Worlds of Wonder: Fantasy & Adventure

Friday, May 14 | 2:00pm CT

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Hold onto your seats because this panel is full of adventure and even a little magic! Authors Alex Aster (Curse of the Night Witch), Stuart Gibbs (Charlie Thorne), Sarah Mlynowski (Whatever After), Ronald L. Smith (Gloom Town), and Brian Young (Healer of the Water Monster) will share how they write their enchanting, heart-pounding books.

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Featured Authors

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Authors

Alex Aster is an author who lives in New York City, just blocks away from her sister and (more importantly) her sister's miniature poodle, Leo. She started writing books when she was thirteen years old, and got her first book deal right after graduating from college. Visit her online at asterverse.com or on Twitter @byalexaster.

Stuart Gibbs is the New York Times bestselling author of Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation and the FunJungle, Spy School, and Moon Base Alpha series. He has written the screenplays for movies like See Spot Run and Repli-Kate, worked on a whole bunch of animated films, and developed TV shows for Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, ABC, and Fox. Stuart lives with his family in Los Angeles. You can learn more about what he's up to at StuartGibbs.com.

Sarah Mlynowski is the author of the New York Times bestselling Whatever After series, the Magic in Manhattan series, Gimme a Call, and a bunch of other books for tweens and teens, including the Upside-Down Magic series, which she cowrites with Lauren Myracle and Emily Jenkins. Originally from Montreal, Sarah now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters. Visit her online at sarahm.com.

Ronald L. Smith is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award–winning author of Hoodoo, The Mesmerist, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, and Black Panther: The Young Prince. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Visit him online at strangeblackflowers.com, on Twitter @ronsmithbooks, or on Instagram @ronsmithwriter.

Author and filmmaker Brian Young is a graduate of both Yale University with a Bachelor’s in Film Studies and Columbia University with a Master’s in Creative Writing Fiction. An enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, he grew up on the Navajo Reservation but now currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. As an undergraduate, Brian won a fellowship with the prestigious Sundance Ford Foundation with one of his feature length scripts. He has worked on several short films including Tsídii Nááts’íílid – Rainbow Bird and A Conversation on Race with Native Americans for the short documentary series produced by the New York Times. Brian is currently working on his second book with Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins. In addition to film and writing, Brian also works as a personal trainer, both online and in person.