Other members of the lineup include Jim Borgman, an editorial cartoonist who co-created the comic strip “Zits,” crossword puzzle creator Merl Reagle, author and former Parade magazine editor Janice Kaplan and Chris Reich (”The First Billion”). Jack Cox, president of The Communications Institute, will moderate a panel of national experts and authors who will discuss approaching the future with reason, not fear. The Communications Institute (TCI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the level of communication and discussion of critical issues in society. The Tucson Festival of Books is sponsored by the UA and the Arizona Daily Star, and Diamond Children’s Medical Center is the presenting sponsor. For more information, to follow the festival through e-mail newsletters, or to volunteer at the event or make a tax-deductible donation (under “friend of the festival”), go to tucsonfestivalofbooks.

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