The YALLFest, a young adult book festival, will be taking place on Saturday, Nov. 10th. Johnathan Sanchez, the Director of the event, said they drew over 1000 attendees last year and have been selling a lot of tickets for this year’s edition.
There are already 44 featured writers scheduled to attend the day’s activities. There will be panels, book signings, a poetry slam, and games at Blue Bicycle Books, the American Theater and the Charleston Music Hall.
Here is the list of writers scheduled to appear (according to a press release from the festival organizers):
Southern writers:
Beth Revis (Western NC) — Across the Universe
Jess Rothenberg (originally from Charleston) — The Catastrophic History of You and Me Carrie Ryan (Charlotte) — The Forest of Hands and Teeth Kathy Reichs (Charlotte/Charleston) — Virals and Bones Michelle Hodkin (Charleston) — The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Margaret Stohl (LA/Charleston) — Beautiful Creatures Kathryn Williams (Nashville, TN) — The Lost Summer Kami Kinard (Beaufort, SC) — The Boy Project Marjory Wentworth (Charleston) – Shackles David Macinnis Gill (Wilmington, NC) — Soul Enchilada Kwame Alexander (Washington, DC / Charleston) — Acoustic Rooster and Crush Grady Hendrix (originally from Charleston) — The Magnolia League series (co-author)
Featured Authors: Kwame Alexander — Acoustic Rooster and Crush Jennifer Lynn Barnes — Raised By Wolves and Every Other Day Holly Black — Spiderwick Chronicles Pseudonymous Bosch — The Name of This Book Is Secret Sarah Rees Brennan — Demon's Lexicon Heather Brewer — The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, The Slayer Chronicles Kiera Cass — The Selection Cinda Chima — Seven Realms Cassandra Clare — City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments series) Andrea Cremer — Nightshade Gitty Daneshvari — School of Fear Melissa de la Cruz — Blue Bloods Matt de la Pena — Ball Don't Lie and I Will Save You Kimberly Derting — The Body Finder Simone Elkeles — Perfect Chemistry Elizabeth Eulberg — The Lonely Hearts Club Gayle Forman — If I Stay Kami Garcia — Beautiful Creatures Adam Gidwitz — A Tale Dark and Grimm David Macinnis Gill — Soul Enchilada Adele Griffin — Vampire Island and Picture the Dead Jenny Han — The Summer I Turned Pretty Deborah Harkness — A Discovery of Witches–All Souls Trilogy Grady Hendrix — The Magnolia League series (co-author) Michelle Hodkin — The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Ellen Hopkins — Crank trilogy Tonya Hurley — Ghostgirl Michele Jaffe — Rosebush Kami Kinard — The Boy Project Caitlin Kittredge — The Iron Thorn David Levithan — Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Wendy Mass — A Mango-Shaped Space Alyson Noel — Immortals series Stephanie Perkins — Anna and the French Kiss Diana Peterfreund — Rampant (Killer Unicorn series) Kathy Reichs — Virals and Bones Brendan Reichs — Virals Beth Revis — Across the Universe Jess Rothenberg — The Catastrophic History of You and Me Carrie Ryan — The Forest of Hands and Teeth Eliot Schrefer — Glamorous Disasters Natalie Standiford — How to Say Goodbye in Robot Trenton Lee Stewart — The Mysterious Benedict Society Margaret Stohl — Beautiful Creatures Cate Tiernan — Sweep and Immortal Beloved Siobhan Vivian — Not That Kind of Girl Robin Wasserman — Seven Deadly Sins series Marjory Wentworth — Shackles John Corey Whaley — Where Things Come Back Again Kathryn Williams — The Lost Summer