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 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, The Grinder)

READERS

Amelia Gray, author of Gutshot, Museum of the Weird, and the PEN/Faulkner finalist Threats

Jillian Lauren, best-selling author of Some Girls, Pretty and Everything You Ever Wanted

Liana Maeby, author of South on Highland

Sarah Tomlinson, journalist, and memoirist of Good Girl