R126. Making Monsters: Exploring Otherness in YA/MG Literature
Thursday, March 31, 2016
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Participants
Samantha Mabry's debut novel, A Fierce and Subtle Poison, is forthcoming.
Jeramey Kraatz is the author of the children's book series The Cloak Society. His work has been featured in places like Salon, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and Gizmodo. He's a graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University and teaches writing at Texas Christian University.
Stephanie Kuehn is the William C. Morris Award-winning author of Charm & Strange, Complicit, Delicate Monsters, and the forthcoming The Pragmatist. She writes realistic young adult fiction and holds a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Micol Ostow has written many books for teens, including the Sydney Taylor Notable So Punk Rock. She spent eight years as a young adult editor, and she has taught YA writing at MediaBistro.com, Miami Dade College, and the Highlights Foundation. She received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Nova Ren Suma