Signing

Today I (Grace) headed over to Books Of Wonder for another action packed Teen Author event. There were four authors there including:

Kimberly Derting : The Body Finder, Desires of the Dead

Adele Griffin : Tighter


Laurie Faria Stolarz : Deadly Little Games


Lisa Schroeder : The day Before


It was a really great time, I love going to Books Of Wonder because they always have some really awesome YA events there, with lots of my favorite authors!

Kimberly Derting

Adele Griffin

Laurie Stolarz

Lisa Schroeder

Kimberly Derting and I

Kimberly Gave out some fun swag so I left with a Body Finder pin and a Desires Of The Dead bookmark.

Signing

Today I went to meet a few great YA authors, since I didn't go to BEA which I desperately wanted to, I figured this settled for a close second...kind of...not really, but I still had a really good time meeting some great authors and hearing some funny Q & A answers.

The Authors:

Ellen Hopkins
Ally Condie
Lauren Kate
James Dashner
Scott Westerfeld
Maureen Johnson

Grace is...

Join some of today's hottest YA authors as they discuss writing for teens in today's market. From developing authentic voices to keeping the reader hooked, from plot twists and turns to keeping the slang right, find out their tips and tricks to staying in style. For ages 12 and up.
Featuring:
Ally Condie – Matched
James Dashner – The Scorch Trials
Ellen Hopkins – Fallout
Maureen Johnson – The Last Little Blue Envelope
Lauren Kate – Torment
Scott Westerfeld – Behemoth


I am on my way to a signing with these authors, I'm really excited and pictures will be posted later!!

Meetings!

Yesterday I (Grace) went to Books Of Wonder (seems like we're always there) for a signing with Lauren Destefano, Cassandra Clare, and Holly Black. I was really excited to see Lauren Destefano because I absolutely love love loved Wither. Cassandra Clare's line was ridiculously long, as I suspected it would be, but I never imagined I'd be waiting THAT long, I was #70, and since people had a ridiculous amount of books for each author it seemed like I was #1201-32093584929. Needless to say I got to meet the authors and have my books signed, and they all gave out special treats which was super exciting! Also Josh Dibble was there, who appears to be fighting for the role of Jace in The Mortal Instruments movie...best of luck to him he was rather...handsome. All of the authors were ridiculously nice, and that's always a nice treat. Here are some pics!

Holly Black

Lauren Destefano

Josh Dibble (Jace?)

Cassandra Clare!

Today We....

Today we went to Books Of Wonder for their teen author week signing event. The panel consisted of 45 wonderful teen authors, broken up into 11 authors per session. We only stayed for the first session which consisted of:

LIZABETH ZINDEL - A Girl, A Ghost, and the Hollywood Hills
MARYROSE WOOD - The Hidden Gallery
SUZANNE WEYN - Empty
DANETTE VIGILANTE - The Trouble with Half a Moon
MAGGIE STIEFVATER - Linger
NATALIE STANDIFORD - Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters
MARK SHULMAN - Scrawl
ALYSSA SHEINMEL - The Beautiful Between
KIERAN SCOTT - She’s So Dead to Us
LEILA SALES - Mostly Good Girls
PATRICK RYAN - Gemini Bites


We arrived VERYearly, the event started at 1 and we got there are 11:45, so needless to say we were the first ones online. We got to stand behind the velvet rope like we were VIP. We both had books to be signed by MAggie so we hit her table up first. She was so sweet and had markers whose colors matched the colors of both Shiver, and Linger. She circled the first chapter of shiver's GRACE and wrote "that's you!" so I was excited.


We went to Kieran Scott next who was pregnant, we had no idea! She gave out bookmarks for He's So Not Worth It, which made us even more excited for the book! We sure can't wait until June when it comes out, and we can find out what happens to Ally Ryan!


Here is a list of all the authors that were at the event:

1:00 - 1:45pm

LIZABETH ZINDEL - A Girl, A Ghost, and the Hollywood Hills
MARYROSE WOOD - The Hidden Gallery
SUZANNE WEYN - Empty
DANETTE VIGILANTE - The Trouble with Half a Moon
MAGGIE STIEFVATER - Linger
NATALIE STANDIFORD - Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters
MARK SHULMAN - Scrawl
ALYSSA SHEINMEL - The Beautiful Between
KIERAN SCOTT - She’s So Dead to Us
LEILA SALES - Mostly Good Girls
PATRICK RYAN - Gemini Bites

1:45 - 2:30pm

MARIE RUTKOSKI - The Celestial Globe
LENA ROY - Edges
MICHAEL NORTHROP - Trapped
SARAH MLYNOWSKI - Gimme a Call
NEESHA MEMINGER - Jazz in Love
TERRA ELAN MCVOY - After the Kiss
LISA MCMANN - Cryer’s Cross
KIMBERLY MARCUS - Exposed
MELINA MARCHETTA - The Piper’s Son
TORREY MALDONADO - Secret Saturdays
BARRY LYGA - Archvillain

2:30 - 3:15pm

E. LOCKHART - Real Live Boyfriends
SARAH DARER LITTMAN - Life After
DAVID LEVITHAN - Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares
MELISSA KANTOR - The Darlings Are Forever
CARLA JABLONSKI - Resistance
GWENDOLYN HEASLEY - Where I Belong
KIM HARRINGTON - Clarity
CHRISTOPHER GRANT - Teenie
MARGIE GELBWASSER - Inconvenient
ELIZABETH EULBERG - Prom & Prejudice
HELEN ELLIS - The Turning

3:15 - 4:00pm

DANIEL EHRENHAFT - Friend is Not a Verb
SARAH BETH DURST - Enchanted Ivy
MATT DE LA PENA - I Will Save You
BRENT CRAWFORD - Carter Finally Gets It
EIREANN CORRIGAN - Accomplice
SUSANE COLASANTI - Something Like FateALEXANDRA BULLEN - Wishful thinking
MARINA BUDHOS - Tell Us We’re Home
KATE BRIAN - Book of Spells
PHILANA MARIE BOLES - Glitz
JUDY BLUNDELL - Strings Attached
CATHLEEN BELL - Little Blog on the Prairie

NYC Teen Author Week.

Yesterday we went to the Barnes and Noble at Union Square to take part in an author panel as part of NYC Teen Reads week. The panel was Holly Black, Judy Blundell, Gayle Forman, and Eliot Schaefer. All the authors read excerpts from their new books and we were excited when Gayle read from Where She Went, the sequel to If I Stay. Judging from what was read I know I'm going to like it, i'm hoping at least. I was not familiar with the other authors and really just went to see Gayle, but the other authors were very nice and very funny. The event was hosted by Davis Levithan who also has some books out. All in all we had a very nice time, and when I told Gayle I read If I Stay on the train and cried, she told me DON'T READ THIS ON THE SUBWAY! She also drew a little void circle in my book and wrote do not read on subway in it. I thought that was funny, anyway, here are some photos from the event.

We are..

Tonight we will be attending an event panel at a Barnes and Noble by us...

Time	Tuesday, March 15 · 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location	Barnes & Noble, Union Square
Created By	NYC Teen Author Festival
More Info	Authors: Holly Black Judy Blundell Gayle Forman Eliot Schrefer (aka E. Archer) Host: David Levithan We will post pictures within the week!