Shannon Hale &\; LeUyen Pham will talk about their popular graphic novel series "Real Friends"\, answer your ques tions\, and share an engaging activity! An activity kit will be given to p articipants prior to the event with a specific interactive activity that w ill be done with LeUyen Pham! \;
\nShannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of over forty children's and young adult books\, including graphic novel memoirs \;Real Friends\, Best Friends\, and F riends Forever\, and multiple award winners \;The Goose Girl\, \;B ook of a Thousand Days\, and Newbery Honor recipient \;Princess Academ y. She also writes books for adults\, such as \;Austenland. She co-wri tes books with her husband Dean Hale\, like the Eisner-nominated graphic n ovel \;Rapunzel's Revenge and \;best-selling illustrated chapter b ook series \;The Princess in Black. She lives with her husband Dean an d their four children near Salt Lake City\, Utah.
\nLeUyen \;Pha m (pronounced Lay-Win) is the award-winning and critically acclaimed illus trator of 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\,  All the Things I Love About You\, The Bear Who Wasn&rsquo\;t There\ , and Outside\, Inside. She is also the co-creator\, along with Shannon Ha le\, of the groundbreaking bestselling graphic memoirs  Real Friends \, \;Best Friends\, and \;Friends Forever. LeUyen \;lives in L os Angeles with her husband Alex (who is also an artist)\, and their two s ons.
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