Kacen Callender

they/them or he/him

Author

Hurricane Child

Participates in 9 items

Kacen Callender is the author of Hurricane Child and This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story, and is committed to expanding diversity in children's books. Kacen loves playing RPG video games and watching soul-sucking reality TV shows in their free time. They really wish they had a dog.

Sessions in which Kacen Callender participates

Friday 10 August, 2018

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

2:00 PM

Writing with Multiple POVs or Unusual Narrators

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

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Wizard's Chess Room (A306/307)

Panel

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Moderator)

Peng Shepherd (Participant)

Robin Benway (Participant)

Julie Murphy (Participant)

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Past tense limited narratives of the first- and third-person may be the standard in Young Adult, but these authors create unique voices that turn t...

4:30 PM

Kheryn Callender & Mackenzi Lee Signing (Free Session)

1 minute, 4:30 PM CDT - 4:31 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Zonko's Autograph Area

Autograph Session

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

This session is free, but you must reserve a ticket in order to attend.

Saturday 11 August, 2018

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

10:15 AM

This is America

1 hour, 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT

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

Panel

Nic Stone (Moderator)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Julie Murphy (Participant)

Robin Benway (Participant)

Join us as we explore how YA lit is beginning to reflect America as it actually exists. How do authors write about characters traditionally ignored...

11:30 AM

Writing Advice We Wish We'd Known When We Were Younger

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

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)

Panel

Aliza Weinberger (Moderator)

Peng Shepherd (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Robin Benway (Participant)

Nic Stone (Participant)

Let yourself be terrible. Write what you know. Harry Potter wasn't built in a day. Everyone has heard the basics, but what do writers in the...

12:45 PM

Kheryn Callender & Mackenzi Lee Signing (Free Session)

1 minute, 12:45 PM CDT - 12:46 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Scrivenshaft's Autograph Area

Autograph Session

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

This session is free, but you must reserve a ticket in order to attend.

3:15 PM

YA as Resistance

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

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)

Panel

Jackson Bird, Sorted: Growing Up (Moderator)

Nic Stone (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Mindy McGinnis (Participant)

Julie Murphy (Participant)

Protest literature has been central to America since before the beginning, but how does YA fiction fit into that puzzle? Writers for this generatio...

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...

12:45 PM

LGBTQIA+ Representation in YA

1 hour, 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)

Panel

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Moderator)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Nic Stone (Participant)

Early LGBTQIA+ representation in YA included stories about questioning or coming out that were challenged in libraries and difficult to find in boo...

3:00 PM

Kheryn Callender & Mackenzi Lee Signing (Free Session)

1 minute, 3:00 PM CDT - 3:01 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Honeydukes Autograph Area

Autograph Session

Mackenzi Lee (Participant)

Kacen Callender, Hurricane Child (Participant)

This session is free, but you must reserve a ticket in order to attend.