Melissa Lawson

Participates in 5 items

Melissa Lawson is a school librarian who is hoping her daughter is a Hufflepuff so her family members will have all of the Hogwarts houses covered.

Sessions in which Melissa Lawson participates

Friday 10 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

3:15 PM

Genre Writing

1 hour, 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Devil's Snare Room (A302/303)

Panel

Melissa Lawson (Moderator)

Peng Shepherd (Participant)

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Mindy McGinnis (Participant)

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Fantasy! Science fiction! Alternative history! What are some of the challenges (and joys) of creating or bending rules, recreating stories in a new...

Saturday 11 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

2:00 PM

Geeky Parenting

1 hour, 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Devil's Snare Room (A302/303)

Panel

Catherine Hall (Moderator)

Melissa Lawson (Participant)

You've always loved all things geeky and now you also love the tiny human you're raising. How do you impart your passion for nerd-culture and fando...

4:30 PM

YA Jeopardy

1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Mirror of Erised Room (A309/310)

Game

Melissa Lawson (Moderator)

Nic Stone (Participant)

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Mindy McGinnis (Participant)

Robin Benway (Participant)

Julie Murphy (Participant)

Sunday 12 August, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

11:30 AM

I Was a Teenage Writer

1 hour, 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Mirror of Erised Room (A309/310)

Panel

Melissa Lawson (Moderator)

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Mindy McGinnis (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (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 that...

4:30 PM

Parental Figures in Harry Potter

1 hour, 4:30 PM CDT - 5:30 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Charms Room (A130/131)

Panel

Megan Watt (Moderator)

Melissa Lawson (Participant)

Lizzie Keiper (Participant)

Though he lost his parents early on, The Boy Who Lived didn't go through his life without guidance. We'll be taking a deeper look into the parental...