Malinda Lo

Participates in 9 items

Malinda Lo is the author of several young adult novels including most recently the sci-fi duologyAdaptation and Inheritance (Little, Brown). Her first novel,Ash, a retelling of Cinderella with a lesbian twist, was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. Her novelHuntresswas an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda is co-founder with Cindy Pon of Diversity in YA (diversityinya.com), a project that celebrates diversity in young adult books. Malinda lives in San Francisco with her partner and their dog. Her website iswww.malindalo.com.

Sessions in which Malinda Lo 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)

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

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...

1:00 PM

The War Against YA

40 minutes, 1:00 PM EDT - 1:40 PM EDT

Orange County Convention Center - W110 B

LeakyCon Lit

Laurie Halse Anderson (Participant)

Gayle Forman (Participant)

Lev Grossman (Participant)

Malinda Lo (Participant)

Stephanie Perkins (Participant)

There seems to be a certain trend in the media to portray YA books in a dismissive light. Why is the narrative? Time to ask some big questions abou...

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

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?) ...