Please Join Us
September 28 - 30, 2018The Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival hosts more than 30 award winning authors and speakers, including authors of New York Times best-sellers, Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners, as well as winners of virtually every prestigious literary award and much more. The Festival will take place at Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. Please scroll down to see this year's speakers.
Below is a preliminary line-up for 2018
Below are some of our past speakers
David Brooks
Condoleezza Rice
Tom Friedman
Joe Scarborough
Abraham Verghese
Sandra Day O'Connor
Peggy Noonan
Michael Pollan
Dave Barry
Don Shula
PJ O'Rourke
Rick Reilly
Marissa Mayer
Reza Aslan
Carl Hiaasen
Elizabeth Gilbert
David Kennedy
Pico Iyer
Kathryn Stockett
Khaled Hosseini
John Hennessy
Shelby Steele
Bob Ballard
Douglas Brinkley
David Ignatius
Scott Turow
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger
The success of the Festival and our Student Programs would not be possible without the ongoing support of our partners, sponsors, friends and supporters. We thank you for your generosity and invite you to let us know soon about your plans for 2018.
Cynthia and Jim McGillen, Founders
Carmel Magazine – Bringing Big IDEAS to Pebble Beach
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