The San Diego Writers Festival is a free, community-based event designed to celebrate the power of writing and storytelling. The 2022 festival will take place at the Coronado Public Library.

In conversation with Jeniffer Thompson, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, the 2022 SDWF Writer of the Year, is the award-winning, New York Times and internationally bestselling Canadian author of Secret Daughter, The Golden Son, and The Shape of Family. Amazon Studios will produce the film adaptation of Secret Daughter, starring Priyanka Chopra and Sienna Miller, and directed by Anthony Chen.