San José, Sean

Sean San José works for Intersection for the Arts and resident theatre company Campo Santo. He has helped develop first plays by writers Jimmy Santiago Baca, Junot Diaz, Dave Eggers, Denis Johnson, Vendela Vida, and others. This October Campo Santo premieres Habibi, the first play by Sharif Abu-Hamdeh.

Stories on Stage

New to Litquake this year, Stories on Stage brings short fiction from the Bay Area’s brightest literary stars to life on the stage. Stories by Daniel Handler, Daniel Alarcón, and Yiyun Li (the last two on The New Yorker's list of 20 best fiction writers under 40) all circle on love—love lost, love never found, love perpetually out of touch. Directed by Sean San José, co-founder of Campo Santo, the award-winning resident theater company of San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts.

Admission: $22.50 in advance (at brownpapertickets.com or by phone 800-838-3006); $25 at the door

Daniel Alarcón, Daniel Handler, Yiyun Li and Sean San José

Li, Yiyun

Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing. Her books have won the Guardian First Book Award, California Book Award, and more. Her new story collection, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, came out in September 2010. The week before Litquake, she was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation Genius Award.

Alarcón, Daniel

Daniel Alarcón is associate editor of Etiqueta Negra, an award-winning magazine published in his native Lima, Peru, and visiting scholar at U.C. Berkeley. He is author of War by Candlelight (2006 PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist) and Lost City Radio.

Handler, Daniel

Daniel Handler is the author of the novels The Basic Eight, Watch Your Mouth, and Adverbs, and far too many books as Lemony Snicket, including the forthcoming 13 Words. He lives in San Francisco.