Day three at ALA started off at the YALSA Breakfast with some Printz Award winning authors. They played a version of speed dating where the authors were at each table for 5 – 10 minutes and then would switch. We started off with John Green and his editor. Laurie Halse Anderson, Virginia Euwer Wolff, Jack Gantos, Terry Trueman, and Lois Lowry all made it to our table. By about the seventh author the whole speed dating thing exploded.
John Green talked about his next novel set in Orlando. It sounds awesome. They all agreed that YA literature has changed significantly in the last ten years and it’s really opened the door for serious authors to write for teens.
more later
Just dropping by to say thanks ever so for taking picture of the breakfast! I’m that unknown librarian in the corner*. Do you mind I I snag the photos? I’ll make sure to give you credit!
* the corner of a round table? Bah. The other side. The corner of the shots. Whatever. That’s me!
You’re welcome to use them. You’re in about half of them.