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YALLFest is a public two-day annual young adult book festival in Charleston, South Carolina that is the largest of its kind in the South. The festival was founded in 2011 by Jonathan Sanchez of the Charleston bookstore Blue Bicycle Books along with authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Author Melissa de la Cruz joined as Director of Development in 2012. Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz currently co-chair the festival.[1]
In 2015, Stohl and de la Cruz co-founded a sister festival, YALLWEST, that occurs every spring in Santa Monica, California.
Attending authors[edit]
2011[edit]
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
Author Track Guests:[2]
2012[edit]
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
YALLFest 2012 Keynote Conversation: Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
Author Track Guests:[3]
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2013[edit]
YALLFest 2013 brought together forty-eight top young adult, middle grade and crossover writers (including 25 New York Times Bestsellers) from all over the country.
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
Programming Directors: Margaret Stohl (YA), Melissa de la Cruz (Crossover), Pseudonymous Bosch (Middle Grade)
YALLFest 2013 Keynote Conversation: Veronica Roth and Rae Carson (Presented by Epic Reads & HarperTeen)
Author Track Guests:[4]
| # | Author | Prominent work | Secondary prominent work |
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| 01. | Leigh Bardugo | Grisha trilogy NYT | |
| 02. | Pseudonymous Bosch | The Secret Series | Write this Book NYT |
| 03. | Alexandra Bracken | The Darkest Minds Trilogy | |
| 04. | Libba Bray | The Diviners NYT | |
| 05. | Heather Brewer | The Slayer Chronicles | Soulbound NYT |
| 06. | Rae Carson | Fire and Thorns Trilogy | |
| 07. | Cinda Chima | The Heir Chronicles NYT | |
| 08. | Matthew Cody | Super | |
| 09. | Rachel Cohn | BETA NYT | |
| 10. | Ally Condie | Matched Trilogy #1 NYT | |
| 11. | Jocelyn Davies | A Beautiful Dark Trilogy | |
| 12. | Melissa de la Cruz | Witches of East End | Frozen NYT |
| 13. | Daniel Ehrenhaft | Americapedia | |
| 14. | Gayle Forman | If I Stay | Just One Year NYT |
| 15. | Kami Garcia | Unbreakable | Dangerous Creatures #1 NYT |
| 16. | Adam Gidwitz | A Tale Dark and Grim Trilogy NYT | |
| 17. | David Macinnis Gill | Rising Sun | |
| 18. | Lev Grossman | The Magicians Series NYT | |
| 19. | Lisi Harrison | The Clique Series | Monster High #1 NYT |
| 20. | Aaron Hartzler | Rapture Practice | |
| 21. | Michelle Hodkin | Mara Dyer Series NYT | |
| 22. | Nancy Holder | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Teen Wolf NYT |
| 23. | Ellen Hopkins | Crank Trilogy | Impulse Series NYT |
| 24. | Mike Johnston | Frozen | |
| 25. | Bill Konigsberg | Openly Straight | |
| 26. | David Levithan | Two Boys Kissing NYT | |
| 27. | C. Alexander London | Dog Tags Series | |
| 28. | Marie Lu | The Legend Series NYT | |
| 29. | C.J. Lyons | Broken NYT | |
| 30. | Tahereh Mafi | Shatter Me Trilogy NYT | |
| 31. | Myra McEntire | Hourglass Series | |
| 32. | Lisa McMann | Wake Series | Crash NYT |
| 33. | Barnabas Miller | 7 Souls | |
| 34. | Alyson Noel | The Immortal Series | Soul Seekers Series #1 NYT |
| 35. | Lauren Oliver | Delirium Series | Panic NYT |
| 36. | Stephanie Perkins | Lola and the Boy Next Door NYT | |
| 37. | Aprilynne Pike | Wings Series | Earthbound #1 NYT |
| 38. | Brendan Reichs | Virals Series NYT | |
| 39. | Ransom Riggs | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children #1 NYT | |
| 40. | Veronica Rossi | Under the Never Sky Series NYT | |
| 41. | Veronica Roth | Divergent Series #1 NYT | |
| 42. | Rainbow Rowell | Fangirl NYT | |
| 43. | Carrie Ryan | The Forest of Hands and Teeth Series NYT | |
| 44. | Victoria Schwab | The Archived | Vicious |
| 45. | Natalie Standiford | The Boy on the Bridge | |
| 46. | Margaret Stohl | Icons | Dangerous Creatures #1 NYT |
| 47. | Sean Williams | Twinmaker | |
| 48. | J.E. Thompson | The Girl From Felony Bay |
2014[edit]
YALLFest Board of Directors:
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Advisory Board:
Editorial Track Guests:
YALLFest 2014 Keynote Conversation:
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Author Track Guests:[5]
| # | Author | Prominent work | Secondary prominent work |
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| 01. | Kwame Alexander | The Crossover | |
| 02. | Jennifer Armentrout | Don't Look Back | |
| 03. | Leigh Bardugo | The Grisha Trilogy | |
| 04. | Pseudonymous Bosch | The Secret Series | |
| 05. | Alexandra Bracken | The Darkest Minds Series | |
| 06. | Ann Brashares | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | |
| 07. | Libba Bray | Gemma Doyle Trilogy | |
| 08. | Coe Booth | Bronxwood | Kinda Like Brothers |
| 09. | Kiera Cass | The Selection Trilogy | |
| 10. | Ally Condie | Matched Trilogy | |
| 11. | James Dashner | The Maze Runner series | The Mortality Doctrine series |
| 12. | John Parke Davis | Map to Everywhere | |
| 13. | Melissa de la Cruz | Blue Bloods Series | The Ring and the Crown, and more |
| 14. | Matt de la Peña | Mexican WhiteBoy | The Living |
| 15. | Sarah Dessen | Along for the Ride | The Moon and More |
| 16. | Jim di Bartolo | In the Shadows | |
| 17. | Susan Ee | Penryn & the End of Days Series | |
| 18. | Daniel Ehrenhaft | The Last Dog on Earth | |
| 19. | Sarah Fine | Guards of the Shadowlands Series | |
| 20. | Becca Fitzpatrick | Hush, Hush series | Black Ice |
| 21. | Gayle Forman | If I Stay | Just One Day |
| 22. | Kami Garcia | The Beautiful Creatures Series | The Legion Series |
| 23. | Adam Gidwitz | A Tale Dark and Grim Series | |
| 24. | Ryan Graudin | The Walled City | |
| 25. | Adele Griffin | The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone | |
| 26. | Nikki Grimes | Bronx Masquerade | Words with Wings |
| 27. | Lev Grossman | The Magician's Land | |
| 28. | Aaron Hartzler | Rapture Practice | |
| 29. | Michelle Hodkin | Mara Dyer Series | |
| 30. | Ellen Hopkins | Smoke | Crank |
| 31. | Varian Johnson | The Great Greene Heist | |
| 32. | Mike Johnston | Frozen Series | |
| 33. | Christina Lauren | Sublime | |
| 34. | David Levithan | Two Boys Kissing | |
| 35. | E Lockhart | The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks | We Were Liars |
| 36. | Alexander London | Proxy | |
| 37. | Marie Lu | Legend Series | The Young Elites |
| 38. | Sarah J. Maas | Throne of Glass Series | |
| 39. | DJ MacHale | Sylo | |
| 40. | Barnabas Miller | 7 Souls | |
| 41. | Lauren Myracle | Twelve | The Internet Girls Series |
| 42. | Lauren Oliver | Delirium Series | Panic Rooms |
| 43. | Danielle Paige | Dorothy Must Die Series | |
| 44. | Stephanie Perkins | Anna and the French Kiss | Isla and the Happily Ever After |
| 45. | Brendan Reichs | The Virals Series | |
| 46. | Kathy Reichs | The Virals Series | The Temperance Brennan Series |
| 47. | Morgan Rhodes | Falling Kingdoms | Rebel Spring |
| 48. | Veronica Roth | Divergent Series | |
| 49. | Rainbow Rowell | Eleanor & Park | Fangirl |
| 50. | Carrie Ryan | The Forest of Hands and Teeth series | The Road to Everywhere |
| 51. | Kieran Scott | Private & Privilege series | Only Everything, and more |
| 52. | Jen E Smith | The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight | The Geography of You and Me |
| 53. | Natalie Standiford | How to Say Goodbye in Robot | Switched at Birthday |
| 54. | Margaret Stohl | The Beautiful Creatures Series | Icons Series |
| 55. | Laini Taylor | Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy | |
| 56. | J.E. Thompson | The Girl From Felony Bay | |
| 57. | Maya Van Wagenen | Popular: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Geek | |
| 58. | Scott Westerfeld | Uglies | Leviathan Series |
| 59. | Rita Williams-Garcia | One Crazy Summer | |
| 60. | Sara Zarr | Story of a Girl | Roomies, and more |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Jones |, Iyana. "YALLFest 2022 in Photos". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ YALLFest.org
- ^ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity".
- ^ 2013 Authors[permanent dead link]
- ^ "YALLFest". Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.