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April 20—L.A. Times Festival of Books, Day 1

 

 

 

Saturday, April 20

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L.A. Times Festival of Books is held each year on the campus of USC for two days, and is (in my humble opinion) the finest and most well-organized book festival in the country. I highly recommend that you come join Cecil Castellucci, Blake Nelson, and me for two days of non-stop fun on the Young Adult Stage. We’ll be running around with the microphone playing Oprah at the panels listed below. We always take questions from the crowd, and afterwards you can buy books and get them signed by the authors.

In addition to the panels outside on the Y.A. stage, there are three ticketed Y.A. panels on 4/20 (see below), and I’ll be participating in an adult panel (also ticketed and held indoors) about writing about faith and gay identity. (More on that here.)

 

Y.A. Stage—Day 1—April 20

(Day 2 – April 21 schedule is here!)

11:00 a.m.
Middle Grade Fiction: Tweens On The Loose




Ellis Weiner

Stephan Pastis

Tim Federle
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler









12:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: So Much For Normal




Kiersten White

Rachel Cohn

Tahereh Mafi

Michelle Gagnon
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler









2:00 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: With Great Power…




Cornelia Funke

Mark Frost

Gennifer Albin
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci









3:30 p.m.
Young Adult Friction




Caroline Cooney

Jeremy Iverson

Ann Redisch Stampler
Moderator: Blake Nelson



Ticketed Y.A. Panels—Day 1—April 20

In addition to all of the action at the Young Adult Stage, the lovely and talented Kerri Majors, Lynn Rutan, and Angelina Benedetti will be moderating three different ticketed panels at inside venues with climate control, far away from the hoi polloi. Location, times, and panelists are listed below. To attend one of these sessions you must reserve a ticket in advance. Click here for information on the options available for reserving a ticket.

Taper Hall (THH 201)








11:00 a.m.




Young Adult Fiction: Danger & Determination (Conversation 1131)




A.S. King

Martine Leavitt

Elizabeth Wein
Moderator: Angelina Benedetti



Annenberg Auditorium








2:00 p.m.




Writing for Teens & Tweens: Sagas & Series (Conversation 1113)




Kami Garcia

Margaret Stohl

Jaclyn Moriarty

Ridley Pearson
Moderator: Lynn Rutan



Norris Theater








4:00 p.m.




Young Adult Fiction: The Outer Limits (Conversation 1094)






Lauren Oliver

Lissa Price

Veronica Roth

Victoria Schwab
Moderator: Kerri Majors

 

April 21 – L.A. Times Festival of Books, Day 2

 

 

 

Sunday, April 21

Come join Cecil Castellucci and me on the Young Adult Stage at the LA Times Festival of Books. We’ll be running around with the microphone playing Oprah at the panels listed below. We always take questions from the crowd, and afterwards you can buy books and get them signed by the authors.

I promise you won’t want to miss the stellar Paul Rudnick in conversation with Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks (the Fug Girls!) as we kick off day two of the LA Times FOB, so get there early and grab a seat up front.

Y.A. Stage—Day 2—April 21

(Day 1 – April 20 schedule is here!)

10:30 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Modern Cinderella Stories




Heather Cocks

Abby McDonald

Jessica Morgan

Paul Rudnick
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler








12:00 p.m.
Middle Grade Fiction: Ordinary Kids, Extraordinary Adventures




Blue Balliett


Stuart Gibbs
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci









1:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Guffaws & Giggles




D.C. Pierson

Sean Beaudoin

Elizabeth Eulberg

Amy Spalding
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler









3:00 p.m.
Graphic Novels: Adolescence Long & Drawn Out




Cecil Castellucci

Ron Koertge

Hope Larson
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler



Ticketed YA Panels—Day 2—April 21

In addition to all of the action at the Young Adult Stage, the lovely and talented Holly Goldberg Sloan, and the dashing and brilliant Ransom Riggs will be moderating two different ticketed panels at indoor venues with climate control, far away from the hoi polloi. Location, times, and panelists are listed below. To attend one of these sessions you must reserve a ticket in advance. Click here for information on the options available for reserving a ticket.

Seeley G. Mudd (SGM 123)




12:00 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Call Me, Maybe? (Conversation 2072)




Robin Benway

Sarah Dessen

Gayle Forman

Morgan Matson
Moderator: Holly Goldberg Sloan



Ronald Tutor Campus Center




1:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Love & Vengeance, Real & Unreal 

(Conversation 2063)




Melissa de la Cruz

Maureen Johnson

Katherine Marsh

Lisa McMann
Moderator: Ransom Riggs

 

10 Questions, 1 Minute

So I stopped by the Little, Brown offices last month and somebody (who shall remain nameless, but her initials are Zoe Luderitz) said, “Hey Aaron. I want you to sit in this chair and answer ten questions for me really fast, okay?”

I said, “Okay.”

Then, this happened: