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Book Signings,
Evangeline Lilly
a BookCon
Introduces the Crossword,
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CONTENTS
Welcome to BookCon 2019! It’s going to be an exciting day,
full of celebrity sightings, epic storytelling, high school drama,
history making, and much more for kids, teens, and grownups.
Here’s our look at some of the can’t-miss authors and events.

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BOOKCON
Highlights from Today’s Schedule
Check out our highlights from today’s schedule of events.
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Neil Patrick Harris and Eva Chen PRO TIPS
These two multimedia superstars talk about their new books. A TEENAGE
10 ATTENDEE OFFERS
(Re)Making History A FEW TIPS, TRICKS,
R.J. Palacio and Nicola Yoon discuss what we can learn from the
past. AND HACKS FOR
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Cautionary Tales for Modern-Day Brats: OF BOOKCON

CARYN KAPLAN
Evangeline Lilly
The TV and film star explains her picture book series.
B Y A L E X A N D R A L I L LY
14 My past two years attending BookCon have changed the way that I
Superheroes Reimagined perceive the world of fans. By simply looking at the pattern on a Game of
Marissa Meyer and Mariko Tamaki have updated superhero Thrones–themed tote, I can identify numerous people with whom I have
stories for 2019. something in common. Last year, a girl in front of me in line for a book
18 signing for Cassandra Clare, one of my favorite authors, was wearing a pair
of socks with a quote from Brandon Sanderson. Immediately I knew we
Never Give Up
Wrestler, rapper, and picture book author John Cena has a were able to talk about our shared love for his books. Within minutes, I
positive message for young readers. knew the Hogwarts houses of nearly everyone in my immediate vicinity.
However, in the excitement of seeing all the authors, beautiful books,
20 artwork, and other fans, it can be quite overwhelming to grasp the system
Growing Pains of autographings and panels. Only from several failures have I learned
Meg Medina, Rainbow Rowell, and Faith Erin Hicks know that the importance of planning in advance. The downside of so many people
growing up isn’t easy. sharing your interests is that lines can be long. Therefore, it is important to
choose a small handful of booths and panels that are the most important
22 to you. Additionally, going with friends who have similar interests is fun,
Today’s Book Signings and it helps you to divide and conquer the Con.
Some amazing authors will be signing books today. Don’t worry about standing alone, however. A simple remark in line
24 to the people next to you about which Dire wolf is your favorite or what
literary city you wish you could find yourself in can instantly form a bond
Epic Heroes 2019
between you and other fans. Booths offering releases of limited-edition
Tomi Adeyemi, Leigh Bardugo, Soman Chainani, and Cassandra
Clare sound off on what makes a contemporary hero. items or advance reading copies of books tend to have the quickest-fill-
ing lines. These should be chosen carefully. Only the Main Stage will be
26 cleared between panelists, as it has no overflow room, so there will often
School’s In be a large line forming prior to panels there. However, for smaller panels,
Alyssa Milano, Tegan Rain Quin, and Raina Telgemeier go back the rooms will not be cleared, so if there are several panels that you hope
to school in their new books. to see in the same room, staying in your seat might help ensure your spot,
and, in the process, you might discover a new author who interests you—
28 or a new friend.
Sunday Preview If all else fails, the main show floor has an abundance of activity and
Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow. opportunities. Everywhere you go, people will be eager to talk to you
30 about books. Truly, regardless of which authors you manage to see, or what
ARCs you snag, meeting fellow fans is what truly makes BookCon special.
Crossword Puzzle
Alexandra Lilly is a high school junior in NYC who,
Can you solve this BookCon-themed puzzle?
between class periods and assignments, loses herself in other worlds.
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PUBLISHER Joe Murray, EDITOR Craig Teicher, ART DIRECTOR Leah Bossio, COPY EDITOR Sonia Jaffe Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Matia Burnett, Dianna Dilworth, Alex Green, Sally Lodge, Addie Morfoot, Adrienne Raphel, David Varno, PRODUCTION MANAGER Michele
Piscitelli, SALES COORDINATOR Deena Ali, PUBLISHED BY Publishers Weekly.
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Srcebks
 from
Here are our picks for the must-see panels at BookCon today.
Today’s BookCon Schedule
“Middle Grade Blowout”
10:30–11:15 a.m.// Room 1E14
Rachel Renée Russell (Dork Diaries), R.J.
Palacio (Wonder), Evangeline Lily (The
Squickerwonkers), and Alyssa Milano
(Project Middle School).
Highlights
“Hulu presents The Handmaid’s
Tale Season 3”
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. // 1E10
Talent from the upcoming third season of
the hit Hulu show offer a sneak peek.
“John Cena Reads Elbow Grease vs.
Motozilla”
10:45–11:15 a.m. // Family HQ
Wrestler, rapper, and author Cena reads his
new picture book.
“Spotlight on Cassandra Clare”
11 a.m.–noon // Main Stage
Cassandra Clare is in conversation with
Entertainment Weekly’s David Canfield.
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The Subtle Art of Giving a T*lk
11:15–11:50 a.m. // Downtown Stage
Blogger-turned-bestselling author Mark
Manson talks about his smash hit The
Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.
“Read with Pride”
11:15–11:50 a.m. // Choice Stage
In recognition of Pride Month, YA and
middle grade authors Kheryn Callender,
Mason Deaver, and Bill Konigsberg
discuss their latest books with LGBTQ+
characters.
“Rainbow Rowell’s Wayward Son”
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. // Room 1E14
Bestselling author Rowell discusses her
highly anticipated new book.
“Winning Westeros”
Noon–12:35 p.m. // Choice Stage
Find out what George R.R. Martin and
Game of Thrones can teach us about modern
war and the fate of our world.
“New York Times Best-Selling YA
Authors Discuss DC Ink!”
12:30–1:15 p.m // Room 1E10
Authors from DC Comics’s new YA imprint
discuss their books.
“E.L. James Spotlight”
12:30–1:30 p.m. // Main Stage
Superstar E.L. James discusses her new
book, The Mister.
“Neil Patrick Harris and Eva Chen in
Conversation”
12:45–1:20 p.m. // Downtown Stage
Multimedia stars and children’s book
authors Neil Patrick Harris and Eva Chen
share the stage to discuss their books, kids,
and life.
“Leigh Bardugo in Conversation
with Jeff VanderMeer”
12:45–1:30 p.m. // Room 1E14
Worldbuilders Leigh Bardugo and Jeff
VanderMeer discuss their craft and their
latest books.
For complete event listings, visit bookcon.com.
“The Very Best in Middle Grade:
Soman Chainani, Meg Medina, Raina
Telgemeier, and Tracey Baptiste”
1:30– 2:05 p.m. // Choice Stage
Authors talk about the ins and outs of
writing their bestselling middle grade
books.
“Sharing the Past with Tegan &
Sara”
1:30–2:05 p.m. // Downtown Stage
Sara Quin and Tegan Quin, twins and
singer/songwriters of the indie pop duo
Tegan & Sara, discuss their new book, High
School.
“Must Read YA Graphic Novels”
1:45–2:30 p.m. // Room1E14
Join some of YA’s biggest names for a
discussion about graphic novels for teens
and teens-at-heart.
“John Cena: One on One”
2–3 p.m. // Main Stage
Global superstar John Cena goes one-on-
one with BookCon.
“Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler
Present Cursed”
2:30–3:15 p.m. // Room 1E16
The Lady of the Lake finds her voice in
Cursed, a cinematic twist on the tale of King
Arthur—soon to be an original Netflix
series.
“Book-to-Screen: Eoin Colfer,
Nicola Yoon, Alafair Burke, and
David Levithan”
2:45–3:30 p.m. // Room 1E14
With or without popcorn, come listen to
four authors chat about adapting their
stories for the screen.
“Epic YA: Tomi Adeyemi, Jason
Reynolds, Julie Murphy, and
Cassandra Clare”
3:30–4:30 p.m. // Main Stage
YA authors get together on one stage.
Oh! The Horror!
3:30–4:15 p.m. // Room 1E10
Joe Hill, James Murray, and Paul Tremblay
talk about scaring and being scared.
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 A Actor, author, and magician Harris combined
his passions in order to create his Magical
Misfits middle grade series, about a group
of kids who use the art of illusions to solve
problems and save the world. The Magic Misfits:
The Minor Third, the next title in the series,
will be out in September. He’ll appear today
in conversation with Eva Chen, fashion editor
and exec (and star) at Instagram, mom, and
neil now author of two picture books. She wants

patrick
harris
to inspire young readers to dream big and go
for their goals. Juno, the protagonist of her
Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes and A Is

Simply
for Awesome, is a fun and fearless guide to the
imaginative world of fashion, and to Chen’s
personal pantheon of female heroes.

Magical
Neil Patrick Harris
On the origin of the Magic Misfits
Magic has been a passion and hobby of mine since I was a
child. So when I set out to create my first children’s book
series, I wanted to have kids creating bonds and solving prob-
lems together, but not by waving wands or stepping through
portals, but through illusion and mentalists and misdirection.
And in combining those elements of magic with adventure
and friendship, the Magic Misfits turned into the kind of series
that would have thrilled me when I was young. I hope today’s
readers feel the same.
Neil
Favorite Book as a Kid On balancing acting, writing, family, and more
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. I have lots of different chapters in my life right now, both per-
sonally and professionally. So it was a challenge carving out time
Favorite Word to just sit still and write. But once the characters started to form,
Labyrinth.
once their relationships were established, I found the process
exciting and kind of intoxicating.

Advice for young readers who want to get into

Eva
Currently Reading:
Harry Potter for probably 10,000th time.
Favorite Books as a Kid:
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman. All the
acting, magic, writing, or all three
Go do it. See stuff, write stuff, get involved. I strongly believe
that immersive experiences are so powerful, they create lasting
moments and memories. So go see a Broadway show, or a
circus, or a magician. Audition for a role at your local theater.
Dance at a concert, attend an author event at a bookstore,
bungee jump. Try things that might make you uncomfortable.
Why not? Just by putting yourself out there, you’ll be rewarded
with new knowledge and perspective. And, bonus: you’ll have
gotten to do a lot of awesome things.
Eva Chen
Harris: mark veltman

Dr. Seuss books. I loved rhyming books. On why she wrote these books
Favorite Book as a Teen I grew up being told, “You can do whatever you want. If you
All of the Baby-Sitters Club books. want to go to the moon, you can go to the moon. If you want to
be president, you can be president. You will make change and

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have impact in this world.” But girls aren’t always told things like
that—not all girls grow up with this kind of message. I also grew
1:00-2:00 pm
up absorbing every message of every book I read, from the Baby-
Sitters Club series, which ultimately is a tale of entrepreneurship, Look out for Lindy’s new book,
and friendship, to Amelia Bedelia and Ramona Quimby. All these
books I read had enormous impact. THE WITCHES ARE COMING, in which
the firebrand New York Times columnist
On what she learned from books
It’s okay to try things and not feel like any of them are just right and bestselling author
for you. You have to find your own path. It’s really important for
kids to see lots of different emotions, which is why I show Juno
provides a brilliant and
being sad and confused and striving and all these different things. incisive look at how
On picking the sheroes to include patriarchy, intolerance,
It was really hard. I knew I would include my personal hero, Oprah.
I knew that Anna Wintour would be included, because I worked
and misogyny have
with her for so long. I wanted different types of women—artists conquered not just
like Yayoi Kusama and a mix of different women who have inspired
me throughout the ages. politics but American
culture itself.
On Neil Patrick Harris
He and I have met socially a few times, at various events. I
launched a clothing line in conjunction with Juno and he
kindly came to that event, so he’s part of the Junoverse. He Available everywhere November 5th
does so many different things. I’ll try not to get sidetracked
with questions about How I Met Your Mother or Doogie Howser, Learn more at TheWitchesAreComing.com
although that would be tempting.
Chen: Leo Faria

Neil Patrick Harris and Eva Chen

in Conversation
12:45 p.m.–1:20 p.m. // Downtown Stage

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 (RE)MAKING HISTORY: R.J. Palacio extends the world of her blockbuster Wonder in her first graphic novel, White
REVISITING AND LEARNING
Bird, which tells the story of Julian’s grandmother, Grandmère, during W W II. In The Sun Is
FROM THE PAST ARE CENTRAL
Also a Star, Nicola Yoon explores the romance, which takes place over the course of one day,
THEMES IN THE WORK OF between two teenagers from different immigrant backgrounds who meet in New York City.
THESE TWO WRITERS

B Y D I A N N A D I LW O R T H

On Coming of Age as an Immigrant

This is Grandmères coming-of-age story.
What is she trying to teach her grandson?
Grandmère first tells her story about
being a young Jewish girl in Nazi-
occupied France in “The Julian Chapter.”
She tells that story to her grandson,
Julian, in an effort to reach him because
it’s obvious to her that he’s stuck in a bad
place. He doesn’t understand, or isn’t
open to seeing, how his actions have hurt
other people around him. He, abetted
by his parents, actually sees himself as
the hero of the story, not the bully. He
sees, for the first time, his own actions
mirrored in the actions of the bullies in
Grandmère’s story.

On Adapting the Story to a

New Medium
Why did you decide to try the graphic novel
format and how did it help you bring the
characters to life?
When you write, you describe characters
physically with words, but you can only
really do that as those descriptions help to
propel the narrative. Illustrating a graphic
novel, though, allows me to go further
with my descriptions. It allows me to
explore facial expressions and get specific
about clothes, and colors, and light and
shadow—without having to describe any
of that with words. It’s very freeing, not
having to describe characters.

On What the Past Can Teach Us

The past is the rudder to the future. We use
R.J.
PALACIO
it to steer us forward. Without it, we’d be
going in circles, or hopelessly adrift. The
past teaches us where to go based on where RUSSELL GORDON
we’ve been, and warns us where not to go
based on where we’ve gone. Our ability to CURRENTLY READING
remember, both collectively as a species Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
and individually as a person, is what makes
us human. FAVORITE BOOK AS A KID
I loved Edith Hamilton’s Mythology more than any other
book that I can remember when I was in elementary school.
“MIDDLE GRADE BLOWOUT: R.J.
Palacio with Evangeline Lilly, Alyssa FAVORITE BOOKS AS A TEEN
Milano, and Rachel Renée Russell” 10:30- I was as taken with Little Women as I was with
11:15 a.m. // Room 1E14 The Lord of the Rings.

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R.J. PALACIO AND
NICOLA YOON
We talked to both authors about growing up, coming-of-
age, and reckoning with the past in their new books, as
well as about adapting their stories to new formats—in
Palacio’s case, a graphic novel, and in Yoon’s, a feature film.

NICOLA
YOON
On Coming of Age as
an Immigrant
Growing up as an immigrant has its
own set of concerns. How did you draw
from your own experience to write this
story?
I was 11 years-old when I first moved
to America. I remember missing
Jamaica intensely and also desperately
wanting to fit into America. For
me, being an immigrant meant that
I needed to become comfortable
existing in between worlds. In the
book, both Natasha and Daniel
struggle with these feelings in their
own ways.

On Adapting the Story to a

New Medium
How did the film come about and what
role have you played in its adaptation?
The story of the adaptation is kind
of wild. While Warner Bros was
still making Everything, Everything,
the company’s president called me
to say he’d read and loved The Sun
Is Also a Star and that he wanted
to make it. I remember he asked
me what I thought. In my head
fireworks were going off. In real life
I just said, “Okay,” because I was too
flabbergasted to be eloquent.

On What the Past Can

SONYA SONES
CURRENTLY READING
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid and
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong.
FAVORITE BOOK AS A KID AND TEEN
The Little Prince has been my favorite pretty much
across the ages.
Teach Us
One of my favorite quotes is, “The
past is a foreign country; they do
things differently there,” by L.P.
Hartley from The Go-Between. I think
we can learn a lot from the past, but
we can’t learn everything. There’s a
tendency to romanticize the past and
also a tendency to demonize it. As
ever, the truth is more complicated.
BOOK TO SCREEN: Nicola Yoon
with Alafair Burke, Eoin Colfer,
and David Levithan
2:45–3:30 p.m. // Room 1E14

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 Cautionary
Tales for
Modern
Day Brats:
Evangeline Lilly
Actor Lilly is at work on an expansive
series of haunting picture books with
important lessons

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By Craig Teicher

Evangeline Lilly made her name as an actor on Lost, and, more

recently, in the movies Ant-Man and its sequel Ant-Man and
the Wasp, but books have always been dear to her heart. The
Squickerwonkers, her darkly illustrated picture book series,
which she says will ultimately encompass 20 titles, introduces
a troupe of puppets who take in naughty kids whose flaws lead
to their undoing. She’s at BookCon to discuss the first two
titles—The Squickerwonkers: The Prequel and
The Squickerwonkers: The Demise of Selma the
Spoiled—and where the series is headed.

You wrote the first Squickerwonkers

poem when you were 14. Can you talk
a bit about how the stories started and
what they mean to you?
I have always loved cautionary tales and origin NICHOLLS Fashion

tales, which usually have a very strong sense of

justice, like the Native American tales of how The visual world of the books is so distinctive and
the fish got its scales or the bird got its wings. powerful, and unified across the different artists
Then as I got older, I started to realize the you’ve worked with. How have you guided them to
sinister side to some of them, which suggested create that world?
that if you are not a pure and worthy little child, I work on every aspect of the books with the designers and
you deserve horrible things. And I thought, the illustrators. When I do the audiobooks, I produce, direct,
well, how do we reconcile those two things, one and perform, and I am in the sound booth working with the
I adore and one I really do not agree with? I de- director. When we do the print book, I have a very specific sort
cided to make stories where every protagonist of feeling of what I want the books to convey and how I want
and supporting character is flawed, where there them to feel. I’m inspired by things that I love, like [the work
are no heroes, there are no perfect little people. of early 20th-century British illustrator] Arthur Rackham. I
There are only people making mistakes, the way Favorite Book love that in his work you can see the pencil strokes. I’ve always
we all do. as a Kid said to my artists, “Please do not do this all digital. I want to see
The Dwindling Party pencil strokes and texture on the page.” I want children to love
by Edward Gorey.
Like those old morality tales do, are the art, to recognize that they could create that.
you trying to impart certain lessons?
Children really need help in navigating tough choices, situa- Why did you decide to write these stories in rhyme?
tions, and emotions that creep up on them and drive them to I love rhyme, and I find that is a very immersive tool. When you’re forced to
make bad decisions. I just don’t see children being given a ton start to trot mentally at a certain canter, when the author has that kind of power
of guidance in that way anymore. So I call these books “cau- over the rhythm with which you read the story, the voice can become much
tionary tales for the modern-day brat.” For me as a mother and clearer and stronger than if it was straight prose. Dr. Seuss was a huge inspira-
as an adult in 2019, I think it’s really, really important to remind tion for me. Edward Gorey was probably my largest inspiration as a writer. And
children that choices lead to consequences, and that it’s not they both use rhyme to such powerful effect.
everybody else’s fault if something goes wrong. That you can
look at yourself and ask yourself, “What have I done and what “Middle Grade Blowout”
could I maybe have done better?” 10:30–11:15 a.m. // Room 1E14

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10:00 AM-10:45 AM
JENNIFER GIVHAN
signing Trinity Sight ARCs + ARC giveaway

11:00 AM-11:45 AM
MEG GARDINER
signing The Dark Corners of the Night ARCs
+ ARC giveaway

12:00 PM-12:45 PM
NICHOLAS SANSBURY SMITH
signing Hell Divers
+ hardcover giveaway

1:30 PM-2:30 PM
JILL CRISWELL
signing The Beasts of the Frozen Sun ARCs
+ ARC giveaway

1:30 PM-2:30 PM
COCO MA
signing Shadow Frost ARCs + ARC giveaway

3:00 PM-3:45 PM
CADWELL TURNBULL
signing The Lesson + hardcover giveaway

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 Superheroes Reimagined:
Marissa Meyer and
Mariko Tamaki
What’s a 2019 superhero look like? We asked two writers
whose new books reimagine superheroes for today’s world
B y M at i a B u r n e t t

This fall, YA superstar Marissa Meyer
(author of the Lunar Chronicles series)
concludes her Renegades superhero
fantasy series with the third and final
installment, Supernova (Nov.). In
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass (Sept.),
Tamaki imagines the DC Comics
character Harleen Quinzel as a 15-year-
old teen newly enrolled at Gotham
High. Tamaki is also the author of the
Supergirl graphic novel Supergirl: Being
Super, illus. by Joëlle Jones. We asked
them both what it takes to revitalize the
superhero genre.
Marissa Meyer: I’m not sure I can
take credit for revitalizing anything, but
having been a huge fan of the superhero
genre since childhood, I have absolutely
DC
loved being able to write my own spin
on heroes and villains! There are so
many different directions one can go
with superpowers, and I’ve enjoyed
creating my own extraordinary abilities,
origin stories, and conflicts involving
archenemies and super identities.
Mariko Tamaki: If I have the space
with a character to tell a story with-
out having to connect to a character’s
existing complex history, I try to focus
on the parts of the character I really
connect to. I try to bring in things that
inspire me that also fit with the charac-
ter. So for Harley Quinn, I just love her
playful spirit, her sense of theater and
the ridiculous. So I just took that and
ran with it. And I added drag queens.

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 Favorite Book
mariko
tamaki
as a Kid
Roald Dahl’s
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory.

Favorite Book
as a Teen
I devoured pretty
much anything
with a dragon on
the cover.
Favorite Book
Favorite Word
as a Kid
Cake.
Louise Fitzhugh’s
Harriet the Spy.
marissa
meyer “The Magic of Favorite Word
World Building: Oh, it changes all
Marissa Meyer, Marie the time. Right
Lu, N.K. Jemisin, now I like “hectic.”
Joe Hill” Tomorrow,
12:45–1:45 p.m. //
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Best-Selling YA
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Debate” Discuss DC Ink!
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Leigh Bardugo Must Read Tomi Adeyemi

in Conversation with YA Graphic Novels at
Jeff VanderMeer Faith Erin Hicks, Marissa Meyer, Epic YA
Saturday at 12:45 PM Rainbow Rowell, Mariko Tamaki, Saturday at 3:30 PM
Room 1E14 Colleen AF Venable, and Jen Wang Main Stage
Saturday at 1:45 PM
Room 1E14

New Voices in YA Marie Lu and Marissa Meyer

Sona Charaipotra, Sara Faring, Kristina Forest, at
Katy Rose Pool, and Jess Rothenberg The Magic of World Building
Saturday at 4:30 PM
Sunday at 12:45 PM
Room 1E16
Room 1E14
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SATURDAY, JUNE 1
10:30 AM–11:30 PM
Tracey Baptiste,
The Jumbies Series
In-Booth Signing
11 AM–12 PM
Maia Toll, The Illustrated Herbiary
In-Booth Signing & Oracle Reading
1:30 PM–2:05 PM
Tracey Baptiste, Middle Grade Panel
Choice Stage
2 PM–3 PM
The Oddmire, by William Ritter
In-Booth Galley Giveaway
3:15 PM–4:15 PM
Tracey Baptiste
BookCon Signing Area,
Table #10

SUNDAY, JUNE 2
10:45 AM–12 PM
Pitchapalooza, The Book Doctors, Arielle Eckstut
& David Henry Sterry
Pitch your book idea! Writers will be selected at random to
give one-minute pitches for their book ideas; the winner will receive
an introduction to an agent or publisher. Stop by the Workman
booth to sign up for a chance to pitch.
Room 1E07
11 AM–11:45 AM
Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura
BookCon Signing Area, Table #1
12 PM–12:35 PM
Atlas Obscura Trivia for the World’s Most Adventurous
Explorers, with Dylan Thuras & Ella Morton
Downtown Stage
12 PM–1 PM
The Book Doctors, The Essential Guide
to Getting Your Book Published
In-Booth Signing
12:45 PM–1:45 PM
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wants his kids’ books to instill
self-confidence in young readers BOOTH
#1239
B y S a l ly L o d g e
With his sonorous voice and stately stature, wrestler, actor,
and rapper John Cena has long been a commanding presence
in multiple entertainment venues. Cena is the author,
most recently, of the picture book Elbow Grease vs.
Motozilla, a follow-up to his debut book, 2018’s
Elbow Grease. That book, illustrated by Howard
McWilliam (as is its sequel), introduced a small
monster truck with four bigger brothers; he
is determined to prove his guts and grit. In
Cena’s new story, Elbow Grease’s supportive
siblings roar to his side as he faces off against
Motozilla, a ferocious monster machine.

On why he decided to write a

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I wanted to write something for the
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that would take the qualities and values I stand for and
put them in a whimsical universe. Saturday, June 1
On what he wants kids and their parents 11:00am: FREE Preview Signing
to take away from his Elbow Grease stories Ian Doescher & Jacopo Della
I’m stealing a page from my childhood and my adult Quercia MacTrump
life when I emphasize the importance of believing
in yourself, teamwork, and never giving up. 12:00pm: Tote
bag giveaway
On why he’s appearing at BookCon
I am passionate about these characters’ stories and
their message. I hope people realize that my voice 2:00pm: Signing with Purchase
is authentic—and that I really care. Andrew Shaffer Hope Rides Again
and Hope Never Dies
“John Cena Reads Elbow
Grease”
10:45–11:15 a.m. // Family HQ
Sunday, June 2
“John Cena:
10:00am: Tote bag giveaway
One on One”
2–3 p.m. // Main Stage 11:00am: Signing with Purchase
Ashley Poston The Princess and
the Fangirl and Geekerella

2:00pm: FREE ARC Signing

M.L. Webb The GayBCs

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Growing Pains: Meg Medina, and
Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks
Growing up ain’t easy. We talked to the authors of two books about
narrating the challenges of surviving the teen years

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Earlier this year Meg Medina received the Newbery Award for Merci
Suárez Changes Gears. The author is the second Latinx writer to win
the coveted honor. The novel—Medina’s seventh book—is her second
middle grade book and follows an 11-year-old Cuban-American girl
who is a scholarship student at a private school in Florida.
You have spoken about needing powerful counternarratives
to stereotypes about Latino immigrants in this country.
There are days when I am unspeakably sad about the narratives that
have taken hold in our country regarding immigrant families—about
how and why they arrive and about their so-called danger to us as a
nation. I see a growing distrust, an us-and-
them characterization, and mostly an ugly
use of negative stereotypes that is poison
to kids’ self-concept. I wrote Merci Suarez
Changes Gears in celebration of immigrant
families who love and support each other
and who sacrifice themselves in large and
small ways. I wrote about a clan for whom
family is the center of absolutely every-
thing. Those are the families I knew. Those
are the families I see today.
You wrote about Merci’s
grandfather Lolo and his decline
due to Alzheimer’s. Why did you
want to share this subject with
petite shards
young readers?
Kids deal with sad events in their lives, large and small. It can be as relative-
ly simple as failing a test or as major as having a loved one grow ill or die.
Most often, the first experience with loss is through grandparents. I chose
Alzheimer’s’ disease as a vehicle because it is a loss on two levels: the loss
of the personality, and then of the physical person. Right now, five million
people live with the disease, and it impacts many more thousands of peo-
ple who love them. The issue seemed relevant to a lot of readers.
“The Very Best in Middle Grade: Soman Chainani,
Meg Medina, Raina Telgemeier, and Tracey Baptiste”
1:30–2:05 p.m. // Choice Stage
Favorite Books as a Kid
Charlotte’s Web and the Nancy
Drew series.
Favorite Books as a Teen
I jumped right into adult books.
I remember getting addicted
to Agatha Christie novels. I also
read wildly inappropriate things,
like The Happy Hooker.
P
Pumpkinheads, the graphic novel
written by Rainbow Rowell and
illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks,
focuses on love, friendship, and
a pumpkin patch. Rowell calls it
the “most lighthearted thing” she’s
ever written. Hicks says, “I knew
together we could make something
really special, and I think we have.”
What was your collaboration like?
Rowell: I wrote a pretty detailed script and described the setting
and characters. Then Faith came to visit me in Omaha because she’d
never been to a pumpkin patch before! She really had a vision right
away for how the script would work as a graphic novel. Looking back,
it’s kind of miraculous that we were on the same page so quickly.
Hicks: Usually Rainbow would have a description for certain
locations, and I would take her description and run with it. It also
helped that, together, we visited a pumpkin patch, which was one of
the inspirations for this book. I took lots of pictures and used them as
reference, but I’d usually change the designs a bit or pump up the camp
factor. Like, there wasn’t a caramel apple stand that was literally shaped
like a caramel apple in the real pumpkin patch we visited, but I thought
it would be fun to draw the stand that way in the comic book version.
What is the best aspect of writing and illustrating for
young adults?
Rowell: I love teen readers because they’re not afraid to be earnest
and enthusiastic. And adults who read YA are kind of the same way.
Hicks: Younger readers, both kids and teens, are a challenging
audience. They are smart and won’t sugarcoat things for you when they
don’t like a book you’ve made. But when they love something, there’s
no audience with a greater passion. 
“Must Read YA Graphic Novels”
1:45–2:30 p.m. // Room 1E14
Favorite Books as a Kid
Rowell: Every Ramona book.
Hicks: The Chronicles of Prydain
series by Lloyd Alexander.
Favorite Books as a Teen
Rowell: The World According to
Garp by John Irving.
Hicks: I had probably an unhealthy
fondness for Silence of the Lambs by
Thomas Harris. I wanted to be Clarice
Starling when I grew up.
Favorite Word
Rowell: Today? “Respite.”
Hicks: “Sleep.”

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—Sarah Ward, author of Aesop Lake
Cassandra Clare
“An internet-obsessed teenager discovers a new life offline 12:15–2:15 p.m.
in this YA romantic comedy. . . . A witty and tech-savvy
love story with just the right amount of charm.” Eva Chen and
—Kirkus Derek Desierto
“Brian’s stories are an example of how humor can be used 1:30–2:30 p.m.
to shed light on serious issues, without demeaning those
issues, and how youth can be empowered to take on Big Joe Hill
Things.” —Climate Change Author Spotlight / Dragonfly 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Giving voice to writers Leigh Bardugo
and artistswho will make
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Read A Romance - 4:00 p.m.

Faith Erin Hicks

2:45–3:45 p.m.
Today’s Author Signings
Mariko Tamaki
2:45–3:45 p.m. Maika and
Soman Chainani Maritza Moulite
and Tracey Baptiste 10:30 a.m.
3:15–4:15 p.m.

Raina Telgemeier
and Meg Medina Laura Taylor Namey
3:15–4:15 p.m.
11:30 a.m.
Eoin Colfer
4–5:30 p.m.

Nicola Yoon
4–5:30 p.m. Julia London
1:00 p.m.
Tomi Adeyemi
4:45–6 p.m.

Jason Reynolds
4:45–6 p.m.
Nancy Richardson
Fischer
2:00 p.m.
lilly: NICHOLLS Fashion, chainani: david j.martin, palacio: russell gordon, yoon: sonya sones,

Amanda Foody
2:00 p.m.
tegan and sara: Pamela Littky, clare: Kelly Campbell, milano: dirk franke

Elizabeth Keenan
3:00 p.m.

Mara Rutherford
3:00 p.m.
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EPIC
HEROES
2019:
TOMI ADEYEMI,
LEIGH BARDUGO,
SOMAN CHAINANI,
& CASSANDRA CLARE
E
B Y D I A N N A D I LW O R T H
Epic stories have never been more popular—
or more epic. Except today’s epic heroes often
start out their journeys as regular kids or teens,
and grow to bear the awesome weight of their
stories. We talked to four authors of some
of the best contemporary epics about what
makes someone an epic hero in 2019.
TOMI ADEYEMI
Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the fol-
low-up to the blockbuster Children of Blood
and Bone, going deeper into the adventures of
Zélie and Amari, and introducing a whole new
cast. We talked to Adeyemi about how her
heritage affects her writing and the advice she
gives to young writers.
On how her Nigerian heritage informs
her writing
It’s really gratifying for me because I get to
make magic out of the wonderful culture I was
born into. The kingdom is obviously named
after the Orïsha of West African religion and
mythology, but seas and mountain ranges are
named after my late grandparents. The char-
acters wear dashikis, geles, and headdresses as
they eat jollof rice and fried plantain.
Her advice for young writers
Read, read, read! The best way to learn how to
write well is by reading the work of great writers.
It’s the most fun way to learn how to become a
good storyteller yourself. Write, write, write! No
matter what it is! I didn’t think my 300 pages of
Naruto fan fiction would amount to anything,
and now I realize how incredible that training
was for me. It doesn’t matter if it’s good, it
doesn’t matter if it’s finished, it doesn’t matter if
it’s fan fiction or original ideas. Just do it!
“EPIC YA: Tomi Adeyemi, Jason Reynolds,
Julie Murphy, and Cassandra Clare”
3:30–4:30 p.m. // Main Stage
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TOMI
ADEYEMI
FAVORITE BOOKS AS A TEEN
The Outsiders and Harry Potter and
the Chamber of Secrets.
FAVORITE BOOKS NOW
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.
FAVORITE WORD
Pico de gallo. I’m not joking—
it’s very fun to shout.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Bardugo’s Shadown and Bone and Six of
Crows series have won her legions of fans.
She talked about her new book, Ninth House,
and more.
On what she hopes readers take away
from Ninth House
I hope the lines between our real and imag-
ined worlds will blur a bit for them, that they’ll
see magic and power in a different light. Deep
down, I hope they’ll want to visit New Haven
[Conn.] and that they’ll fall in love with it, too.
On what a 2019 epic hero looks like
The real heroes look the same as ordinary
people—mainstream culture is just starting to
acknowledge them. Adventure and romance
and magic don’t just belong to straight, white,
LEIGH
BARDUGO
CHRISTINA GUERRA
FAVORITE BOOK AS A KID
As a little kid, I was obsessed with a
book called Catwitch by Lisa Tuttle
and Una Woodruff.
FAVORITE BOOK AS A TEEN
My touchstones were probably
Frank Herbert’s Dune, Stephen
King’s It, and everything by
Louise Erdrich.
FAVORITE WORD
Toothsome.
square-jawed, able-bodied dudes who shut
up sexy physicists while saving the world, and
now our movies and our books are beginning
to reflect that. Probably because the people
getting to tell those stories to a wide audience
are different now, too.
“LEIGH BARDUGO IN CONVERSATION
WITH JEFF VANDERMEER”
12:45–1:30 p.m. // Room 1E14

SOMAN
CHAINANI
DAVID J. MARTIN
FAVORITE BOOK AS A KID
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs.
Basel E. Frankweiler by E.L.
Konigsburg.
FAVORITE BOOK AS A TEEN
Interview with a Vampire, by
Anne Rice.
FAVORITE WORD
Diva.
SOMAN CHAINANI
Chainani’s series, the School for Good and
Evil, follows a pair of students dropped into a
magical school populated by characters from
fairy tales. We talked to him about watching
his heroes grow up.
How the world of the School for Good
and Evil has changed
In Book 1, they’re young teenagers. By Book 5,
they’re old enough to be running kingdoms and
planning marriages and moving beyond their
years at school into their real-life fairy tales. It’s
a delicate balance writing a series that has to
satisfy both new eight-year-old readers bingeing
through the series, as well as 17- and 18-year
olds who have grown up with it, year by year.
By the fifth book, there’re 145 characters, 30
kingdoms, and 70 plotlines. Sometimes it feels
CASSANDRA
CLARE
KELLY CAMPBELL
FAVORITE BOOKS AS A KID
The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
FAVORITE BOOKS AS A TEEN
I was obsessed with Jane Austen.
FAVORITE WORD
Crepuscular.
like I’m managing a fantasy corporation, or at
the very least living two lives in two worlds. One
of the decisions I made, early on, was to divide
the series into two trilogies: the School Years
and the Camelot Years.
His advice for young writers
Often with young writers, they’re told “Keep
writing.” It’s my least favorite advice. Writing
10 mediocre stories won’t get you any closer to
being better. Instead, I urge writers to focus on
one story and keep revising again and again.
Show it to friends, to teachers, to your parents:
push yourself far past your original level. Then
when you start your next story, that higher
level will be your new baseline.
On what a 2019 epic
hero looks like
The epic hero of 2019 can
look beyond the cult of “me”
and the moment and see that
the present is just history in
disguise. It’s why the greatest
epic heroes are timeless.
“THE VERY BEST IN
MIDDLE GRADE: Soman
Chainani, Meg Medina,
Raina Telgemeier, and Tracey
Baptiste” 1:30–2:05 p.m.
// Choice Stage
CASSANDRA CLARE
YA superstar Clare is the author of the Mortal
Instruments and Shadowhunter series. She talk-
ed about her new series, collaboration, and more.
On how Chain of Gold fits into the
Shadowhunter universe
Chain of Gold is the first book in the Last
Hours trilogy. It’s set in London in 1903 and
is a companion series to the Infernal Devices
trilogy, which took place in Victorian London.
I’ve always loved writing historical fantasy,
and once the Infernal Devices wrapped up, I
missed it. I’ve been looking forward to writing
about Shadowhunters in the Edwardian era.
On how she researches her books
I read a lot of nonfiction about the eras I’m writ-
ing in, and I also read fiction that was popular
at the time, to get a feel for the nuances of lan-
guage. Whenever possible, I travel to the setting
and walk around, taking photos and notes.
On what a 2019 epic hero looks like
She’s on her way to the polls, and she’s gonna
kick ass at the voting booth.
“SPOTLIGHT ON: CASSANDRA CLARE”
11 a.m.–noon // Main Stage
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SCHOOL’S IN:
ALYSSA MILANO, TEGAN RAIN QUIN,
AND RAINA TELGEMEIER

G
B Y M AT I A B U R N E T T

Growing up is complicated, and school is where a lot of it happens.

We talked to three writers with books for and about middle and
high schoolers about what they really learned in school
DIRK FRANKE

ALYSSA MILANO
With Project Middle School, actor and author Alyssa Milano
kicks off her activism-themed middle grade series about
Hope, an 11-year-old who is driven by a desire to help others.

What was the inspiration for Project

Middle School?
We’re living in such a difficult time. There’s a lot of intolerance JOSEPH FANVU

and indifference in the world these days. And now that I’m a
mom, I see how naturally good children are. Kids are
filled with hope—they want to help other people. Chil- Alyssa
dren are born with a voice, and with so much empathy, FAVORITE BOOK
and I never want them to lose that. AS A KID PAMELA LITTKY
Anything by Shel Sil-
What did you really learn in
verstein.
What did you really learn in school? school?
Project Middle School is about all kinds of learning! Hope FAVORITE BOOK School is where I learned to use charm
is a really dedicated and diligent student. She has a genu- AS A TEEN and humor to deflect criticism and
ine love of learning, especially when it comes to science. Slaughterhouse Five by disarm aggression. And it’s where I first
Kurt Vonnegut.
But I also wanted the book to be about all the things learned how important friendship is.
kids learn in school that aren’t academic—how to speak FAVORITE WORD How affirming it can be to be surrounded by a commu-
up for yourself, how to respect and work together with Compassion. nity of people who get you. I also learned to use actual
other kids, and how to deal with social situations that recording equipment in high school, which ignited my
Tegan
are challenging while still remaining true to yourself. desire to create, record, and share my music with people.
FAVORITE BOOK
AS A TEEN I acquired skills in some of my option classes that I still
“MIDDLE GRADE BLOWOUT” Fall on Your Knees by use today. For what it’s worth, I also loved English class.
10:30–11:15 a.m. // Room 1E14 Ann-Marie MacDonald. And look at me now—an author.
FAVORITE WORD
TEGAN RAIN QUIN The word I unfortu-
“SHARING THE PAST WITH TEGAN & SARA”
Tegan Rain Quin, along with her identical twin sister, nately use most is 1:30–2:05 p.m. // Downtown Stage
Sara Keirsten Quin, is one-half of the musical duo Tegan “literally.” But I really
& Sara; they make their authorial debut this spring with do love using it—espe- RAINA TELGEMEIER
cially when I am using
High School, a co-written memoir of their adolescence. Raina Telgemeier’s latest autobiographical graphic novel
it correctly. Which I
always strive to do. for middle graders, Guts, concerns her childhood experi-
What was the most challenging aspect of ence with anxiety and tummy trouble.
writing a memoir with your sister? Raina
It was figuring out how to write about our drug use FAVORITE BOOK What did you really learn in school?
AS A KID
during that time. I didn’t want to glamorize drugs, but Robert C. O’Brien’s
I had a wonderful first-grade teacher who taught all the
I also didn’t want to demonize them, because experi- Mrs. Frisby and the basics, but she also instilled the values of trust, sharing,
mentation with drugs was integral in the development Rats of NIMH. and community. We planted a garden, made stone soup,
of both my and Sara’s identities as young people. It was sang songs, met her dogs, and even went on a field trip to
FAVORITE BOOK
something we got along about, and it helped to repair her house. She wanted us to see that teachers were real
AS A TEEN
our fractured relationship. So I labored over how to Scott McCloud’s Un- people with lives outside of the classroom. None of this
write about those experiences a lot. Oddly, the most derstanding Comics. could possibly be quantified, but every kid remembered
gratifying part of writing High School was digging into her as the best teacher of all time.
these harder topics and coming out on the other side FAVORITE PHRASE
I’m gonna go with
pretty sure that I had done a good job of not exoticizing “thank you” as one of
“THE VERY BEST IN MIDDLE GRADE: Soman
the rougher parts of our youth, but still managing to the best phrases in the Chainani, Meg Medina, Raina Telgemeier, and Tracey
share the lessons I learned then. universe. Baptiste” 1:30–2:05 p.m. // Choice Stage

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BY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

BARRY LYGA
AND MORGAN BADEN

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BARRY LYGA
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Need some help planning
your Sunday at BookCon?
Here are 10 panels and
events for kids, teens, and
grownups that you won’t
want to miss tomorrow.

jenna maurice

“New York, I Love You: Romance (Novels)

‘Made’ in Manhattan”
10:15–11 a.m. // Room 1E16
Romance stars Zoey Castile, K.M. Jackson, Maya Rodale,
Joanna Shupe, and Maria Vale discuss writing about love
and sex in the city.

“I’ll Take Quidditch for $500, Please!:

An Audiobook Game Show”
10:30–11:15 a.m. // Room 1E10
Compete with authors Ally Condie, Nic Stone, and Arvin
Ahmadi in this bookish game show.

“‘Draw Me a Sunny Day’: A Celebration of

Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary”
10:45–11:30 a.m. // Family HQ
Contributors to the upcoming picture book Sunny Day:
A Celebration of Sesame Street discuss the legendary show
and its theme song.

“DC & DC Black Label”

11:15 a.m.–noon // Room 1E16
Kelly Sue DeConnick, Kami Garcia, and Sean Murphy,
creators behind some of DC’s premiere comics, talk shop.

“Love Is Love: Answering the Call for Queer

Love Stories Across the Board”
11:15–11:50 a.m. // Choice Stage colleen katana

Writers from several genres discuss the importance of

writing nonheteronormative books. joe hill

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from tomorrow’s schedule
“The Magic of World Building: Marissa
Meyer, Marie Lu, N.K. Jemisin, Joe Hill”
Kathryn Huang Photography

12:45–1:45 p.m. // Room 1E14

Find out how convincing fictional worlds
are made.

“What If?: A Quirky Conversation

About Oour Fascinating World with
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12:45–1:20 p.m. // Downtown Stage
These two multimedia stars share amazing
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“Geek Geek Revolution”

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BookCon authors compete in this literary
game show featuring questions contributed
michael shindler

by the audience.
laura hanifin

“Jacqueline Woodson and Damon “Tor Presents Magic and Mayhem in

Young Discuss New Books and Science Fiction and Fantasy”
Brown Bodies” 3:15–4 p.m. // Room 1E16
1:30–2:05 p.m. // Downtown Stage Sarah Gailey, Kel Kade, Tamsyn Muir, An-
Two commanding writers discuss their new nalee Newitz, and V.E. Schwab discuss taking
books and more. speculative literature beyond good and evil.

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Trista Mateer Steve Metzger
Aphrodite Made Me Do It Yes, I Can Listen

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Mark Feinsand & Marcia Butler
Bryan Hoch Pickle’s Progress
Mission 27
12:30 – 1:15pm
12:30 – 1:15pm Molly Ringle
Aileen Erin All the Better
Off Planet Part of Me
1:30 – 2:15pm 1:30 – 2:15pm
Joan He Maura Milan
Descendant of the Crane Eclipse the Skies
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2:30 – 3:15pm
Komal Kapoor, Caitlyn 2:30 – 3:15pm
Siehl, and Wilder Michael Conant
[Dis]connected: Poems Mother’s Child
& Stories of Connection
and Otherwise Volume 2

3:30 – 4:15pm
Tom Ryan
Keep This To Yourself
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4:30 – 5:15pm
Taimak Guarriello
Taimak, The Last Dragon

Independent Publishers Group

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All the clues pertiain to today’s authors.
By Adrienne Raphel

Across
1 With 40-Across, author of
High School
5 Something a zit might say
10 Multiple snoggings in the hallway,
for short
14 Once again
15 To attach, as braces on Raina’s teeth
16 Broadway musical based on La Bohème
17 Adjective describing Grandmère in
White Bird
18 ___ Dean Keeps Breaking Up
With Me
19 I’m so hungry, I could ___ horse!
20 So, for Merci Suarez’s família
21 Theo Stein-Meyer, for one
23 Part of an inheritance, if you’re
Maxim Trevelyan
25 Apple or pecan, say
26 Smoke, as a joint
27 How a 21-Across might feel until he or
she finds kindred spirits
32 Friend, in Paris
33 Here ___ the Sun
34 Daniel ___, protagonist of The Sun
Is Also a Star
35 Word preceding skirt or van
37 Divisions in a bowling alley Down
38 Police HQs 1 “I never ___ purple cow...” 30 One of NIMH
39 High-level in HS 2 Licorice flavoring 31 Not no
40 With 1-Across, author of 3 What Nova and Adrian put up 33 Where the school hamster might live
High School against the Anarchists 35 Downward dog aid
41 Large vat 4 Wonder 36 Lunar water, usually
42 Target audience member for 5 Auggie has a cleft one, in Wonder 37 Attire for superheroes, often
High School 6 Eighteen, say 38 Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like
44 Children of Blood and ___ 7 Bah, humbug! a banana, and others
45 Life of Pi director Lee 8 Internet relay chat client for 40 Military vehicle
46 Seizes (from) Windows: abbr. 41 ___ the line
48 Josiah or Deja, eponymously 9 Offerings in a textbook 43 Slept a little
53 Gum lump 10 Like an alarm clock 44 Donkey, maybe
55 ___, skip, and a jump 11 Like Ceci Bell 46 Hunk of cheese
56 Like a whiny toddler 12 Not for 47 Resident of Riyadh
57 Rain cats and dogs 13 Bit of data 48 Oom-___ (tuba sounds)
58 Protagonist of Project Middle School 21 Type of sushi 49 Oops
59 Chasm 22 Three ones, in ancient Rome 50 Sulk
60 Language of Pakistan 24 ___ Adeyemi, author of Children 51 Many highlighter colors
61 What a snake might do to its skin of Blood and Bone 52 Roll call response
62 Often on a villain’s face 27 Submarine detector 54 Instrument that keeps the beat
63 Kimberly Keiko Cameron, in Mariko 28 Sign 57 Bodily fluid probably prized in the
Tamaki’s 2008 graphic novel 29 Airer of The Bachelorette School for Evil
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