Strong protagonists, engrossing romance, humor, action, and angst! Join us for a Q&A session and chat about the hottest new titles and trends in YA fiction. Moderated by Lauren Billings (Sublime) and featuring Melissa de la Cruz (The Ring and The Crown), Jim DiBartolo (In the Shadows), Rachel Hawkins (Rebel Belle), Alyson Noel (The Immortals), Margaret Stohl (The Icons series), Michael Johnston (Heart of Dread series), and Kiersten White (In the Shadows).
Friday April 18, 2014 12:00pm - 1:00pm PDT
Room 207
Authors discuss worlds in which some characters are more equal than others. WonderCon Anaheim special guest Kiera Cass (The Elite), Pierce Brown (Red Rising), James Morris (Sky Bound), and Amy Talkington (Liv, Forever) discuss Chosen Ones, the haves and have-nots, gender discrimination, and more. Moderated by LeAnna Herrera of Mysterious Galaxy.
Friday April 18, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Room 213
Novelist and attorney (and WonderCon Anaheim special guest) Marjorie Liu has established herself as a cross-genre writer-from paranormal romance, urban fantasy, to comic books-including her latest run on Astonishing X-Men for Marvel Comics. Join her for a rare Q&A session, moderated by Mimi Cruz from Night Flight Comics!
Friday April 18, 2014 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Room 203
Raymond Chandler to True Detective? Bestselling and prize-winning author Peter Straub (Ghost Story, Koko) and Michael Easton, his collaborator on the graphic novel The Green Woman, author of graphic novels Soul Stealer and Credence, and actor, discuss the evolution of Straub's long career, what inspires him, his history with Stephen King, the nature of genre fiction, and what it was like to work together.
Saturday April 19, 2014 4:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Room 207
UPDATED: Mon, Apr 07, 02:43PM Frank Beddor (New York Times bestselling author of The Looking Glass Wars), Cecil Castellucci (Odd Duck), Nancy Holder (New York Times bestselling author of On Fire: A Teen Wolf Novel), Shannon Messenger ( Keeper of the Lost Cities), and Dan Yaccarino (Emmy-winning author/illustrator of Doug Unplugged) make up this panel of science fiction and fantasy authors who will discuss writing speculative fiction for kids, from picture book through young adult. Moderated by Henry Herz (Nimpentoad).
Saturday April 19, 2014 4:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
Room 213
Kiera Cass is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Selection series, which Publishers Weekly called “a cross between The Hunger Games (minus the bloodsport) and The Bachelor (minus the bloodsport),” and praised as being “deliciously entertaining.” The Selection is the first in the series, which includes The Elite, and The One, the highly anticipated third installment in America Singer’s story, which goes on-sale May 6th. Her editor, Erica Sussman, editorial director at HarperCollins Children’s Books, will interview Kiera about her series, her writing process, her inspiration, her thoughts on The Bachelor, One Direction, and much more!
Sunday April 20, 2014 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Room 213
Saving the world, etcetera is always important, but so is the quality of life for the survivors. WonderCon Anaheim special guest Marjorie Liu (Labyrinth of Stars), Cecil Castellucci (The Tin Star), Genese Davis (The Holder's Dominion), John Mulhall (Geddy’s Moon) and Gretchen McNeil (3:59) discuss when “just” saving the world is not enough. Moderated by LeAnna Herrera of Mysterious Galaxy.
Sunday April 20, 2014 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Room 208
Learn how to incorporate comic books into your classroom. New York Times bestselling author Frank Beddor (The Looking Glass Wars, Hatter M), New York Times bestselling author Marjorie Liu (Astonishing X-Men, Dirk & Steele), Harvey Award nominee Anthony Del Col (Kill Shakespeare), and Mimi Cruz (Night Flight Comics) will provide insight and discuss how students can create their own comics in a classroom setting. Newly updated, The Secret Origin of Good Readers resource book is a free PDF download at www.night-flight.com/secretorigin/index.html courtesy of XMission.com.
Sunday April 20, 2014 12:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Room 203
The Winner Twins, multiple award-winning and national bestselling sci-fi authors, scriptwriters, and producers, teach you how to create your own novel step by step, from building your universe to overcoming writer's block to the different paths to publishing. The teenage twins have written four science fiction novels and have taught their unique award-winning creative writing method to hundreds of thousands of convention attendees, teachers, and students across the country. The Winner Twins and Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo/Tom Zarek of Battlestar Galactica, author of the bestselling Battlestar Galactica Book Series) will teach you how to create a film or TV treatment from your novel and how to pitch it.
Sunday April 20, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
Room 210A
