The All Ages Show: Rutgers' First Annual YA and Juvenile Fiction Conference Presented by Rutgers University & Writers House. Co-sponsored by Undergra

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The All Ages Show: Rutgers' First Annual YA and Juvenile Fiction Conference

Presented by Rutgers University & Writers House. Co-sponsored by Undergraduate Academic Affairs.

Featuring Lev Grossman (The Magicians), Catherynne Valente (The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland), Aaron Starmer (The Riverman), Clay McLeod Chapman (The Tribe), and Claire Legrand (The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls).

Readings/Signings/Panel: 10 AM - 1 PM, Thurs. May 1

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In addition to readings by the above guests, the conference will debate the controversies surrounding books that defy easy categorization (considering questions like: What exactly is a children’s book? Can a book be too smart for kids? Shouldn’t grownups read grownup books?).

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Readings

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Meet & Greet/Signings

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM Panel/Audience Q&A

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Signings

FREE & open to all! Plus complimentary Starbucks coffee & baked goods throughout the event!

You love them. You know you do. Just admit it. You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't. So stop hiding John Green behind John Irving and Mockingjay behind The Goldfinch and come on down to RU's 1st Annual Kid Lit Conference!

Special Guests:

lev-grossman

LEV GROSSMAN is a novelist and journalist, notably the author of The Magicians and The Magician King. He is a senior writer and the head book critic for Time Magazine. Grossman has written for The New York Times, Wired, Salon.com, Lingua Franca, Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, The Wall Street Journal, and The Village Voice. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle and as the chair of the Fiction Awards Panel. In writing for Time, he has interviewed Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, and J.K. Rowling. He wrote one of the earliest pieces on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. "The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. Hogwarts was never like this.”--George R. R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones. Visit Lev at levgrossman.com

CATHERYNNE M VALENTE

CATHERYNNE VALENTE is a Tiptree–, Andre Norton–, and Mythopoeic Award–winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her novels have been nominated for Hugo, Haiku WorldCup Fantasy, and Locus Awards. In 2011, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making debuted at #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Its sequel, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, was featured at #5 on Time Magazine’s Best Fiction of 2012 list. She is a regular panelist on the multiple Hugo Award winning podcast SF Squeecast. “A glorious balancing act between modernism and the Victorian Fairy Tale, done with heart and wisdom." --Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book. “A mad, toothsome romp of a fairy tale full of oddments, whimsy, and joy." --Holly Black, author of Doll Bones and The Spiderwick Chronicles. Visit Catherynne at catherynnemvalente.com.

Clay Black and White

CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN is an adult and middle grade novelist, a playwright, screenwriter, performer, and a freelance writer for Marvel Comics. Described as a “tattletale psychiatrist turned rodeo clown” by author Tom Robbins, Chapman has spent the past decade in New York theaters reinventing the art of the campfire tale with his critically acclaimed Pumpkin Pie Show, a rigorous session of theatrical tale telling. He’s been called “hauntingly poetic” by Time Out New York and "intense...gripping, often unnerving," by the New York Times. He’s been compared to William Faulkner by The Village Voice and The Scotsman, Scotland’s leading newspaper, called him “Stephen King transformed into a punk, preacher poet.” He’s currently finishing up book three of his dark, middle-grade trilogy, The Tribe (Disney), described as “Fight Club meets The Boxcar Children.” His screenplay, The Boy, (based on his short film, Henley) is presently in production with Elijah Wood's film company, The Woodshed. He teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. Visit Clay at claymcleodchapman.com.

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CLAIRE LEGRAND is a Middle Grade and YA novelist, notably the author of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, a New York Public Library Best Book for Children, The Year of Shadows, and the upcoming YA fantasy, Winterspell. She is one of the four authors of The Cabinet of Curiosities, a collection of dark short stories for middle grade readers.“[The Year of Shadows] is a sad, happy, strange book, with some of the most memorable ghosts I’ve ever read. It’s full of shadows, but it’s also full of sparks and light and big, glowing scenes, and while it’ll break your heart more than once, it somehow manages to glue it all back together by the end."--Stefan Bachmann, author of The Peculiar and The Whatnot. "[Winterspell is] a mesmerizing whirlwind of a story! Claire Legrand's writing has the grace of a ballet, but this is definitely not your grandmother's Nutcracker tale."--Marissa Meyer, author of The Lunar Chronicles. Visit Claire at claire-legrand.com

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AARON STARMER is a novelist, notably the author of the acclaimed YA novel, The Riverman. His work is dark and sophisticated and often compared to that of Neil Gaiman. "Dive into this book and you may never resurface." --Newbery Medalist Jack Gantos. "Lines between reality and fantasy blur in this powerful, disquieting tale of lost children, twisted friendship and the power of storytelling." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review. "Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman and Charles de Lint."--Booklist. Visit Aaron at aaronstarmer.com.

Organized & moderated by Alex Dawson. Dawson is the author of the upcoming all ages adventure series, The Rapscallion Club. He teaches Creative Writing in Children's Literature & YA Fiction at Rutgers Writers House. To find out more about the course, click HERE.

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