Maureen Johnson is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow (with John Green and Lauren Myracle), and The Bane Chronicles (with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan). Her work has appeared in publications such as The New York Times, Buzzfeed, and The Guardian, and she has also served as a scriptwriter for EA Games. She has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and lives in New York City.
Sessions in which Maureen Johnson participates
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- WELCOME TO THE LIT TRACK/FANFIC COFFEE HOUR Orange County Convention Center - W110
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT | 45 minutes
- This is the kickoff panel for all of Lit Track! Meet the authors! Hear all about what’s going on. And to wake you up and get you ready for the day,...
- LeakyCon Lit
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Tumblr Talks Orange County Convention Center - W110 B
- 11:00 AM EDT - 11:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Do you Tumbl? A lot? All the time? Do you want to know the secrets of Tumblr? Join Rachel Ferchleiser from Tumblr HQ in this behind-the-scenes disc...
- LeakyCon Lit
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- LeakyCon Lit Signing I Orange County Convention Center - Signing Booths (Marketplace)
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Signing
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- YA Jeopardy Orange County Convention Center - W109
- 4:30 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 20 minutes
- LeakyCon Lit
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Lounging with Maureen and Robin Orange County Convention Center - W110
- 6:00 PM EDT - 6:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Every year, by this point, Lit Track organizers Maureen Johnson and Robin Wasserman are exhausted, dazed, and saying stupid things. Which is why...
- LeakyCon Lit
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Between Two Mandrakes with Maureen Johnson and John Green Orange County Convention Center - W110
- 10:00 AM EDT - 10:50 AM EDT | 50 minutes
- Your friend Maureen talks book-things with her friend, Famous Writing-Man John Green. Arrive early. Sit close. Sit very close. No, not that clos...
- LeakyCon Lit
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- The Return of "I Was a Teenage Writer" Orange County Convention Center - W110
- 11:00 AM EDT - 12:20 PM EDT | 1 hour 20 minutes
- 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...
- LeakyCon Lit
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- I Made You. Now I'm Going to Kill You. Orange County Convention Center - W110 B
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- 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 ...
- LeakyCon Lit
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- LeakyCon Lit Signing II Orange County Convention Center - Signing Booths (Marketplace)
- 3:00 PM EDT - 3:50 PM EDT | 50 minutes
- Signing
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- The Lying Games Orange County Convention Center - W110
- 4:00 PM EDT - 5:50 PM EDT | 1 hour 50 minutes
- 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?) ...
- LeakyCon Lit