The National Book Foundation returns to the Tucson Festival of Books for programming featuring 2023 National Book Award–honored authors across genres. Finalists Aaliyah Bilal (Temple Folk, Fiction), Vashti Harrison (Big, Young People’s Literature), and Hanna Pylvaïnen (The End of Drum-Time, Fiction) discuss the specificity required to write universal stories for readers of all ages, and the power of exceptional storytelling to make the unfamiliar feel known.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, and presented in partnership with the Tucson Festival of Books.