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Saturday, August 1 • 5:15pm - 6:30pm
I Was a Teenage Writer

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We do it every year because it’s awesome. See and hear some of today’s top YA writers reading from some of their early—very early—works. Works that possibly should have been destroyed, but thankfully, were not. We’ve all got to start somewhere.

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Leigh Bardugo

Leigh is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Grisha Trilogy: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, and Ruin and Rising. She was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Yale University, and has worked in advertising, journalism, and most recently... Read More →

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Holly Black

Holly is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Magisterium series... Read More →
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Jenny Han

Jenny is the New York Times bestselling author of Shug, The Summer I Turned Pretty series, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and P.S. I Still Love You. She also co-wrote the Burn for Burn trilogy with Siobhan Vivian. She lives in New York City. Find her at www.dearjennyhan.com and... Read More →
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Marie Lu

Marie is the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy and The Young Elites trilogy. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she worked as an art director in the video game industry. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she can be found reading, writing, drawing... Read More →
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Megan Morrison

Megan is an author, a mom, and a middle-school teacher. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she spends her time having adventures with her husband and little boy, teaching drama and language arts, and writing fairy tales set in the world of Tyme. When she’s not at work, her... Read More →
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Jason Reynolds

Jason is the author of the critically acclaimed The Boy in the Black Suit and the Coretta Scott-King/John Steptoe award winning When I Was the Greatest. Reynolds' newest book, Rashad is Absent Again Today, co-authored with Brendan Kiely, hits stores this fall. He currently lives in... Read More →
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Ransom Riggs

Ransom is the author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its sequels, Hollow City and Library of Souls (coming September 2015). He lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife, Tahereh Mafi.
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Veronica Roth

Veronica is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection. Now a full-time writer, Ms. Roth and her husband live in Chicago.
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Adam Silvera

Adam was born and raised in the Bronx. He was a bookseller before shifting to children's publishing and has worked at a literary development company, a creative writing website for teens, and as a book reviewer of children's and young adult novels. He is tall for no reason and lives... Read More →
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Sabaa Tahir

Sabaa grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brother's comic book stash, and playing guitar badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor... Read More →


Saturday August 1, 2015 5:15pm - 6:30pm EDT
S210 A/B/C/D/E
  Lit Track

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