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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
  • Orange County Convention Center - W110 A
  • 11:00 AM EDT - 11:49 AM EDT  | 49 minutes
  • 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...
  • LeakyCon Lit
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM

Saturday 2 August, 2014

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
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