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Meet the Authors

Meet the Authors

  • Monday, July 1, 2024
  • 9:00am – 9:30am Pacific
    Carole Boston Weatherford
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Audrey Perrott: Moo Hoo
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Brenda Maier: The Little Green Swing
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Chris Baron: On All Other Nights
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    Christopher Paul Curtis
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    James Acker : THE LONG RUN
  • 9:00am – 10:00am Pacific
    JUNK+IMAGINATION=ADVENTURE! - Meet THE MAD SCIENTISTS' CLUB 2.0 authors, test the club's immersive Apple Vision 3D experience, and gain early access to preview the upcoming digital ARC! (Middle Grade)
  • 9:00am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Crystal Murakami: I am Hapa
  • 9:00am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Michael Smith: Relativity & Earthwaves
  • 9:00am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Oliver Chin: Julie Black Belt: The Belt Of Fire
  • 9:15am – 9:45am Pacific
    C. Rowen MacCarald: How Mom Met Mama
  • 9:15am – 10:00am Pacific
    Stephanie Quayle: Why Do We Stay?
  • 9:30am – 10:00am Pacific
    Cece Bell: Animal Albums from A to Z
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    J.S. Lemon: Greta
  • 9:30am – 10:20am Pacific
    Ruth Chan: Uprooted
  • 10:00am – 10:20am Pacific
    Carolee Dean: Hank the Tank: Animal in the Spotlight (Book and Activity Book) Next Generation Indie Book Award Recipient
  • 10:00am – 10:30am Pacific
    Mariana Llanos: Vampirita and the Angry Mob
  • 10:00am – 10:45am Pacific
    JAMES TYNION IV: The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos/Blue Book
  • 10:00am – 10:50am Pacific
    April Showers: Afro Unicorns: The Land Of Afronia
  • 10:00am – 10:50am Pacific
    Chloe Gong: Immortal Longings & Foul Heart Huntsman
  • 10:00am – 10:50am Pacific
    Vashti Harrison (BIG - Caldecott Medal Winner & Coretta Scott King Honor Title)
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Abdi Nazemian : ONLY THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Amanda Glaze: The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Madelyn Rosenberg: Not Your All-American Girl
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Mazey Eddings: THE PLUS ONE
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield: Two New Years
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Shannon McNeill: Sparkles No Sparkles
  • 10:00am – 11:00am Pacific
    Wendy Wan-Long Shang: This Is Just a Test
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Ashley Belote: Don't Wash Winston
  • 10:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Jeff Weber: You Sound Amazing: Every Single Lie of the Music Business
  • 10:00am – 1:00pm Pacific
    Hector Mexia: Illustrator of The Adventures of Wandala, Miss Dirt Turtle's Garden Club, Tavey's First Hunt (Mom's Choice Award Recipient)
  • 10:00am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Marcia M Chen: Author of the Steampunk Graphic Novel Series, Lady Mechanika
  • 10:15am – 11:00am Pacific
    Lev Rosen: The Bell in the Fog
  • 10:15am – 11:15am Pacific
    Carole Boston Weatherford: Hair Like Obama's, Hands Like Lebron's
  • 10:15am – 11:15am Pacific
    Elle Rowley
  • 10:30am – 10:50am Pacific
    Hector Mexia: Illustrator of The Adventures of Wandala, Miss Dirt Turtle's Garden Club, Tavey's First Hunt (Mom's Choice Award Recipient)
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Jeffrey Brown and Jacoby Salcedo
  • 10:30am – 11:20am Pacific
    Nick Brooks: Promise Boys
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Dianne White: Finding Grateful
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Joe Cepeda: THE BEST WORST CAMP OUT/ILTR Comics
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Katie Kennedy: Hearts on Thin Ice (Print and Audiobook Signing)
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    René Colato Laínez: LET’S PLAY IN THE PARK
  • 11:00am – 11:30am Pacific
    Sy Montgomery: Brave Baby Hummingbird
  • 11:00am – 11:45am Pacific
    Michelle Lindo-Rice: The Bookshop Sisterhood
  • 11:00am – 11:50am Pacific
    Jennifer McGee: Izzy Can’t Talk
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    123 Andrés: Hello Friend/Hola Amigo and Ten Little Birds/Diez Pajaritos
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Becky Albertalli : IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Ben Sheehan: What Does the Constitution Say?
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Candace Fleming: The Enigma Girls
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Courtney Gould: WHAT THE WOODS TOOK
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Sherri L. Smith: Pearl: A Graphic Novel
  • 11:00am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Tom Turner / SIGN OF THE SANDMAN Saga - Exclusive 10th Anniversary 3 Book Collection ARC with Sneak Peek Sequel Chapters (Middle Grade)
  • 11:00am – 1:00pm Pacific
    Carolee Dean: Hank the Tank: Animal in the Spotlight (Book and Activity Book) Next Generation Indie Book Award Recipient
  • 11:00am – 2:00pm Pacific
    Joe Benitez: Creator, Author, and Illustrator of the Steampunk Graphic Novel Series, Lady Mechanika
  • 11:15am – 12:00pm Pacific
    Ann Davila Cardinal: We Need No Wings
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm Pacific
    Bo Lu: Bao's Doll
  • 11:30am – 12:15pm Pacific
    Mariana Llanos: Benita and the Night Creatures
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm Pacific
    Brett Helquist
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm Pacific
    Nicholas Day
  • 12:00pm – 12:30pm Pacific
    L.C. Rosen: EMMETT
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Anna Montague/HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL, MAGDA EKLUND?
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    Julio Anta & Jacoby Salcedo: This Land Is Our Land
  • 12:15pm – 1:00pm Pacific
    John Schu: Louder Than Hunger
  • 1:00pm – 1:45pm Pacific
    Lakshmi Thamizhmani: Ganesha Goes Green