garcia
• Linda Garrett
• Randy Garsee
• Danny Gasch
• Jorge Gastelum
• Chuck George
• Michelle Germano
• Jack Gibson
• Martha Gilliland
• Rob Glaser
• Todd Goldberg
• Dr. Gerald Goldberg
• Debbie Goodman
• Bruce Greenberg
• David Greenberg
• Barbara Grijalva
• Jeff Grobstein
• Steve Groesbeck
• Michael Guymon
• Bob Hadd
• Hollywood Hafner
• Ann Hameroff
• D. Hameroff
• Masha Hamilton
• Ed Hammers
• J.M. "Mike" Hayes
• Mike Hein
• Jayne Henninger
• Bonnie Henry
• Francisca James Hernandez
• Margaret Higgins
• Amy Hirshberg Lederman
• Terry Holpert
• Jodi Horton
• John Humenik
• Paul Andrew Hutton
• Janis Ian
• Buzz Jackson
• Bruce Jacobs
• Angelo J. Joaquin, Jr.
• James W. Johnson
• Adam Johnston
• Bob Jones
• Erin Jordan
• Teresa Jun
• Jon Justice
• Allen Kath
• BJ Kiernan
• Scott Kilbury
• Rick Kleiner
• Jake Knapp
• Valerie Knight
• Patricia Knoll
• Cybele Knowles
• Ken Kowalcek
• Paul Kraft
• David Laird
• Joan Lee
• Josh Leng
• Steve Lenihan
• Tomas Leon
• Jake Levine
• Barbara Levy
• Helaine Levy
• Conrad Lewis
• Lois Lewis
• Ken Light
• Paul Lindsey
• Som Lisaius
• Diana Liverman
• Robert Longaker
• Ed Lopez
• Lisa Lovallo
• Alex Lucas
• Nancy Lutich Holmes
• Steve Lynn
• Larry Mac
• April Madison
• Nancy Mairs
• Fran Marian
• Jim Marian
• David Marino
• Michael Marks
• Dan Marries
• Mary Martin
• Mary Ann Martinez
• Charlie Martinez
• Frank Mascia
• Ross McAllister
• Nancy McClure
• Mary Belle McCorkle
• Mark McLemore
• Tom McNamara
• Stuart Mellan
• Chuck Meyers
• Ron Michaels
• Alan Michaels
• Tom Miller
• Susan Cummins Miller
• Jeff Miller
• Patrick Milligan
• Becky Monroe
• Deanna Morgan
• Kevin Morrow
• Carrie Moten
• John Muñoz
• Gina Murphy-Darling
• Gary Nielsen
• Royal Norman
• Seth O'Brien
• Steve Ochoa
• Jody Oehler
• John Overall
• Chris P
• Rockin' Rupert Pacheco
• Jim Parisi
• Laura Penny
• Randy Peterson
• Steve Phillips
• Doc Phillips
• Aaron Pickering
• David Polan
• Ernesto Portillo
• Cynthia Pruett
• Steve Quinlan
• Sandy Rathbun
• Ryan Recker
• Ian Record
• Ian Reitz
• Bobby Rich
• Fred Rico
• Lorraine Rivera
• Cathy Rivers
• Rob Roberge
• Leighton Rockafellow
• Liz Miller Rodriguez
• Kimberly Romo
• Bill Ronning
• Steve Rosenberg
• Mort Rosenblum
• Mark Ross
• Sandy Rothchild
• Sandra Rothschild
• Myron Rottenstein
• Heather Rowe
• Mark Rubin
• Margie Rye
• Melissa Santa Cruz
• Paul Schloss
• Quinn Schuler
• John C. Scott
• Amanda Shauger
• Aurelie Sheehan
• Steve Shenitzer
• Kathy Short
• Keri Silvyn
• Jerry Simmons
• Albert Siquieros
• Craig Smith
• Linda Solomon
• Dan Spindle
• Alan Stein
• Chita Stevenson
• Jimmy Stewart
• Mark Stine
• Daniel Stolte
• Priscilla Storm
• Herb Stratford
• Ed Taczanowsky
• Joe Tarver
• Richard Tavenner
• Rebecca Taylor
• Chuck Taylor
• Kristi Tedesco
• Pam Treadwell-Rubin 
• Ed Tribble
• Gerry Tumarkin
• Dan Twelker
• Tim Tyler
• Arizeder Urreiztieta
• Allison Vaillancourt
• Johnjay Vanes
• Martha Vazquez
• Rosmar Vega
• Eric Villalobos
• Beth Viner
• Melissa Vito
• Tammy Vo
• Rick Volk
• Jennifer Waddell
• Debbie Wagner
• Joel Waldman
• J.D. Wallace
• Rosemary Watson
• Seth Wayne
• Beth Weinstein
• Teresa Welborn
• Mike West
• James A. Whitehill
• Tyler Wing
• Dr. Sidney Wolff
• Mark Woodhams
• Rick Wright
• Richard Yetwin
• Dennis Zaritsky