Loading…
The Word on Ticketing
Wordstock Book Fair tickets: Advance/$9  Door/$11  Student/$5  Ages 0-13: FREE book fair tickets get you into every book fair thing except: 

Wordstock for Writers Workshops. Workshop tickets include FREE same-day book fair admission and can be purchased within workshop listings below. click here for book fair tickets and more
 
Back To Schedule
Sunday, October 6 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Diversity in Literature for Children and Teens

Sign up or log in to save this to your schedule, view media, leave feedback and see who's attending!

Tweet Share
How important is diversity in literature for children and teens? Three authors discuss creating diverse characters and settings and why every reader should be able to find him or herself on the page.
Moderators
avatar for Rosanne Parry

Rosanne Parry

Bio:Rosanne lives in Portland where she and her husband are raising four children, three chickens and five kinds of fruit. She works in a tree house in her back yard. She is the author of the award winning novels Heart of a Shepherd and Second Fiddle, and is a frequent visiting... Read More →

Writers
avatar for Liz Fichera

Liz Fichera

Bio:Liz Fichera relocated from Chicago to Phoenix. She writes stories inspired by teenagers who do extraordinary things.  Most of her stories are set in the American Southwest and finds the desert to be an intriguing and mythic place.  With over 20 native tribes in Arizona... Read More →
avatar for Corey Haydu

Corey Haydu

Bio:Corey Ann Haydu is a young adult novelist currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Her first novel, OCD LOVE STORY, is coming out July 2013 from Simon Pulse. Her second novel, LIFE BY COMMITTEE will be out in Summer 2014 from Katherine Tegen Books at Harper Collins. Corey grew... Read More →
avatar for Emma Trevayne

Emma Trevayne

Bio:Emma Trevayne is the author of several sci-fi and fantasy novels for young adults and children. Her first novel, Coda, was released by Running Press Kids in May 2013, and will be followed by a companion novel, Chorus, in Spring 2014. Her middle-grade debut, Flights and... Read More →

Sunday October 6, 2013 5:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
Comcast Stage OCC, D-138
  Book Fair Panel

Attendees (0)