Lauren Oliver will be our closing keynote speaker to wrap up all of the festivities of the Texas Teen Book Festival this year! ~Post by Haley of the BookPeople Teen Press Corps Lauren Oliver is a young-Adult and middle-grade power house and a New York Times-bestselling author. Her books Delirium, Requiem, and Pandemonium take place in a world where love…
Category: TTBF 2014
#TTBF14 Panel Talk: Is This Real Life
We have some amazing panels this year and Is This Real Life is one of them! This panel will be focusing on books that involve fantasy and magical realism in their stories. The authors headlining this panel are: Leslye Walton; A. S. King; Scott Westerfeld; Guadalupe Garcia McCall; and Cory Doctrow!! Here is a little bit more about the authors…
#TTBF14 Panel Talk: Get Your Adrenaline Pumping!
~Post by the BookPeople Teen Press Corps This panel at #TTBF14 is sure to get the adrenaline pumping. Five great authors will be talking about their heart-racing, tension-filled, and packed-with-drama books. Don’t miss it! (We won’t.) ___________________________________________________________ Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Bacigalupi is the 2011 Micheal L. Printz Award winner for his debut young adult novel, Ship Breaker. The sequel to…
#TTBF14 Panel Talk: Growing Up and Other Natural Disasters
~Post by Kendall of the BookPeople Teen Press Corps ______________________ Andrew Smith Andrew Smith is the award-winning author of several Young Adult novels, including the critically acclaimed Winger and The Marbury Lens. He is a native-born Californian who spent most of his formative years traveling the world. He has published numerous short stories and articles. He lives in Southern California.…
Len Vlahos – “Come On Feel the Noise”
Len Vlahos – Rock Star! We think author Len Vlahos rocks. First of all, he’s joining us for Texas Teen Book Fest 2014 as part of the “Come on Feel the Noise” panel on music-themed books. Then there’s his debut novel, “The Scar Boys,” an unforgettable story about the power of punk rock for a burned and bullied…