Last year I attended the Assembly for Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) annual conference for the first time. It’s a workshop after the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention. It was amazing. I met so many fabulous people… authors, bloggers, teachers, librarians. It was so much fun! I literally bumped in to Gary Paulsen. I got to have dinner with some people from Abrams books. During the dinner I sat next to Lauren Myracle. We all got ARCs of her book Shine. Maybe you’ve heard of it recently š I also met Holly Black (one of my all time favorite authors!) You can read about some of my fangirl moments here. Basically I was starstruck the entire time AND they gave me book! It was the best!
This year I am attending both NCTE and ALAN since they are in Chicago! I’ve never been to NCTE before so I am super excited. Check out their conference pages!
It is going to be great! Just look at some of the authors who will be there:
M.T. Anderson
Jacqueline Woodson
Angela Johnson
Walter Dean Myers
Janet Tashijan
Sean Beaudoin
John Green (OHMYSTARSJOHNGREEN!!!!!!)
Matt de la Pena
Leslie Margolis
Andrew Peters
Sarah Weeks
Rita Williams-Garcia
Sarah Dessen
Lauren Myracle
Cheryl Rainfield
Andrew Smith
Paul Yee
Kazu Kibuishi
Elizabeth Scott
Abby McDonald
Laurie Halse Anderson
Chris Crutcher (!!!!!!!!!!!)
Cara Chow
Sharon Draper
J.L. Powers
Matthew Quick
Kenneth Oppel
Jennifer Donnelly
Neal Schusterman
Coe Booth
B.A.Binns
Simone Elkeles
Stephanie Perkins (My life is complete!)
Sara Zarr
Jay Asher
Carolyn Mackler
James Dashner
Megan McCafferty (!!!!!)
Veronica Roth
Dom Testa
Katie Alender
Beth Fantaskey
Michelle Hodkin
Thabhha Lai
David Leviathan
James Patterson
Anthony Horowitz
Gordon Korman
I cannot even express the awesome! There are also some really great workshops and events going on. It will be epic! Can I just say thanks ahead of time to all the organizers, publishers, presenters, and authors who make these conventions possible? You rock! If you’re going to NCTE and/or ALAN let me know! I have no plans as of right now and would love to make some š
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