Varian Johnson

Participates in 8 items

Varian Johnson is the author of four novels, including The Great Greene Heist, a Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2014. His novels for older readers include My Life as a Rhombus, named to the Texas Library Association Tayshas High School Reading List and the New York Public Library “Stuff for the Teen Age” list, and Saving Maddie, a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book.

Varian was born in Florence, South Carolina, and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a BS in Civil Engineering. He later received an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Varian now lives outside of Austin, TX with his family.

Sessions in which Varian Johnson participates

Friday 1 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Diversity in YA
49 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 11:49 AM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 A

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Cheryl Klein (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

We wondered what to say about this panel, as the title sums up what we think. We assume a lot of you agree. But how does this happen? What’s the re...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Writing the Tough Stuff
50 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 A

LeakyCon Lit

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

YA literature doesn’t shy away from hard topics. Sexual assault, death, substance abuse, eating disorders, violence, unplanned pregnancy…these are ...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
LeakyCon Lit Signing I
50 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - Signing Booths (Marketplace)

Signing

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

4:30 PM
4:30 PM
YA Jeopardy
1 hour 20 minutes, 4:30 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W109

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

John Green (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Saturday 2 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
The Return of "I Was a Teenage Writer"
1 hour 20 minutes, 11:00 AM EDT - 12:20 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110

LeakyCon Lit

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Moderator)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

John Green (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

We do it every year because it’s awesome. See and hear some of today’s top YA writers reading from some of their early—very early—works. Works t...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
The Process P*rn Panel
49 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:49 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 A

LeakyCon Lit

Holly Black (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

It’s time to get down and dirty and talk about how we do it. How do we write books? Outlines? Off the cuff? In order? In random sections? On...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
LeakyCon Lit Signing II
50 minutes, 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - Signing Booths (Marketplace)

Signing

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

4:00 PM
4:00 PM
The Lying Games
1 hour 50 minutes, 4:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Amber Benson (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Varian Johnson (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Robin Wasserman (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Join your favorite authors in a fantastic final lit event—two great games brought into one. We’ll have rounds of authors telling lies (or truths?) ...