Please Join Us
September 27 - 29, 2019The Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival hosts more than 20 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 some of our past speakers.
Below is a preliminary line-up for 2018
Final 2019 speakers to be announced by September 1, 2019 or sooner.
David Brooks
Condoleezza Rice
Tom Friedman
Leon Panetta
Joe Scarborough
Abraham Verghese
Sandra Day O'Connor
Peggy Noonan
Michael Pollan
Dave Barry
Don Shula
PJ O'Rourke
Niall Ferguson
Eric Schlosser
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
Tina Seelig
Pamela Meyer
Michael McFaul
Clint Watts
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 2019.
Cynthia and Jim McGillen, Founders
Carmel Magazine – Bringing Big IDEAS to Pebble Beach
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