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 15, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm |
| Signing area: | Signing Area - Children (following presentation)
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| Genre: | Children |
| Moderators: | Magdalena Castillo-Cockrum, Caryl Crowell |
| Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of Stocker Foundation, James Wezelman and Denise Grusin |
Tom Angleberger, bestselling author of the "Origami Yoda" series, is known for his humorous and engaging children’s books. His works include "Horton Halfpott", "Fake Mustache", the "Inspector Flytrap" series, "Geronimo Stilton: The Sewer Rat Stink", and "Two-Headed Chicken....
Nick Bruel is the creator of the New York Times-bestselling Bad Kitty series. He lives with his family in Pleasantville, New York, along with their sometimes-good-sometimes-bad cats Rose and Noodles. His two new Bad Kitty books are "Bad Kitty: Party Animal" and "Bad Kitty Makes a Movie....
Kim Bussing writes fairy tales for children and adults. She has an MFA from the University of Arizona, where she taught creative writing to undergraduates. Her first book series is The Princess Swap with "Cinderella and the Beast" and "Snow White and the Dragon....
Karen S. Chow is a Taiwanese-American author, who started writing novels as a college sophomore. Now, she is an engineer by day and middle-grade novelist by night. Her debut novel is "Miracle," a CCBC Best Book of 2024 and an SCBWI Out of the Margins Award winner....
Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week, and she has been a writer ever since. She writes middle grade and young adult fiction. Megan is also a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet....
Gale Galligan is the creator of multiple New York Times bestselling Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations by Ann M. Martin. They are also the creator of "Fresh Start" and "Freestyle," original graphic novels that they both wrote and illustrated....
Rosanne Parry is the author of the bestselling novels "A Wolf Called Wander," "A Whale of the Wild," and "A Horse Named Sky" as well as "The Wolf Effect." These Voice of the Wilderness stories center the voices of wild animals and their struggle to survive in a dangerous and changing world....
Jose Pimienta was raised in Mexicali, Baja California and resides in Los Angeles, CA where they work on comics and storyboards for animation and film. "Suncatcher" was their debut YA graphic novel and ended on many best of lists....
Kim Tomsic was a classroom conversationalist and got in trouble (a lot!) with teachers for talking. The trouble spanned from the East Coast to the West Coast, because she was a military brat and the new girl at eight different schools....
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