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
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Writing with Multiple POVs or Unusual Narrators Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Wizard's Chess Room (A306/307)
- 2:00 PM CDT - 3:00 PM CDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Kheryn Callender & Mackenzi Lee Signing (Free Session) Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Zonko's Autograph Area
- 4:30 PM CDT - 4:31 PM CDT | 1 minute
- This session is free, but you must reserve a ticket in order to attend.
- Autograph Session
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
- This is America Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Mirror of Erised Room (A309/310)
- 10:15 AM CDT - 11:15 AM CDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Writing Advice We Wish We'd Known When We Were Younger Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)
- 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- Kheryn Callender & Mackenzi Lee Signing (Free Session) Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Scrivenshaft's Autograph Area
- 12:45 PM CDT - 12:46 PM CDT | 1 minute
- This session is free, but you must reserve a ticket in order to attend.
- Autograph Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- YA as Resistance Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Divination Room (A115/117)
- 3:15 PM CDT - 4:15 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Protest literature has been central to America since before the beginning, but how does YA fiction fit into that puzzle? Writers for this generatio...
- Panel
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- I Was a Teenage Writer Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Mirror of Erised Room (A309/310)
- 11:30 AM CDT - 12:30 PM CDT | 1 hour
- 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...
- Panel
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
- LGBTQIA+ Representation in YA Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Phoenix Room (A201/202)
- 12:45 PM CDT - 1:45 PM CDT | 1 hour
- Early LGBTQIA+ representation in YA included stories about questioning or coming out that were challenged in libraries and difficult to find in boo...
- Panel
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Kheryn Callender & Mackenzi Lee Signing (Free Session) Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center - Honeydukes Autograph Area
- 3:00 PM CDT - 3:01 PM CDT | 1 minute
- This session is free, but you must reserve a ticket in order to attend.
- Autograph Session