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TTBF14 Panel: Growing Up And Other Natural Disasters

“Growing Up and Other Natural Disasters” featured authors Jennifer Mathieu (The Truth About Alice), Andrew Smith (100 Sideways Miles), Julie Murphy (Side Affects May Vary), and Jandy Nelson (I’ll Give You The Sun). The panel covered the origins of their novels, suggestions about their writing, the hardest and best thing about being a teen, writing role models, and more.  …

#TTBF14: A.S. King and Andrew Smith

Reported by Adrienne, Teen Press Corps~   First of all, A.S. King and Andrew Smith are like twins. They think alike, they write alike and they act alike. They go golfing together (via phone) twice a week, and they text random numbers back together just for fun. When it comes to first impressions, these are theirs in three words. A.S.…

#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.…

Panel Talk: Lunch Time Conversation

Even during lunchtime, the fun never stops at the Texas Teen Book Festival!!! In the middle of all that excitement on October 18th, Andrew Smith and A.S. King will appear in conversation about their new books, Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future (A.S. King) and 100 Sideways Miles (Andrew Smith). They might even be discussing how Sony Pictures is tapping…