On the “Brave New Dark” panel at YALLFest with Cinda Chima, Nancy Holder, Tahereh Mafi, Ransom Riggs, Veronica Rossi, & moderator Lev Grossman.
In the Green Room, getting ready to moderate “Talking YA Shop-ry.”
Moderating the “Talking YA Shop-ry” panel, featuring Leigh Bardugo, Alexandra Bracken, Ally Condie, Jocelyn Davies, Nancy Holder, Aprilynne Pike, & Sean Williams.
Margaret Stohl trying to prove that she can forge my signature by signing Unbreakable, Carrie Ryan signing The Infinity Ring for my son, Veronica Roth with her publicist Casey, and Pseudonymous Bosch signing in the Blue Bicycle Books tent.
The YA Smackdown began with an amazing performance from Tiger Beat, who performed everything from 80s covers to their original song “Clones of David Levithan.” You can watch their whole set online here.
All the authors on stage for the YA Smackdown, Tiger Beat performing “Frodo Song” (Beyonce’s “Halo” rewritten by some of your favorite YALLFest authors), & Smackdown MCs Adam Gidwitz and Gayle Forman getting a taste of Southern pie.
Is it YALLFest 2014 yet? Stay tuned for information on next year’s Keynote, YA Smackdown, & more from the official YALLFest website.
You can see more photos from YALLFest on my Facebook page. If you missed YALLFest Highlights #1, you can see it here.
a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author and comic book writer. As an award-winning, Bram Stoker Award-nominated young adult author of 12 novels and graphic novels, she has been published in 51 countries and 38 languages and her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Kami’s best known works include the Beautiful Creatures series, Teen Titans: Raven, The X-Files: Agent of Chaos, The Lovely Reckless, Broken Beautiful Hearts, and the DC Black Label comic Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity. She is also a cofounder of the Kid Lit book festival YALLFest.
