Do any of you live in the Miami area, or plan to visit this sunny city in November? If so, be sure to visit the Miami Book Fair International from November 16th to the 23rd! The street fair opens on Friday the 21st and there will be more than 350 authors reading and discussing their work! Below is a list of the children's and YA authors who will be there. For more information, check out the Miami Book Fair's website, here.
- Katherine Applegate, THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN (HarperCollins)
- Jennifer Lynn Barnes, THE NATURALS (Scholastic)
- Brian "Box" Brown, ANDREW THE GIANT: Life and Legend (First Second)
- Soman Chainani, THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL #2: A World Without Princes (HarperCollins)
- Cinda Williams Chima, THE SORCERER HEIR (The Heir Chronicles) (Disney-Hyperion)
- Rachel Cohn, EMERGENT (A Beta Novel) (Disney-Hyperion)
- T. Cooper, CHANGERS BOOK ONE: Drew (Akashic)
- Marie Laure Cruschi, FULL SPEED AHEAD, How Fast Things Go! (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
- Farel Dalrymple, THE WRENCHIES (First Second)
- Angela DiTerlizzi, SOME BUGS (Simon and Schuster)
- Tony DiTerlizzi, THE ADVENTURES OF LUKE SKYWALKER JEDI KNIGHT (Disney-Hyperion), THE BATTLE FOR WONDLA (Simon and Schuster)
- Paul Durham, THE LUCK UGLIES (HarperCollins)
- Christopher John Farley (HarperCollins)
- Jessie Ann Foley, THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY (Elephant Rock Books)
- Michael Fry, THE ODD SQUAD (Disney-Hyperioin)
- Allison Glock-Cooper, CHANGERS BOOK ONE: Drew (Akashic)
- Laura Godwin, THE DOLL PEOPLE SET SAIL (Disney-Hyperion)
- Michael Grant, MESSENGER OF FEAR (HarperCollins)
- Ben Hatke, JULIA'S HOUSE FOR LOST CREATURES, THE RETURN OF ZITA THE SPACE GIRL (Roaring Book Press)
- Michelle Hodkin, THE RETRIBUTION OF MARA DYER (Simon and Schuster)
- Kazu Kibuishi, AMULET #6: Escape from Lucien (Scholastic)
- James Kochalka, THE GLORKIAN WARRIOR DELIVERS A PIZZA (First Second)
- Robin LaFevers, MORTAL HEART (His Fair Assassin Trilogy) (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Melissa Marr, MADE FOR YOU (HarperCollins)
- Ann M. Martin, RAIN REIGN (Macmillan), THE DOLL PEOPLE SET SAIL (Disney-Hyperion)
- Brad Meltzer, I AM ALBERT EINSTEIN, I AM ROSA PARKS (Dial Books)
- Lydia Millet, PILLS AND STARSHIPS (Akashic)
- George O'Connor, IF I HAD A RAPTOR (Candlewick)
- Ridley Pearson, THE INSIDER (Kingdom Keepers Series #7) (Disney-Hyperion)
- Trevor Pryce, THE RAINBOW SERPENT: A Kulipari Novel (Amulet Books)
- Paige Rawl, POSITIVE: A Memoir (HarperCollins)
- Heidi Schulz, HOOK'S REVENGE (Disney-Hyperion)
- Ricardo "Liniers" Siri, MACANUDO #2 (Elephant Books), THE BIG WET BALLOON (Toon Books)
- Maggie Stiefvater, BLUE LILY, LILY BLUE (The Raven Cycle Book #3), SINNER (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #4) (Scholastic)
- Mariko Tamaki, THIS ONE SUMMER (First Second)
- Gaby Triana, SUMMER OF YESTERDAY (Simon and Schuster)
- Leslye Walton, THE STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL SORROWS OF AVA LAVENDER (Candlewick)
- Tom Watson, STICK DOG CHASES A PIZZA (HarperCollins)
- Cynthia Zak, EL MAESTRO ERES TU: Respiramos Juntos (RaizdeDos)