NYC Teen Author Festival: NYC Teen Author Festival Symposium

Join us for an afternoon of literature and discussion.

1:10 pm - Rising to the Challenge: YA Characters facing down what life throws them

Tara Altebrando
Matt Blackstone
Susane Colasanti
Kody Keplinger
Siobhan Vivian
K.M. Walton

moderator:  David Levithan

2:00 pm - Killer Instincts: death, murder, and the YA novel

Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Gina Damico
Kim Harrington
Barry Lyga

moderator:  Marie Rutkoski

2:50 pm - Moments of Truth: Characters at a crossroads

Natasha Friend
Margie Gelbwasser
Jennifer Hubbard
Stewart Lewis
Sarah Darer Littman
Jess Rothenberg
Daisy Whitney

moderator:  E. Lockhart

4:00 pm - Looking Forward to Fall

David Levithan
Marie Rutkoski
Eliot Schrefer
…and more authors reading from their upcoming books