Rex Ogle (He/him)

Rex Ogle is an award-winning author of more than 100 books, comics, graphic novels, and memoirs, most notably "Free Lunch," which won the ALA/YALSA award for Excellence in Non-Fiction. He also authored "When We Ride," "Abuela Don’t Forget Me" and "Road Home," a best book of the year. Born and raised in Texas, Ogle now lives in Los Angeles where he writes when he’s not reading X-Men, gaming with friends, or begging for attention from his always-aloof dog, Toby.

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Awards: Winner of YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, CYBILS Literary Award, and CLCSC Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry. Nominated for Harvey and GLAAD Media Awards.

Communities: LGBTQ+, Hispanic or Latinx, Neurodivergent, Survivor of domestic violence, homelessness, and poverty.

Entrelazados: Our Family Histories

Three writers with roots in the Southwest discuss their recently published memoirs about family, history, identity and belonging, and the healing power of memory.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sat, Mar 15, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Multigenre
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: Tim Hernandez, Melani Martinez, Rex Ogle
Moderator: Ernesto Portillo Jr.

Creating graphic novels and comics: YA Workshop

Tips for creating graphic novels and comics from award-winning Rex Ogle, who worked as an editor for Marvel and DC Comics and writes the Four Eyes graphic novel series, as well as classics retold as modern graphic novels under pen name Rey Terciero.

UA Library YA /Room 254 Main Floor (Seats 55, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Teen
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelist: Rex Ogle
Moderator: Ann Parker

Teen Worlds: YA Author Carousel

Meet a bunch of YA authors in 60 minutes and enter teen worlds of fantasy, mystery and complicated relationships. Each author will be seated at a table to talk with a small group about their newest book. Every eight minutes the authors will rotate to a new table in our version of author speed-dating.

Education 211 (Seats 200)  
Sun, Mar 16, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Teen
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  

Panelists: Kendare Blake, Alexandra Bracken, Alexa Donne, Gayle Forman, Tiffany Jackson, Tricia Levenseller, Rex Ogle, Scott Reintgen, Emily J. Taylor
Moderators: Lauren Freedman, Holly Johnson

Books:

Road Home

Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
W. W. Norton, Incorporated
May 2024
ISBN 9781324019923
272 pages

Pizza Face: a Graphic Novel

Nuestras Raices
Scholastic, Incorporated
July 2024
ISBN 9781338574999
224 pages