Pebble Beach Authors & Ideas Festival, formerly Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival, takes place on the last weekend of September in Pebble Beach, California.
[1] Held annually since 2007, founders Cynthia and James McGillen were inspired to create the event after attending the Sun Valley Writers' Conference in Idaho for many years.
[2][3] Until 2013 it was held at the Sunset Center in Carmel-by-the-Sea, when it was moved to Pebble Beach by its co-founder, James McGillen, owing to problems with renegotiating a contract at the venue.
[1] The festival attracts many of the world's top authors and thinkers, including authors of New York Times best-sellers and winners of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize.
[4] The 16th festival is scheduled to take place from September 22 to 24, 2023.