We now have 4 Author Stages on the show floor—each one
highlighting dynamic authors and topics. Here are handful of highlights:
Thursday, May 29:
Uptown
Stage
1:00
pm - 1:30 pm Where Near-future Technologies
and Sci-fi Meet: Join the conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Douglas
Preston (The Kraken Project) and John Scalzi (Lock In).
4:00
pm - 5:00 pm The Best Graphic Novels of
2014: Graphic novelists such as Jules Feiffer (Kill My Mother)
will discuss the state of the graphic novel industry.
Downtown
Stage
11:15
am - 12:15 pm Lidia Bastianich, best-selling author of nine
cookbooks, Emmy Award-winning Public Television host, restaurateur and owner of
a food and entertainment business, will discuss how she has married her two
passions—family and food.
Friday,
May 30:
Uptown
Stage
2:00
pm - 2:30 pm The Craft of Writing and World
Building: Five masters of the craft, including Brandon Mull (Five
Kingdoms Series) and Scott Westerfeld (Afterworlds), will
discuss constructing a fictional world and how it affects their characters.
Downtown
Stage
11:00
am - 12:00 pm Inside the Mystery Writer’s Studio: Get a glimpse
inside the creative processes of bestselling mystery/thriller writers Brad
Meltzer, Sandra Brown, Michael Koryta, Sara Blaedel and moderator Megan
Abbott (Dare Me and The Fever).
1:30
pm - 2:00 pm Women of Contemporary Fiction:
Get a behind-the scenes look at the creative processes of bestselling novelists
Liane Moriarty, Amy Bloom, Randy Susan Meyers, Susan Jane Gilman and
moderator Elin Hilderbrand.
Saturday,
May 31
Uptown
Stage
10:00
am - 10:30 pm Where Are the People of Color in Children’s
Books: Industry professionals and authors such as Tonya Bolden (Searching
for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America) will share their
insight.
