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Sessions

Thursday 27 June, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
The Wizard Comedy Jam
50 minutes, 7:00 PM EDT - 7:50 PM EDT

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Performance

Joe Moses, Team StarKid (Participant)

Andrew Slack (Participant)

Hank Green (Participant)

Joe DeGeorge, Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Paul DeGeorge, Harry and the Potters (Participant)

Harry Seinfeld (Participant)

Friday 28 June, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
"This Isn't a Kissing Book, Is It": What We Talk about When We Talk about Romance
50 minutes, 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT

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Panel

E. Lockhart (Moderator)

David Levithan (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

Andrea Cremer (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

What’s the deal with romance, anyway? Why is it so appealing to some, and cooties to others? What’s the difference between love stories and romance...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Making &%!$ Up: The Art of Fantasy
50 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT

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Panel

Leigh Bardugo (Moderator)

Maggie Stiefvater (Participant)

Andrea Cremer (Participant)

Heather Brewer (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Wizards, vampires, werewolves, cannibalistic sea horses...the magical creatures of YA are so terrifyingly (and/or swooningly) real that it’s someti...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Fear and Loathing in the Writing Process: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Terror
50 minutes, 12:00 PM EDT - 12:50 PM EDT

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Panel

Amber Benson (Participant)

Rebecca Carlson (Moderator)

Anthony Rapp, Rent (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

This panel was pitched by the winner of our “pitch a panel” contest. How do you get over that fear of putting yourself down on the page...and then ...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
What's It Like Being a Writer?
50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

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Panel

Andrea Cremer (Moderator)

Amber Benson (Participant)

Heather Brewer (Participant)

Matt de la Peña (Participant)

A day in the life of a writer: champagne, caviar, yacht trips, glamorous parties with glamorous people, capped off by a couple hours of effortless ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Is YA Lit "Literature"?
50 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT

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Panel

Robin Wasserman (Moderator)

David Levithan (Participant)

Coe Booth (Participant)

E. Lockhart (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Laini Taylor (Participant)

Some schools teach modern YA lit alongside the Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye; some teachers wouldn’t be caught dead saying the words “Young A...
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
Lounge: with Maureen and Robin
50 minutes, 7:00 PM EDT - 7:50 PM EDT

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Talk

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

In which a very tired Maureen and Robin lounge around and talk too much, because they are tired, and say things they shouldn’t. Come casual. Get ca...