Livia Blackburne\, Abdi Nazemian\, and Jen Wang know a thing or two about writing for teens. They'll share their exp eriences with writing for a notoriously picky audience while navigating ad ult perspectives and expectations. \;
\nThis panel will take place in the Doheny Room at the West Hollywood Aquatic Center. \;
\nBook signing will follow at 2:50 pm in West Holl ywood Park.
\nNew York Times \;bestselling author Livia Blackburne wrote her first novel while researching the neurosc ience of reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \; Sinc e then\, she&rsquo\;s switched to full-time writing\, which also involves getting into people&rsquo\;s heads but without the help of a three tesla M RI scanner. \; Her YA books include \;Midnight Thief \;(An Indies Introduce New Voices Selection)\, Rosemarked \;( A YALSA Teens Top Ten Nominee)\, \;Disney&rsquo\;s \;Feather a nd Flame\, \;and \;Clementine and Danny Save the World (A nd Each Other) \;(A Junior Library Guild selection) as well as th e picture books \;Dreams to Ashes \;(A Junior Library Gui ld Selection) \;and \;I Dream of Popo\, which received th ree starred reviews and was on numerous Best of Year lists. She is Chinese American and lives in southern California with her husband and daughter.< /p>\n
Abdi Nazemian \;spent his childhood in a series of exc
iting locations (Tehran\, Paris\, Toronto\, New York)\, but could usually
be found in his bedroom watching old movies and reading. Abdi&rsquo\;s fir
st novel\, The Walk-In Closet\, was awarded Best Debut at the Lam
bda Literary Awards. He has written several young adult novels\, all publi
shed by Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins: The Authentics (2017)\,
Jen Wang is the award-winning NYT Bestselling author and ill ustrator of several graphic novels for young readers including Ash&rsq uo\;s Cabin\, Stargazing\, The Prince and The Dressmaker \, In Real Life (co-written with Cory Doctorow)\, and Ko ko Be Good. She is also a co-founder and organizer for Comic Arts LA. She lives in Los Angeles.
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