Teen Book Fest

Alex Aster

Author of "Lightlark: Lightlark Series (Book 1)", "Curse of the Night Witch: Emblem Island Series (Book 1)" and "Curse of the Forgotten City: Emblem Island Series (Book 2)".

Erik J. Brown

Author of "All That’s Left in the World".

Sona Charaipotra

Author of "How Maya Got Fierce", "The Rumor Game", "Tiny Pretty Things: Tiny Pretty Things Series (Book 1)" and "Shiny Broken Pieces: Tiny Pretty Things Series (Book 2)".

Jennifer Dugan

Author of "Melt With You", "Some Girls Do" and "Verona Comics".

Ellen Hagan

Author of "Don't Call Me a Hurricane", "Reckless, Glorious, Girl" and "Watch Us Rise".

Ellen Hopkins

Author of "What About Will", "Closer to Nowhere", "Crank: Crank (Book 1)", "Glass: Crank (Book 2)" and "Fallout: Crank (Book 3)".

A. S. King

Author of "Attack of the Black Rectangles", "Switch" and "Dig".

Author of "The National Parks: Preserving America's Wild Places: History Comics Series", "Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield: Science Comics Series" and "Bake Like a Pro!: Maker Comics Series".

Bill Konigsberg

Author of "Destination Unknown", "The Bridge" and "The Music of What Happens".

Claire Legrand

Author of "Extasia", "Furyborn: Empirium Series (Book 1)", "Kingsbane: Empirium Series (Book 2)" and "Lightbringer: Empirium Series (Book 3)".

Katherine Locke

Author of "This Rebel Heart", "The Girl with the Red Balloon: (The Balloonmakers Series (Book 1)" and "The Spy with the Red Balloon: (The Balloonmakers Series (Book 2)".

Haley Neil

Author of "Once More With Chutzpah".

G. Neri

Author of "Grand Theft Horse", "Ghetto Cowboy: Ghetto Cowboy Series (Book 1)" and "Polo Cowboy: Ghetto Cowboy Series (Book 2)".

Michael Northrop

Author of "Teen Titans Go!: Undead?!", "Trapped", "Dear Justice League: Dear DC Series (Book 1)" and "Dear DC Super-Villians: Dear DC Series (Book 2)".

Margi Preus

Author of "Windswept", "Village of Scoundrels" and "Heart of a Samurai".

Julian Randall

Author of "Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa: Pilar Ramirez Series (Book 1)".

Rose Szabo

Author of "We All Fall Down: The River City Series (Book 1)" and "What Big Teeth".

Vincent Tirado

Author of "Burn Down, Rise Up".

Featured Book

Heart of a Samurai
by Margi Preus
In 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan’s borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way. Manjiro, a fourteen-year-old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about this new...