You spend a lot of time in the con event world. What is your craziest / funniest con story? I’ve had a lot of strange things happen to me at conventions and festivals, but few beat the absurdity of the very first con I was ever invited to as a creator. In the summer of 2011, I was asked to…
Marissa Meyer – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
If you were going to cosplay a superhero in the Renegades world, what would you want to wear? I would love to cosplay as Honey Harper, or Queen Bee. In part because it would be a fun costume to pull together: a black-and-yellow striped sequined cocktail dress, dramatic makeup with dripping mascara, and an assortment of bees and wasps glued…
Nadya Okamoto – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
You are rocking the movement to make the idea of the period less taboo. Why do you think it’s so hard for people to accept this normal bodily function? Menstruation has historically (in religion, media, pop culture, and society in general) been something that menstruators are made to feel ashamed of. It’s 2018 and it’s time for that to change. You…
Cynthia Leitich Smith – #TTBF Author Interview 2018
You provide so many resources for other writers and mentor many up-and-coming talents (so much so that there’s an award named in your honor). What’s the biggest piece of advice you’d offer to teen writers just starting out? Be your own best cheerleader. Listen to music that validates you. Stick encouraging notes on your mirrors, on your laptop and/or tablet…
Nerd Out at #TTBF Trivia with Mary E. Pearson!
You’ve read the books. You’ve lived the fandoms. Now test how far that knowledge will get you at our first-ever TTBF team trivia event at 2:30 p.m. in the RCC! This interactive panel hosted by the one and only Mary E. Pearson (Dance of Thieves, The Remnant Chronicles) gives attendees the opportunity to prove how much they know about past…