SE-YA BOOK FEST LINE UP

SE-YA BOOK FEST LINE UP 

COMING BACK FROM LAST YEAR: 

• David Arnold for his Kids of Appetite 
• Sharon Cameron for her The Forgetting 
• I.W. Gregorio for her None of the Above 
• Katie Cotugno for her for her 99 Days 
• C.J. Redwine for her upcoming book The Wish Granter
• Beth Revis for her A World Without You 
• Victoria Schwab for her Savage Song 
• Adam Silvera for his upcoming History Is All You Left Me 
• Courtney Stevens for her The Lies About Truth (also author of Faking Normal) 
• Kristin Tubb for her John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy 

NEW TO SE-YA 

• Becky Albertalli for her Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda   
• Mindee Arnett for her series The Nightmare Affair and her other book Avalon
• Jenn Bishop for her The Distance to Home  
• Ashley Herring Blake for her Suffer Love 
• Kym Brunner for her upcoming Flip the Bird
• Nicole Castroman for her Black Hearts
• Cinda Williams Chima for her famous series The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles)
• Melanie Conklin for her Counting There 
• M. Tara Crowl for her book series starting with Eden's Wish 
• Tobie Easton for her Emerged
• Jennifer Eaton for her Fire in the Woods series
• Lauren Gibaldi for her The Night We Said Yes
• S.E. Green for her Killer Instinct series
• Brittany Hodder for her The Rat Prince 
• Sheba Karim for her That Thing We Call a Heart
• Katherine Kottaras for her upcoming The Best Possible Answer
• Sarah Lariviere for her The Bad Kid 
• Mindy McGinnis for her Not a Drop to Drink series
• Amy Christine Parker for her Smash and Grab
• Shaila Patel for her Soul Mated 
• Julie A. Reece for her One Summer With  Autumn  
• Louis Sepahban for her Paper Wishes 
• Monika Schroder for her My Brother's Shadow
• Laurel Snyder for her Swan 
• Rick Starkey for his Blue Bones 

The event was incredible with four local authors coming: Benjamin Brookes, Brittany Goodwin, Kathryn Osborne, Tracy Garret, and Andrew Maraniss. Expressing their excitement for the upcoming SE-YA festival, the authors discussed their reasons for enjoying meeting young readers and writers. Benjamin Brookes even agreed to dance at the SE-YA book festival, saying that that was the way to open up the event. Here are some pictures at the announcement: 

Brittany Goodwin

Benjamin Brookes

Kathryn Osborne

Andrew Maraniss

Tracy Garrett 

SE-YA Fest. Line-Up

SE-YA Fest. Line-Up Announcements 

On October 27, 2016, five local young adult authors will participate in the author reveal of the SE-YA Book Fest 2017. There will be a list of 39 authors who will be participating in SE-YA; in addition, the five local authors will discuss their books and what SE-YA is like for both authors and readers. The rest of the evening is for interaction with fellow book-readers. Parnassus Books will be at the event, selling books for all authors who attend the announcements. It is free and open to all. Again, it is on October 27 (Thursday) at 6:30-8:30 PM at the Linebaugh Public Library in Murfreesboro (105 W. Vine Street). 

SE-YA takes place on Friday and Saturday, March 10-11, 2017 in Murfreesboro. It will feature author visits, panels, book signings, meet-and-greets, and many more activities. For more information, you can click here, go to their Facebook here, or follow their Twitter (@seyabookfest). You can also email them at info@seyabookfest.com.

Leigh Bardugo Signing

Leigh Bardugo's Crooked Kingdom Signing 

Leigh Bardugo, author of the Grisha trilogy as well as the Six of Crows series, was at Parnassus Books in Nashville last Friday. There was a long line of people to meet the wonderful author. Here are some of the pictures from the signing:

Moderator on Left, Leigh Bardugo on Right 

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Click here to read more about Leigh Bardugo's exciting sequel to Six of Crows.