Shannon Hale &\; LeUyen Pham will talk about their popular graphic novel series "Real Friends"\, answer your ques tions\, and share an engaging activity! We will have activities that can b e done during the virtual event as well as an interactive activity that wi ll be done with LeUyen Pham!
\nShannon Hale is the New York Times be st-selling author of over forty children's and young adult books\, includi ng graphic novel memoirs \;Real Friends\, Best Friends\, and Friends F orever\, and multiple award winners \;The Goose Girl\, \;Book of a Thousand Days\, and Newbery Honor recipient \;Princess Academy. She a lso writes books for adults\, such as \;Austenland. She co-writes book s with her husband Dean Hale\, like the Eisner-nominated graphic novel&nbs p\;Rapunzel's Revenge and \;best-selling illustrated chapter book seri es \;The Princess in Black. She lives with her husband Dean and their four children near Salt Lake City\, Utah.
\nLeUyen \;Pham (prono unced Lay-Win) is the award-winning and critically acclaimed illustrator o f more than one hundred books for children including the Princess in Black series\, Alvin Ho series\, and many others. LeUyen \;is also both the author and illustrator of several books: Big Sister Little Sister\,†¯There&rsquo\;s No Such Thing as Little\, A Piece of Cake\, A ll the Things I Love About You\, The Bear Who Wasn&rsquo\;t There\, and Ou tside\, Inside. She is also the co-creator\, along with Shannon Hale\, of the groundbreaking bestselling graphic memoirs  Real Friends\, \ ;Best Friends\, and \;Friends Forever. LeUyen \;lives in Los Angel es with her husband Alex (who is also an artist)\, and their two sons.
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