T220.
Multitudes: Writing Intersecting Identities in Short Fiction
Thursday, March 24, 2022
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm
Short form fiction has an important part to play in children’s literature—particularly when it can highlight the intersecting identities that make up the reality of our world. A diverse panel of authors writing for children across age groups will discuss the impact that short fiction can have on readers and how learning how to write short fiction can deepen and improve craft.
Participants
Eric Smith is a literary agent and young adult author living in Philadelphia. An agent with P.S. Literary, he's worked on award-winning and New York Times bestselling books. As an author, his latest novels include Don't Read the Comments and You Can Go Your Own Way.
Alexandra Villasante's debut, The Grief Keeper, was an Indie Next, Indies Introduce, Junior Library Guild Selection, and winner of the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ YA Fiction. Her short stories will appear in the upcoming YA anthologies Our Shadows Have Claws and All Signs Point to Yes.
Mia García studied creative writing at The New School, worked in publishing, and lived under a pile of to-be-read books. She is the author of Even If the Sky Falls and The Resolutions.
Katherine Locke is the award-winning author of The Girl with the Red Balloon, The Spy with the Red Balloon, and other titles, including editing and contributing to It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories and This Is Our Rainbow: Sixteen Stories of He, Her, Them, and Us.
Nova Ren Suma