This year’s event includes the following authors:​Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author and Cybils Award winner
Libba Bray, New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner
Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, NAACP Image Award, and longlisted for the National Book Award. He was recently featured on “CBS This Morning” and “The Daily Show.”
Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the GoodReads Choice Debut Award
Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, winner of the Eisner Award, Printz Award, recipient of the Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program, and New York Times bestselling author
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Jeff Zentner, New York Times Notable list, winner of the William C. Morris Award and longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase books on site (or bring them from home) and have them signed by the authors. The event is open to middle and high school students. There is no cost for the event and no advanced registration is required. Food will be available for purchase (cash only) via food trucks during the lunch break in the back bus loop and concessions in the cafeteria. A percentage of all sales will go to Friends of Northside Libraries. The program is sponsored by the Friends of Northside Libraries, and is made possible in part by contributions from Northside ISD, H-E-B, Barnes & Noble, and Whataburger.
