Alaya Dawn Johnson

Participates in 8 items

Alaya (rhymes with papaya) lives, writes, cooks, and (perhaps most importantly) eats in Mexico City. Her literary loves are all forms of speculative fiction, historical fiction, and the occasional highbrow novel. She plays the guitar badly and eats very well, particularly during canning season. She has published five novels for adults and young adults, includingThe Summer Prince, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in 2013.

Sessions in which Alaya Dawn Johnson participates

Friday 1 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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

Worldbuilding!

49 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:49 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Holly Black (Participant)

Kazu Kibuishi (Participant)

Let’s make a WHOLE NEW WORLD! But first, lets figure out all the rules of how this world works. NO BIG DEAL, RIGHT? Some people love the worldbuild...

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)

3:00 PM

I Love Trash

50 minutes, 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Amber Benson (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

Rainbow Rowell (Participant)

Is there such thing as a bad book? Or a book you should feel guilt for reading? Why is one person’s trash another person’s treasure? Should we ever...

Saturday 2 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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

I Made You. Now I'm Going to Kill You.

40 minutes, 2:00 PM EDT - 2:40 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Maureen Johnson, Says Who (Participant)

Alaya Dawn Johnson (Participant)

James Moran (Participant)

Lauren Myracle (Participant)

Scott Westerfeld (Participant)

Sometimes, in the course of events, an author has to knock off a character. Sometimes this makes readers upset. “WHY????” the reader writes, in a ...

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

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?) ...