Previous Festivals

2019 Authors

Renée Ahdieh * Arvin Ahmadi * Nandini Bajpai * Katharyn Blair * Amy Rose Capetta * Joelle Charbonneau * E.E. Charlton-Trujillo * Kat Cho * Mary H.K. Choi * Brandy Colbert * Jennifer Donaldson * Jennifer Donnelly * Akwaeke Emezi * Lamar Giles * Akilah Hughes * James Kennedy * Bill Konigsberg * Thanhha Lai * Tricia Levenseller * Gretchen McNeil * Sandhya Menon * Brittney Morris * Christopher Myers * Abdi Nazemian * Margaret Owen * Kristina Pérez * Katy Rose Pool * Rory Power * Gabby Rivera * Erika Sánchez * Lauren Shippen * Misa Sugiura * Alex Temblador * Alex Villasante * Kate Williams * David Yoon

2018 Authors

Ebony Adams * Julissa Arce * Julie C. Dao * Rios de la Luz * Alexa Donne * Heidi Heilig * Ellen Hopkins * Adib Khorram * David Levithan * Alex London * Samantha Mabry * Taran Matharu * Morgan Matson * Katharine McGee * L.L. McKinney * Richelle Mead * Marissa Meyer * Nadya Okamoto * Tochi Onyebuchi * Mark Oshiro * Natalie C. Parker * Mary E. Pearson * Beth Revis * Lilliam Rivera * Leila Sales * Anita Sarkessian * Neal and Jarrod Shusterman * Andrew Smith * Cynthia Leitich Smith * Nic Stone * Nova Ren Suma * Laini Taylor * April Genevieve Tucholke * Ngozi Ukazu * Kiersten White

2017 Authors

Adi Alsaid * Peter Bognanni * David Bowles * Erin Bowman * Julie Buxbaum * Dhonielle Clayton * Jenna Evans Welch * Ryan Graudin * I. W. Gregorio *  S. J. Kincaid * Aditi Khorana * Mackenzi Lee * E. Lockhart * Marie Lu * Kerri Maniscalco * Jennifer Mathieu * Lisa Maxwell * Guadalupe Garcia McCall * Anna-Marie McLemore * Sandhya Menon * Julie Murphy * Diana J. Noble * Kyla Olson * Kathryn Ormsbee * Mitali Perkins * Stephanie Perkins * Cindy Pon * Ashley Poston * Cory Putman Oakes * Jason Reynolds * Caleb Roehrig * Andrew Shvarts * Adam Silvera * Francisco X. Stork * Jessica Taylor * Amy Tintera * Lizzie Velásquez * Tillie Walden * Corrie Wang * Renée Watson

2016 Authors

Renée Ahdieh * David Arnold * Leigh Bardugo * Kendare Blake * Ally Carter * Katherine Catmull * Traci Chee * Roshani Chokshi * Guadalupe Garcia McCall * Paula Garner * A.J. Hartley * C. C. Hunter * Shaun David Hutchinson * Joe Jiménez * E. K. Johnston * Carrie Jones * Mindy Kaling * Brendan Kiely * Samantha Mabry * Adriana Mather * Kenneth Oppel * Mary E. Pearson * Rene S. Perez II * Sarah Porter * Isabel Quintero * Morgan Rhodes * Caleb Roehrig * Jeffrey Self * Sherri L. Smith * Sabaa Tahir * Billy Taylor * Laini Taylor * Maggie Thrash * Jeff Zentner

2015 Authors

Maria Andreu * Jennifer Lynn Barnes * Libba Bray * Pierce Brown * Huntley Fitzpatrick * Claudia Gray * Jenny Han * Aaron Hartzler * Kaui Hart Hemmings * Gareth Hinds * Sophie Jordan * Una LaMarche * David Levithan * Sonia Manzano * Jenny Martin * Morgan Matson * Cindy Pon * Margo Rabb * Carrie Ryan * Andrew Smith * Jennifer E. Smith * Rick Yancey * Nicola Yoon * Suzanne Young

2014 Authors

James Dashner * Scott Westerfeld * Marie Lu*A. S. King * Andrew Smith * Lauren Oliver * Becca Fitzpatrick * Paolo Bacigalupi * Jason Reynolds * Alaya Dawn Johnson * Sarah J. Maas * Joelle Charbonneau * Garth Nix * Len Vlahos * Frank Portman * Gayle Forman * Kevin Emerson * Leslye Walton * Guadalupe Garcia McCall * Cory Doctorow * Jennifer Mathieu * Julie Murphy * Jandy Nelson * Simonne Howell * Will Ritter * James Klise * Ransom Riggs * Kass Morgan * Austin Kleon

2013 Authors

Maggie Stiefvater * Holly Black *Sarah Dessen * Rob Thomas * PJ Hoover * Robin LaFevers * Mari Mancusi * Lauren Myracle * Robin Wasserman * April Genevieve Tucholke * Sara Farizan * Brian Yansky * Jon Skovron * Lisa McMann * Jenny Han * Siobhan Vivian * Cinda Williams Chima * Bill Konigsberg * Malinda Lo * Cat Patrick * Suzanne Young * Sean Beaudoin * Trish Doller * Amy Tintera * Brandon Sanderson * Leila Howland * Jo Knowles * Victoria Scott * Madeleine Roux * Sherry Thomas * Mindy McGinnis * Michelle Gagnon * Rae Carson * Leila Sales * Alexandra Coutts * S. A. Bodeen * Marissa Meyer * E. Kristin Anderson * Melissa de la Cruz * Michael Johnston * Julie Murphy * Rosemary Clement-Moore

2012 Authors

Neal Shusterman* Libba Bray * Marissa Meyer * Rachel Cohn * Jeff Hirsch * Dan Krokos * Greg Leitich Smith * Kami Garcia * Margaret Stohl * Leigh Bardugo * Rae Carson * SarahRees Brennan * Scott Speer * Anna Banks * Gina Damico * Tara Hudson * Martha Brockenbrough * Sophie Jordan * Jesse Andrews * Guadalupe Garcia McCall * E.M. Kokie * Jessica Lee Anderson * John Corey Whaley * Will Richter * Lex Thomas (Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies) * Eliot Schrefer * Ally Carter * Jennifer Lynn Barnes * Ally Condie * Kresley Cole * Jessica Shirvington * Tamara Ireland Stone * Jessica Khoury * Tracy Deebs

2011 Authors

Scott Westerfeld * Heather Brewer * Jenny Han * Coe Booth * David Levithan * Maureen Johnson * Jackson Pearce * Alyson Noel * Gabrielle Zevin * Margo Rabb * Mary Pearson * Jessica Brody * Cristina Garcia * Simone Elkeles *  Stephanie Perkins * Jennifer Ziegler * Christina Mandelski * Varian Johnson * John Corey Whaley * Melissa Walker * Geoff Herbach  * Tera Lynn Childs * Sophie Jordan * Andrea Cremer * Jonathan Maberry * Brian Yansky*  Cynthia Leitich Smith * Rosemary Clement-Moore

2010 Authors

James Dashner * Pam Bachorz * S.A. Bodeen * Alexandra Adornetto * Sophie Jordan * Kiersten White * Melissa de la Cruz * Ellen Hopkins * Catherine Jinks * Kenneth Oppel * Ally Carter * Nancy Werlin * Susane Colasanti * Jon Skovron * Charles Benoit

2009 Authors

April Lurie * Varian Johnson * Shana Burg * Margo Rabb * Jennifer Ziegler * Libba Bray * Justine Larbalestier  * Rick Yancey * Daniel Waters * Cynthia Leitich Smith * Heather Brewer * Carrie Jones * Matt de la Pena * Deb Caletti * Terra Elan McVoy * Lisa McMann