F110. Warning Extreme Content: Sex, Drugs, and Abuse as Themes in Young Adult Literature
Friday, February 28, 2014
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Participants
Ann Angel's publications include books, essays, and short stories, including the critically acclaimed biography, Janis Joplin Rise Up Singing and Such a Pretty Face, Short Stories About Beauty. She serves as the English Graduate Program Director at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, WIsconsin.
Kekla Magoon is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author of YA novels The Rock and the River, Camo Girl, and 37 Things I Love. She also writes historical nonfiction for teens and is a three-time NAACP Image Award nominee, and serves on the board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.
Carrie Jones is The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Need series, as well as other books. She is a distinguished alum of Vermont College's MFA Program and an on-call firefighter. www.carriejonesbooks.com