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
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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
- Worldbuilding! Orange County Convention Center - W110 B
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:49 PM EDT | 49 minutes
- 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...
- 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
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
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- The War Against YA Orange County Convention Center - W110 B
- 1:00 PM EDT - 1:40 PM EDT | 40 minutes
- 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...
- LeakyCon Lit
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- The Process P*rn Panel Orange County Convention Center - W110 A
- 2:00 PM EDT - 2:49 PM EDT | 49 minutes
- 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...
- 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