

YALLWEST 2017
April 28, 2017 - April 29, 2017
| FreeCelebrate young adult and middle-grade books, with more than 100 authors participating in book signings, panels, giveaways, singalongs, and shenanigans. You can view the full schedule here. I’ll be at various panels and events throughout the day (come say hi!) but here’s when and where you’re guaranteed to find me:
SATURDAY, April 29th
11 AM – Humanities Building – YALLCRAFT: SO YOU WANT TO GET PUBLISHED? Moderated by Seth Fishman with Caleb Roehrig, Abigail Johnson, Amy S. Foster, C. B. Lee, and Kass Morgan






12 PM – Centennial Quad – SIGNING
4 PM – Cafeteria – GOT 99 ISSUES BUT THIS BOOK AIN’T ONE: WRITING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, NOT “ISSUE BOOKS” Moderated by Dhonielle Clayton with Abigail Johnson, Nicola Yoon, Marie Marquardt, Zac Brewer, and Kate Hart.






Full Author Lineup:
Renée Adhieh
Adi Alsaid
Sasha Alsberg
Victoria Aveyard
Armand Baltazar
Tracey Baptiste
Leigh Bardugo
Pseudonymous Bosch
Alexandra Bracken
Zac Brewer
Cecil Castellucci
Soman Chainani
Sona Charaipotra
Traci Chee
Roshani Chokshi
Cassandra Clare
Dhonielle Clayton
Jessica Cluess
Ally Condie
Katie Cook
Zoraida Cordova
Melissa de la Cruz
Lindsay Cummings
James Dashner
Susan Dennard
Gerry Duggan
Elizabeth Eulberg
Seth Fishman
Amy Foster
Julie Foudy
Kami Garcia
Jeff Giles
Maurene Goo
Claudia Gray
Shannon Hale
Dean Hale
Kate Hart
Heidi Heilig
Abigail Johnson
S. Jae-Jones
Noah Klocek
Jeramey Kraatz
Sara B. Larson
Sara Nicole Lemon
Alexander London
Marie Lu
Tahereh Mafi
Sam Maggs
Hunter March
Marie Marquardt
Lisa McMann
Sandhya Menon
Sara Miller
Sarah Mlynowski
Jennifer Niven
Ryan North
Daniel Jose Older
Lauren Oliver
Danielle Paige
Linda Sue Park
Ameriie
Natalie C. Parker
Riley Redgate
Brendan Reichs
Ransom Riggs
Lilliam Rivera
Caleb Roehrig
Gary Rosen
Veronica Roth
Rachel Renee Russell
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Marcus Sedgwick
Neal Shusterman
Adam Silvera
Evelyn Skye
Holly Goldberg Sloan
Jen E. Smith
Wendy Spinale
Lola St. Vil
Margaret Stohl
Tamara Ireland Stone
Erin Summerhill
Josh Sundquist
Angie Thomas
Megan Whalen Turner
Mark Waid
Corrie Wang
Kasie West
John Corey Whaley
Kiersten White
Nicola Yoon