Literary Death Match
- This is a past program
Called “the most entertaining reading series ever” by the Los Angeles Times, Literary Death Match features four authors, three all-star judges, two finalists, and one epic finale. Now in 57 cities worldwide, this wild live show has been optioned for TV and returns to the Hammer for its annual summer spectacular.
JUDGES
Literary Merit: Jerry Stahl, best-selling author of Permanent Midnight, I, Fatty and the all-new OG Dad
Performance: Jon Cryer, actor (Two and a Half Men, Pretty in Pink) and author of So That Happened
Intangibles: Mary Elizabeth Ellis, actor (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and the upcoming sitcom The Grinder with Rob Lowe)
READERS
Amelia Gray, author of the all-new Gutshot, Museum of the Weird, and the PEN/Faulkner finalist Threats
Jillian Lauren, best-selling author of Some Girls, Pretty and the all-new Everything You Ever Wanted
Liana Maeby, debut author of South on Highland
Sarah Tomlinson, journalist, and debut memoirist of Good Girl
Photo by Jason Gutierrez
All Hammer public programs are free and made possible by a major gift from the Dream Fund at UCLA.
Generous support is also provided by Susan Bay Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy, Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley, an anonymous donor, and all Hammer members.
The Hammer’s digital presentation of its public programs is made possible by the Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.