BEA – The Lovely Reckless ARC Giveaway

May 12, 2016 | 3:30pm

McCormick Place, Chicago

Location: Macmillan Booth

Fierce Reads Tour

May 9, 2016 | 7:00am

Bethesda Library, Bethesda, MD

Featuring authors Kami Garcia, Cecelia Ahern, Harriet Reuter Hapgood, & Marie Rutkoski. Hosted by Politics & Prose.

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YALLWest – “Story/Makers: Comics & Adaptations”

May 1, 2016 | 3:00pm

Santa Monica Public Library Courtyard, Santa Monica, CA

Make it your own – but how?

Location: Cafetorium
Moderator: Lorraine Cink
Panelists: Kami Garcia, Gwenda Bond, Ryan North, Danielle Paige, Margaret Stohl

YALLWest – Smackdown – Featuring Tiger Beat!

April 30, 2016 | 5:00pm

Santa Monica Public Library Courtyard, Santa Monica, CA

Ransom Riggs and Brendan Reichs host a stage full of authors making fools out of themselves. Tiger Beat, the all YA author cover band featuring award-winning authors Libba Bray, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Barnabas Miller, and Natalie Standiford, will close out the night.

Location: Barnum

YALLWest – “Femship, Bromance, and Platonomy”

April 30, 2016 | 3:00pm

Santa Monica Public Library Courtyard, Santa Monica, CA

It isn’t all romance – many other types of relationships shape our selves & our stories!

Location: Barnum
Moderator: John Corey Whaley
Panelists: Kami Garcia, Kody Keplinger, Jenny Han, Richelle Mead, Marie Rutkoski, Rainbow Rowell

YALLWest – Signing

April 30, 2016 | 12:00pm

Santa Monica Public Library Courtyard, Santa Monica, CA

YALLWest: Fierce Friday

April 29, 2016 | 6:00pm

Santa Monica Public Library Courtyard, Santa Monica, CA

VIP experience with a special event wristband, food trucks, games, give-aways, author karaoke, and more.

Location: Santa Monica Main Library
Authors: Kami Garcia, Soman Chainani, Jenny Han, Emmy Laybourne, David Levithan, Alex London, Mary Pearson, Harriet Reuter Hapgood, Rainbow Rowell, Marie Rutkoski, Adam Silvera, Marie Lu, Tahereh Mafi

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RT Booklovers Convention: Teen Day Party

April 16, 2016 | 6:00pm

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Join HarperTeen/Epic Reads as we celebrate all things YA! Mingle with over 60 of your favorite YA authors, including your host Kami Garcia, Julie Kagawa, Ellen Hopkins, Lauren Oliver, Kiera Cass, Anna Todd, Alyson Noel, Victoria Aveyard, Kody Keplinger, Kass Morgan, Amanda Hocking, Danielle Paige, Julie Murphy, Alexandra Bracken, Tamora Pierce, Renee Ahdieh, Colleen Houck, Richelle Mead, and so many others!

Enjoy the chance to chat and take photos with the authors, get their autographs, join them for a game of YA trivia, take pics in photo booth, and more! Don’t forget to pick up your coveted Teen Day Goody Bag, full of books and cool swag!

Location: Brasilia 4

RT Booklovers Convention: YA: Writing Tips and Techniques for Teen and Adult Writers

April 16, 2016 | 4:00pm

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV

If you ask a dozen authors how to write a novel, you will get a dozen different answers. Writing is not a science, but there are tips and techniques that can make you a stronger writer. Join us as the bestselling authors on this panel share their road-tested tips for everything from where to find ideas and the pros and cons of outlining to tackling “the mushy middle” and pushing through writer’s block. Bring your questions!

Location: Lambada
Moderator: Kami Garcia
Panelists: Tamora Pierce, Ellen Hopkins, Sona Charaipotra, Richelle Mead, Renee Ahdieh, Kody Keplinger

RT Booklovers Convention: YA: Hogwarts House Cup Showdown

April 16, 2016 | 3:00pm

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Join your fellow Gryffindors, Slytherins, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws for a magical House Cup competition that would make Albus Dumbledore proud! YA author “prefects” will lead each Hogwarts house as readers answer Harry Potter trivia questions to earn points for their houses. Bonus points will be awarded to readers for wearing Harry Potter-themed costumes or clothing, cheering for teammates, and mischief managed. Find out which house is worthy of the Cup!

Location: Palma A
Host: C.J. Redwine
Panelists: Kami Garcia, Jamie McGuire, Abbi Glines, Brendan Reichs, Veronica Rossi, Amy A. Bartol, Andrea Cremer, Kiera Cass, Gretchen McNeil, Victoria Aveyard, Katie McGarry, Kimberly Derting, Kresley Cole, Julie Kagawa