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Sunday, May 24 • 11:30am - 1:00pm
Teenage Rebellion in YA Stories

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The teenage years marks the transition from the dependent child to the independent adult. Those years are often associated with some form of rebellion, either against authority or against parents, as teens learn how to test limits and act on their own. How important is it to express feelings of rebellion in a YA novel? Does it add authenticity, perform necessary stage-setting, or is it a distraction?
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Kiri Callaghan

Kiri Callaghan was born a "3rd" on a station set in deep space where she was trained in the ways of the Jedi. Her training concluded when she joined a crew of smugglers piloting a Firefly class ship that tended to travel to new worlds and new civilizations. In her travels, she battled... Read More →

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Skye Allen

Skye Allen wrote Pretty Peg and The Songbird Thief, both queer YA fantasy novels. The Songbird Thief was a Goldie Award finalist and won a FAPA President’s Book Award. She has had stories in Mythaxis, Toasted Cheese, and Of Dragons and Magic and poetry in Insomnia and Sinister... Read More →
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Sarah Stegall

Sarah Stegall started out in the early nineties as a fan critic of The X-Files and one of the first online reviewers. She eventually became Chris Carter and the Ten-Thirteen Productions team's most popular reviewer. She researched the first three Official Guides to The X-Files: The... Read More →
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The Winner Twins

The Winner Twins, Brittany and Brianna, are national bestselling, multiple award-winning science fiction novelists, screenplay writers and producers. Their novels include THE STRAND PROPHECY, EXTINCTIONS EMBRACE, RED MOON RISING and soon to be released, THE PERFECT COMPATIBILITY... Read More →

Sunday May 24, 2015 11:30am - 1:00pm PDT
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