Anna-Marie McLemore

Author

Participates in 7 items

Anna-Marie McLemore (she/her) was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by her family to hear La Llorona in the Santa Ana winds. She is the author of The Weight of Feathers, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award, and 2017 Stonewall Honor Book When the Moon Was Ours, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature. Her latest is Wild Beauty, a School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus Best Book of 2017. Blanca & Roja, a queer Latinx reimagining of Snow-White & Rose-Red meets Swan Lake, is forthcoming in October 2018.

Sessions in which Anna-Marie McLemore 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...

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...

5:00 PM

Anna-Marie McLemore & Mark Oshiro Signing (Free Session)

1 minute, 5:00 PM CDT - 5:01 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Zonko's Autograph Area

Autograph Session

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (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...

2:30 PM

Anna-Marie McLemore & Mark Oshiro Signing (Free Session)

1 minute, 2:30 PM CDT - 2:31 PM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Dervish and Banges Autograph Area

Autograph Session

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

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

Sunday 12 August, 2018

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

11:45 AM

Anna-Marie McLemore & Mark Oshiro Signing (Free Session)

1 minute, 11:45 AM CDT - 11:46 AM CDT

Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Honeydukes Autograph Area

Autograph Session

Anna-Marie McLemore (Participant)

Mark Oshiro, Anger is a Gift (Participant)

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

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...