The National Book Foundation returns to the Tucson Festival of Books to celebrate 2024 National Book Award–honored authors. Join honorees Jason De León (Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling, Nonfiction Winner), Violet Duncan (Buffalo Dreamer, Young People’s Literature Finalist), Octavio Quintanilla (The Book of Wounded Sparrows, Poetry Longlister), and Ernest Scheyder (The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives, Nonfiction Longlister) for readings and conversation about the real-life inspirations behind their books, and how they polished these ideas and fascinations into the final publications.

Moderated by Ruth Dickey, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation.