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Saturday, October 15 • 11:30am - 12:45pm
Art of the YA Novel

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Litquake's Teenquake producer Summer Dawn Laurie moderates this stellar panel of YA authors (Michael Grant, Stacey Lee, Nina LaCour, Jandy Nelson, and Malena Watrous) as they discuss their craft, process, tips, and tricks. Audience Q&A to follow. $10

Moderators/Hosts
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Summer Dawn Laurie

Children's/Teen Specialist, Books Inc
kids and teen events

Participants
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Michael Grant

Michael Grant is the author or co-author with his wife, Katherine Applegate, of more than 150 books, some of which he still remembers.  Works include the Animorphs, Gone, BZRK and Front Lines series.  
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Nina LaCour

Nina LaCour is the author of three critically acclaimed young adult novels published by Dutton Books: Hold Still, The Disenchantments, and Everything Leads to You. You Know Me Well, a novel written in collaboration with David Levithan, is forthcoming from St. Martin's Griffin... Read More →
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Stacey Lee

Stacey Lee is a fourth generation Chinese-American whose people came to California during the heydays of the cowboys. She believes she still has a bit of cowboy dust in her soul. A native of southern California, she graduated from UCLA then got her law degree at UC Davis King... Read More →
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Jandy Nelson

Jandy Nelson's New York Times bestselling novel, I'll Give You the Sun, received many awards including the 2015 Printz Award. Both Sun and her debut, The Sky Is Everywhere, were on multiple best of the year lists including the NY Times, Time, and NPR. The novels are collectively published... Read More →
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Malena Watrous

Malena Watrous is a novelist, book critic, and instructor at Stanford. Her first novel, If You Follow Me, was published by Harper Perennial. She is the co-author, with Helena Echlin, of Sparked, a supernatural thriller for teens. A native of San Francisco, she lives in the Mission... Read More →


Saturday October 15, 2016 11:30am - 12:45pm PDT
Mechanics' Institute Library