April 12—L.A. Times FOB, YA & MG, Day 1
Saturday, April 12
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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 me (and a bunch of my YA cohorts) for two days of non-stop fun on the Young Adult Stage. I’ll be running around with the microphone playing Oprah at many of 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 MANY ticketed Y.A. panels this year. WAY more than last year. This year, on 4/12, The Powers That Be (NOT ME) have even managed to pit Rainbow Rowell and John Green against each other in a time slot, so you should come and see if there’s a Celebrity Death Match-type situation that develops…(KIDDING!) (Kinda.)
Y.A. Stage—Day 1—April 12
(Day 2 – April 13 schedule – CLICK HERE!)
10:30 a.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Haunted
Jonathan Auxier
Francesca Lia Block
Ransom Riggs
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
12:00 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Putting the Story in HiSTORY
Katie Alender
Andrea Cremer
Rachel Shukert
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
1:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fantasy: Worlds Beyond Imagination
Kelley Armstrong
Tony DiTerlizzi
Rachel Hawkins
Neal Shusterman
Moderator: Denise Hamilton
3:00 p.m.
Young Adult Nonfiction: Where the Truth Lies
Georgia Bragg
Aaron Hartzler
James L. Swanson
Maya Van Wagenen
Moderator: Paula Yoo
4:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Adrenaline Rush
Stephanie Kuehn
Abby McDonald
Lauren Oliver
Sarah Skilton
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
Ticketed Y.A. Panels—Day 1—April 12
In addition to all of the action on Saturday at the Young Adult Stage, there will be many different ticketed panels and author conversations. These are held at indoor venues with climate control, far away from the hoi polloi. Location, times, and panelists are listed below by venue. To attend one of these sessions you must reserve a ticket in advance, available starting April 6th. Click here for information on the options available for reserving a ticket.
Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL 101)
10:30 a.m.
Picture This: Young Adult Graphic Novels (Conversation 1041)
Gris Grimly
Jen Wang
Gene Luen Yang
Moderator: Hope Larson
12:00 p.m.
Middle Grade Fiction: Stories in Series (Conversation 1042)
D.J. MacHale
Ridley Pearson
Jonathan Stroud
Moderator: Jonathan Hunt
4:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: It’s the End of the World
As We Know It (Conversation 1045)
T. Cooper
Allison Glock-Cooper
Tahereh Mafi
Lydia Millet
Moderator: Cecil Castellucci
Norris Theater
10:30 a.m.
Middle Grade Fiction: In BeTWEEN Tales (Conversation 1091)
Lisa Greenwald
John Rocco
Joyce Sidman
Holly Goldberg Sloan
Moderator: Rollie Welch
12:00 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Testing the Boundaries (Conversation 1092)
E. Lockhart
Rainbow Rowell
Andrew Smith
John Corey Whaley
Moderator: Aaron Hartzler
1:30 p.m.
Middle Grade Fiction: Growing Pains (Conversation 1093)
James Howe
Jenny Lee
Megan McCafferty
Moderator: Holly Goldberg Sloan
3:00 p.m.
Young Adult Fiction: Writing Culture & Identity (Conversation 1094)
Maurene Goo
Cynthia Kadohata
Gene Luen Yang
Moderator: Lynn Rutan
4:30 p.m.
Young Adult Fantasy: The Real & the Unreal (Conversation 1095)
Soman Chainani
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Margaret Stohl
Laini Taylor
Moderator: John Corey Whaley
Bovard Auditorium
12:30 p.m.
John Green, Author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS,
in Conversation with David L. Ulin (Conversation 1052)
John Green
Moderator: David L. Ulin
