Literary Programs Staff: Jared Jackson, Program Director, Literary Programs and Emerging Voices; Donica Bettanin, Program Director, Literary Awards
Literary Programs Interns: Angie Gomez, Jasmine Gonzalez, Lili Leitner, Audrey Pettit, Rei Wolfsohn
Festival Staff and Crew:
Associate Producer, Jenny Tibbels
Production Manager, Dana Krieger
Production Designer, Corrie Beth Shotwell
Venue Producers: Maria Luisa Gambale, Suchan Vodoor, Aktina Stathaki, Yu Chien Liu, Taji Senior
Stage Manager, Erin Koster
Video Production: Collective Agency, Eyes Up Here Productions
Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Best
Photographer, Beowulf Sheehan
Bookstore Partners
Brazos Bookstore • Burdock Book Collective • Deep Vellum • Pilsen Community Books • Scuppernong Books • Skylight Books • Magic City Books • Strand Book Store • Word Up Community Bookshop
World Voices Festival Co-Chairs
Ayad Akhtar • Masha Gessen
World Voices Festival Curatorial and Producing Team
Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, Senior Director, Literary Programs
Nancy Vitale, Senior Manager and Producer, Literary Programs
Nicole Gervasio, Manager, Literary Programs and Festival
Jared Jackson, Manager, Literary Programs
Jenn Dees, Program Manager, Los Angeles
Viviane Eng, Assistant, Literary Programs
Jane Marchant, Program Director, Literary Awards
Jaime Gordon, Fellow, Literary Programs
Literary Programs Interns: Adji Diop, Anna Riddo, Kelila Weiner, Sevval Ercin, and Toni France
Special Thanks
PEN America Committees
Translation Committee • Children’s and Young Adult Books Committee
PEN America Trustees
Allison Markin Powell • Amanda Sarasien • Dinaw Mengestu • Greg Pardlo • Jennifer Egan • Jennifer Finney Boylan • Paul Muldoon • Susan Choi • Tom Healy
PEN America Staff
Alec Sandoval • Alejandro Heredia • Caits Meissner • Christina Manubag • Dounia Benslimane • Florence Li • Gina Chung • Hannah Lee • Hannah Waltz • Isabel Celio • Julie Trébault • Margaret Flynn Sapia • Melissa Joskow • Michelle Franke • Patrick Raneses • Peter Henry • Polina Sadovskaya • Rachel Pryzgoda • Rachel Roseman • Rebecca Werner • Robert Pollock • Sandy Mui • Summer Lopez • Stephen Fee • William Johnson
PEN America Literary Programs Interns
Angie Gomez, Jasmine Gonzalez, Lili Leitner, Audrey Pettit, Rei Wolfsohn
Production Team
World Voices Festival Event Producers
Alex Lisowski • Erin Maureen Koster • Maria Luisa Gambale • Maxime Verdiere • Nicole Press • Tiffany Hopkins
PEN Pops Producers
Nora Berman • Mike Gioia
Video Editor
Michael Lucio Sternbach
Graphic Design and Animation
María Lavezzo, Studio La Maria
World Voices Festival Box Office Manager
Michelle Cowles