11:00 - 11:30

Welcome : a few words from our organizers and Danielle Paige.

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11:40 - 12:20

"Industry Insiders"

Editors, professors, publicists, booksellers: approaching the industry from another angle.

• Vikki VanSickle

• Aimee Friedman

• Monique Polak

• Sarah Mlynowski

• Jo Treggiari

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"Playing By Somebody Else's Rules"

Retellings, historical fiction, and established worlds

• Danielle Paige

• Sandra Gulland

• E.K. Johnston

• Karl Kerschl

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"New On The Scene"

Authors with a book or two under their belts talk about breaking into writing and establishing themselves as writers.

• Nic Stone

• Gloria Chao

• S.M. Beiko

• J.F. Dubeau

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Mini Panel: "The Ties That Bind"

All about family relationships in YA.

• Vicki Grant

• Brendan Kiely

• Samira Ahmed

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Game Panel: Breakout

• Adi Alsaid

• Chantel Guertin

• Teresa Toten

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12:20-1:00

Lunch

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1:00 - 1:40

"Tough Stuff"

Racism, bullying, sexual assault, and more - these authors aren't shying away from difficult subject matter.

• Nic Stone

• Brendan Kiely

• Samira Ahmed

• E.K. Johnston

• Monique Polak

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"Young Love"

They say you never forget your first love!

• Gloria Chao

• Sandra Gulland

• Adi Alsaid

• Vicki Grant

• Chantel Guertin

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"Far Off Places, Daring Sword Fights, Magic Spells...A Prince in Disguise!"

One of the most popular genres in YA, fantasy worlds come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

• Danielle Paige

• Sarah Mlynowski

• S.M. Beiko

• Karl Kerschl

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Mini Panel: "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

Stay up all night - with the lights on - with these horror and thriller authors.

• Teresa Toten

• Jo Treggiari

• J.F. Dubeau

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Game Panel: TBA

• Vikki VanSickle

• Aimee Friedman

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1:50 - 2:30

"Crash Course in Adulthood"

Coming of age stories from all kinds of perspectives.

• E.K. Johnston

• Vikki VanSickle

• Vicki Grant

• Samira Ahmed

• Gloria Chao

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"Uncharted Territory"

Road trips, Euro-Trips - sometimes a change of scenery teaches you more about yourself than you could ever imagine.

• Sarah Mlynowski

• Brendan Kiely

• Adi Alsaid

• Chantel Guertin

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"An Illustration is Worth 1000 Words"

Comic books, graphic novels, web-comics: these authors are knee-deep in visual storytelling.

• Danielle Paige

• Karl Kerschl

• S.M. Beiko

• J.F. Dubeau

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Mini Panel: Teen Queens

These are the girls who rule the school - sometimes literally.

• Aimee Friedman

• Teresa Toten

• Sandra Gulland

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Game Panel: Heads Up

• Nic Stone

• Monique Polak

• Jo Treggiari

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2:40 - 3:00

Keynote : Nic Stone

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3:10 - 4:00

Book signing with all the authors!

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