Tuning into the Emotions of Tween and Teen Characters

Sponsored by PiqueBeyond

Moderated by Brittany N. Williams with Nidhi Chanani, Auriane Desombre, Sarah Kuhn, Elba Luz, and Janae Marks

Spotlight on Careers in Writing and How They Evolve Over Time

Moderated by Adam Silvera with Zakiya N. Jamal, Racquel Marie, Scott Reintgen, and Julia Riew

Tropes We Love, Tropes We Hate, Tropes we Love to Hate or Hate to Love

Moderated by Morgan Matson with Eric Geron, Maurene Goo, E. Lockhart, and Lio Min

Insurmountable Odds and Teen Resilience in Sci-Fi and Dystopia

Sponsored by Entangled

Moderated by Jill Tew with Lily Braun-Arnold, Chloe Gong, Tahereh Mafi, E. L. Starling, and Andrew Joseph White

Fantasy as Escapism and Fantasy as Metaphor

Moderated by Angela Montoya with Tricia Levenseller, F. T. Lukens, Margaret Owen, Mary E. Pearson, and Brad Riew

How adjusting ingredients, settings, and preparation makes a perfect retelling or reimagining

Moderated by Fonda Lee with Chloe Gong, Shannon Lee, Morgan Matson, and Allison Saft

Monsters, Mysteries, and Why We Have to Know What Happens Next

First look at the June 18th premiere of We Were Liars streaming on Prime Video – Presented by Underlined. For more on the We Were Liars series, please visit the Underlined booth.

Moderated by Kayla Ancrum with E. Lockhart, Racquel Marie, Marisha Pessl, Alex Travis, and Andrew Joseph White

Writing Historical Fiction and Fantasy in the Modern Day

Moderated by C. B. Lee with Hayley Dennings, Robin Ha, Amalie Howard, and Randy Ribay

Edited 5/2: Due to shifting author schedules, Chloe Gong will now be appearing on “Putting a Spin on the Recipe”

Creating Dynamic Characters, and Placing Them Together

Moderated by Randy Ribay with Mar Julia, Elba Luz, Rex Ogle, Axie Oh, and Samuel Teer

A board game where authors need to collect books for their shelves...by answering your questions!

With Janae Marks, Sarah Mlynowski, Kiyash Monsef, Scott Reintgen, and Jill Tew

How Writing Changes Reading and How Fandom Changes Writing

Moderated by E. L. Starling with Becky Albertalli, Kayla Ancrum, Lily Braun-Arnold, Angela Montoya, and Ali Novak

Building Worlds that Matter

Sponsored by Stone Kite

with Margaret Stohl, Ransom Riggs, Tracy Deonn, and film/TV writers and producers Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant) and Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Shadow and Bone)

How Do You Plan Out a Graphic Novel?

Moderated by Soman Chainani with Johnnie Christmas, Kami Garcia, Robin Ha, Betty C. Tang, and Brittney Williams

Recreating Our World on the Page

Moderated by Gretchen Schreiber with Becky Albertalli, Auriane Desombre, Laura Gao, Jackie Khalilieh, and Crystal Maldonado

How Writing Changes When Someone's Writing With You

Sponsored by Penguin Teen

Moderated by Judy Stephens with Fonda Lee, Shannon Lee, Brad Riew, Julia Riew, and Jeanine Schaefer

Balancing Magic and Love in Romantasy and Romantic Fantasies

Sponsored by PiqueBeyond

Moderated by Allison Saft with Kristen Ciccarelli, C. B. Lee, Mary E. Pearson, and Amélie Wen Zhao

Knowing the End Before You Begin...or Making It Up as You Go

Sponsored by Tor Teen/ Flatiron Books/ Wednesday Books

Moderated by Ransom Riggs with Hafsah Faizal, Margaret Owen, Axie Oh, and Brittany N. Williams

It's like Family Feud...but with Authors!

Moderated by Sarah Mlynowski and Stuart Gibbs with Soman Chainani, Carina Finn, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Kiyash Monsef, Rex Ogle, Scott Reintgen, Raphael Simon, and Brittney Williams

Women in Comics, On and Off the Page

Moderated by Jeanine Schaefer with Kami Garcia, Maurene Goo, Sarah Kuhn, Judy Stephens, and Margaret Stohl

Creating and navigating a world of words (and illustrations)

Sponsored by Underlined

Moderated by Marisha Pessl with Kristen Ciccarelli, Tracy Deonn, Akwaeke Emezi, Hafsah Faizal, Laura Gao

Building Character Relationships Outside of Romance

Moderated by Amélie Wen Zhao with Crystal Maldonado, Racquel Marie, Lio Min, Gretchen Schreiber, and Alex Travis

Why YA Romance is Such a Mainstay

Sponsored by Simon Teen

Moderated by Eric Geron with Amalie Howard, Zakiya N. Jamal, Jackie Khalilieh, F. T. Lukens, Ali Novak

Authors Create a Story...with YOUR HELP!

Moderated by Raphael Simon with Nidhi Chanani, Johnnie Christmas, Carina Finn, Stuart Gibbs, Holly Goldberg Sloan, and Betty C. Tang