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If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you may have heard me mention a big secret that I'm working on. Today, after a long time coming, I had my first big meeting about that secret, and it's finally time to clue you all in.

I, along with my amazing committee members (Vicki Erwin, Melissa Posten, Ange Flynn, and Amy Keaveny) are organizing a conference--one with you Minions, with teenagers, with outcasts in mind. It's called the

Less Than Three will take place in St. Louis, and is the first of its kind, a YA Lit/Anti-Bullying conference that will bring about some of your favorite YA authors, teens, tweens, booksellers, teachers, administrators, parents, librarians, authors and more to rally against bullying. There will also be punch and pie. (Okay, there may be punch and pie.)

The big day is Saturday, October 19, 2013. We have a long time until the conference, but I'm so, so thrilled that our official planning has begun. I hope you all can join us!

Until then…

Auntie Heather