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.
| Where: | Education Room 211 (Kiva) (Seats 200)  |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Children |
| Moderators: | Lauren Freedman, Holly Johnson |
Tracey Baptiste is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty-six books for children, including the popular Jumbies series (“The Jumbies,” “Rise of the Jumbies,” and “The Jumbie God’s Revenge”) and the picture book “Looking for a Jumbie....
Dusti Bowling grew up, as her family will tell you, with her nose in a book. She currently lives in Arizona with her husband, three daughters, and a bunch of farm animals. Her books include, "The Beat I Drum," "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus," "The Canyon's Edge," and "Holding on for Dear Life....
Karina Yan Glaser is the author of The New York Times bestselling Vanderbeekers series, "The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli" and "A Duet for Home," which received three starred reviews and has been nominated for more than a dozen awards....
Sara Goetter and Natalie Riess are a comic-making duo from Pennsylvania, now living in Texas with their cat, Tilly. They are the creators of the graphic novels “Dungeon Critters” and “The Bawk-ness Monster....
Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio and worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana before her first book, "Running Out of Time," was published. She has since written more than fifty books for kids and teens, including a number of series: Greystone Secrets, Shadow Children, Missing, and Children of Exile....
Julie Kagawa is The New York Times bestselling author of “The Iron Fey,” “Blood of Eden,” “Talon,” “Shadow of the Fox,” and the Storm Dragons series. Born in Sacramento and raised in Hawaii, she grew up surrounded by ocean adventures, geckos and the occasional hurricane....
Mari Mancusi is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 30 sci-fi and fantasy books for children, teens, and adults. A former Emmy-winning TV news producer, her series have been featured on state reading lists, in Scholastic book fairs, and honored by the American Library Association’s “Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers....
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....
Sara Goetter and Natalie Riess are a comic-making duo from Pennsylvania, now living in Texas with their cat, Tilly. They are the creators of the graphic novels “Dungeon Critters” and “The Bawk-ness Monster....
David A. Robertson is the author of "The World's End," the last book of the Misewa Saga, the picture book "Little Shoes," and new releases "All the Little Monsters" and "52 Ways to Reconcile." He won the Governor General's Literary Award for "On the Trapline" and "When We Were Alone" and the Writers' Union of Canada's Freedom to Read award....
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