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MICHAEL KRANISH chronicles the first black world-champion cyclist’s
uphill journey.
RICK ATKINSON examines the violent
beginnings in America’s war for independence.
SAFI BAHCALL and DAVID EPSTEIN debate
the traits we need to succeed.Moderator:
Mirian Graddick-Weir
Making the Old New Again:
MADELINE MILLER reimagines mythology.
IBRAM X. KENDI shines a light
on racial inequality.Moderator: Allyson Hobbs
CARL ZIMMER tackles
misconceptions inheredity and genetics.
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On the Outside Looking In: Identity and Belonging with
JEAN KWOK, JOANNE RAMOS, and LAUREN WILKINSON
Moderator: Robin Kall
TENA CLARK and T KIRA MADDEN share tales of growing up, coming out,
and family dysfunction.Moderator: Rakesh Satyal
SARAH BLAKE, TÉA OBREHT, and JULIE ORRINGER
uncover long-buried secrets and new frontiers.
Moderator: René Steinke
The Climate Change Crisis and Its Impact on Real Estate
with GILBERT M. GAUL and ANDREW LEWIS
Moderator: Diana Olick
MARJAN KAMALI and BEATRIZ WILLIAMS talk stories
across time and boundaries.Moderator: Carol Fitzgerald
PAM JENOFF and JENNIFER ROBSON
explore hidden heroes from wartime to peacetime.Moderator: Carol Fitzgerald
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Love, Romance, and Meeting Cute:
TESSA BAILEY in conversation with
MEG CABOT
Talking StrongHistorical Women withMARIE BENEDICT and WHITNEY SCHARER.
Moderator: Carol Fitzgerald
BEN COES andANDREW GROSS deliver heart-pounding thrills in worlds of ruthless spies.
Moderator: Robin Kall
KATHERINE ARDEN and S. A. CHAKRABORTY take us
on sweeping flights of fantasy.Moderator: Austin Ruh
Writing Dystopia in Our Modern Reality:
ROB HART in conversation with
CHUCK WENDIG
CHEF JJ JOHNSON shares
recipes for cooking beyond borders.
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PAUL GOLDBERGER examines the history of
baseball through ballpark architecture.
BENJAMIN DREYER celebrates clear writing,
good grammar, and the serial comma.
BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY shares her collection
of riveting poems.
Self-Publish Like a Pro: EVA LESKO NATIELLO
teaches the ins and outs.
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Tackling Real Life with VAL EMMICH and
JEN MALONEModerator: Rebecca Munro
Kingdoms and Crowns with HEIDI HEILIG, CLAIRE
LEGRAND, ELIZABETH LIMModerator: Rebecca Munro
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JESSIE SIMA : Spencer’s New Pet
AME DYCKMAN : Dandy
SUDIPTA BARDHAN-QUALLEN : Chicks Rule!
JASON FRY and CHUCK WENDIG :
Star Wars Reads!
MEG CABOT : Royal Crown: From the
Notebooks of a Middle School Princess
KARINA YAN GLASER :
The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue
ANIKA DENISE : Planting Stories:
The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
PAUL NOTH : How to Win the Science Fair
When You’re Dead
HEATHER ROSS : Interactive Drawing Demo!
JAMES RILEY : The Last Dragon
Featured Speaker: KWAME ALEXANDER :
The Crossover and The Undefeated
KATHERINE ARDEN : Dead Voices
JERRY CRAFT : New Kid
FRANCESCO SEDITA , STEPHANIE SABOL , &
DOUG YACKA : Who Was? series
VAL EMMICH : Dear Evan Hansen
JEN MALONE : The Arrival of Someday
CLAIRE LEGRAND : Kingsbane
ELIZABETH LIM : Spin the Dawn
HEIDI HEILIG : A Kingdom for a Stage
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