The 2010 Wordstock Festival is taking place this year October 9th & 10th at the Oregon Convention Center.
Novel Novice’s Sara is the YA/Children’s Author Coordinator this year and will be at the festival. Novel Novice’s Stephanie is flying out for the event, as well, and will be around. We promise you, there is an amazing line-up of YA authors at this year’s festival, and if you can make it out, we highly recommend it.
In fact, here’s the list itself of YA authors at 2010 Wordstock Festival:
- Jöelle Anthony – Restoring Harmony
- Mac Barnett – The Brixton Brothers
- Dale E. Basye – The Third Circle of Heck: Blimpo
- Cecil Castellucci – Rose Sees Red
- Nancy Coffelt – Listen
- Kerry Cohen Hoffman – The Good Girl; It’s Not You, It’s Me
- Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush; Crescendo
- April Henry – Girl Stolen
- Amanda Howells – The Summer of Skinny Dipping
- Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson – The Familiars
- L.K. Madigan – The Mermaid’s Mirror
- Jane Mendle – My Ultimate Sister Disaster
- Kaleb Nation – Bran Hambric: The Specter Key
- Patrick Ness – The Chaos Walking Trilogy
- Heather Vogel Frederick – Pies & Prejudice
- Renee Watson – What Momma Left Me
- Conrad Wesselhoeft – Adios, Nirvana
We’ll be posting features on these authors & their books in the weeks leading up to the festival, so check back regularly for more updates.
You can also learn more about these, as well as the other authors and events at the festival at the official Wordstock website. You can even sign up to be a volunteer! (All the cool kids are doing it!)
Be sure to check out & download our Wordstock Festival Desktop Wallpapers, too!
