Speakers
Upper MG Author/Writing Instructor, Lerner
I’m an award-winning author of upper middle-grade books. I write historical fiction and use magical realism—topics I love to talk about, especially with young readers and educators.
Writer / Instructor, Scholastic / Anne Arundel Community College
Meg Eden Kuyatt is a Maryland teacher at colleges and writing centers, including Anne Arundel Community College and University of MD College Park. She is the author of the 2021 Towson Prize for Literature winning poetry collection “Drowning in the Floating World,” the forthcoming...
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Author, Aladdin / Simon & Schuster and Scholastic
Ali Terese is a middle grade and YA author who writes funny and heartfelt stories including FREE PERIOD (Scholastic - 2024) and VOTE FOR THE G.O.A.T. (Aladdin / Simon & Schuster - 2025). Her work has received the National Book Award longlist honor, a School Library Journal starred...
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Upper Middle-Grade Author
Sydney Dunlap (
www.sydneydunlap.com) is an award-winning author and former elementary school teacher who has worked extensively with youth facing challenging circumstances. She enjoys reading and writing heartfelt, hopeful books that explore tough topics that aren’t often addressed in middle grade literature. He...
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Friday May 9, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
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