James Ponti (he/him/his) Cancelled
This author has cancelled their attendance with the Festival.
James Ponti is The New York Times bestselling author of four middle grade series: The Sherlock Society, about a group of young detectives, “City Spies,” dealing with an elite MI6 kid spy team, the Edgar Award winning Framed! series, concerning tween sleuths in Washington, D.C., and the Dead City trilogy about a secret group policing the undead in Manhattan. An Emmy-nominated writer and producer, he has worked for Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and PBS, and lives with his family in Orlando, Florida.
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Awards: Edgar Award
Middle Grade Carousel: Inviting Connection
Meet a bunch of authors in 60 minutes as they share their new books filled with invitations to adventure. 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 Room 211 (Kiva) (Seats 200)
Sat, Mar 14, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
Panelists:
Tracey Baptiste,
Dusti Bowling,
Karina Yan Glaser,
Sara Goetter,
Margaret Peterson Haddix,
Julie Kagawa,
Mari Mancusi,
James Ponti Cancelled,
Natalie Riess,
David A. Robertson
Moderators: Lauren Freedman, Holly Johnson
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of HarperCollins Children's Books, Worlds of Words
Books:
Europa
Children
Aladdin
February 2026
ISBN 9781665959988
384 pages
Hurricane Heist
Children
Simon and Schuster
September 2025
ISBN 9781665932561
320 pages
