Tucson Festival of Books

Make It Your Own, Write a Retelling: YA Workshop


In this workshop, each participant will learn how to write a retelling by putting their own spin on the classic nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. Katie Bernet is the author of "Beth is Dead," a contemporary retelling of "Little Women."


Panelist
Katie Bernet

Katie Bernet is the author of the young adult mystery thriller, "Beth Is Dead," a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. She's an award-winning creative director, a long-standing member of the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Writer's Workshop, and the director of the 2025 DFW Writer's Conference....

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Book:
Beth Is Dead
Katie Bernet
Teen
Sarah Barley Books / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
January 2026
ISBN 9781665988698
400 pages
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