Check out which of your favorite YA authors will be at San Diego Comic-Con and what panels they’ll be on.
Authors and books have become very popular in the past few years, and YA authors have a major presence, discussing their books, with each other and with the fans that attend. This year is no exception as you’ll see by the schedule of the panels below. Those included in the list are Sarah J. Maas, James Dashner, Marissa Meyer, Leigh Bardugo, Adam Silvera, Kami Garcia, Alexandra Bracken, and Laini Taylor.
You can also check out where they’ll be signing and when by clicking on the Autographs tab.
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Panels
Thursday
- 1pm-2pm: Hey, You Got Science in My Fiction, Room 32AB
Brendan Reichs (moderator) - 1pm-2pm: Spotlight on Sarah J. Maas, Room 7AB
Sarah J. Maas - 1:3pm-2:30pm: Nerd Trivia Challenge: Author Edition, Grand Horton Theatre
Pierce Brown, Romina Russell, V.E. Schwab - 4pm-5pm: Remixes & Retellings, Room 32AB
Marissa Meyer, Renee Ahdieh, Colleen Houck, Jodi Meadows, Colleen Oakes
Friday
- 10am-11am: Love in the Time of YA, Room 32AB
Alexandra Bracken, Andrea Cremer, Kate Elliott, Kami Garcia, Amy Tinterra, Brenna Yovanoff, Mary E. Pearson - 2pm-3pm, It’s the End of the…YA Series, Room 29AB
Alexandra Bracken, Marissa Meyer, Mary E. Pearson, Kami Garcia (moderator) - 6:30pm-7:30pm: How Old is Young Adult in Europe and the USA?, Room 8
Mathieu Reynès, Matthew J. Kirby - 8pm-9pm: Start Your Creativity Engine, Room 4
Jonathan Mayberry
Saturday
- 10am-11am: I Read It Before (and After) It was a Movie, Room 7AB
Ransom Riggs, James Dashner, Melissa de la Cruz, Scott Westerfeld - 12pm-1pm: The Female Geek: Women as Fans and Creators, Room 7AB
Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, Kiersten White, Margaret Stohl - 1pm-2pm: A World After Harry: The Changing Genre of YA Fantasy, Room 28DE
Sarah J. Maas, Laini Taylor, Jessica Cluess, Gena Showalter,Thomas E. Sniegoski, Soman Chainani, Tobie Easton - 2pm-3pm: Worldbuilding: Creating Realistic Fantasy Settings, Room 9
Brandon Mull, Cindy Pon (moderator) - 3pm-4pm: Capturing the Imagination of Middle Grade Readers, Room 23ABC
Tahereh Mafi, Shannon Messenger, Sherri L. Smith (moderator) - 4pm-5pm: Spotlight on Noelle Stevenson, Room 23ABC
Noelle Stevenson
Sunday
- 10am-11am: Spotlight on Marissa Meyer, Room 24ABC
Marissa Meyer - 12pm-1pm: Creating Diverse Worlds and Cultures, Room 28DE
Michael Spradlin, Stacey Lee, Elizabeth Briggs - 1pm-2pm: Leigh Bardugo and Gene Leun Yang in Conversation, Room 29AB
Leigh Bardugo, Gene Leun Yang - 3:45pm-4:45pm: What’s Hot in Young Adult Fiction?, Room 5AB
Renee Ahdieh, Victoria Aveyard, Michelle Hodkin, Lauren Oliver, Brendan Reichs,Victoria Schwab, Laini Taylor, Adam Silvera
For the whole programming schedule, go to Comic-Con.org.
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YA Author Signings
Thursday
- 2:30pm-3:30pm, AA20
Sarah J. Maas
NOTE: Limited Signing – Drawing for Line Tickets to be held Thursday at 9:00 am in the Autograph Area - 3:30pm-4:30pm, AA07
Nerd Trivia Challenge: Author Edition
Patrick Rothfuss (The Kingkiller Chronicle), Pierce Brown (Red Rising), Romina Russell (Zodiac), Chuck Wendig (Invasive), Sam Sykes (The City Stained Red), Cecil Castellucci (Star Wars: Moving Target), V.E. Schwab (A Gathering of Shadows), Camilla D’Errico (Pop Manga, Pop Painting, and Pop Manga Coloring Book), Duane Swierczynski (Revolver), Brandon T. Snider (What Would Captain Kirk Do?)
NOTE: Limited Signing – Drawing for Panel Entry Tickets to be held Thursday at 9:00 am in the Autograph Area - 4pm-5pm, AA09
Hey, You Got Science In My Fiction!
J. Patrick Black (Ninth City Burning), Blake Crouch (The Wayward Pines trilogy), Christopher Farnsworth (Killfile), Patrick Hemstreet (God Wave), Leah Thomas (Because You’ll Never Meet Me), Andy Weir (The Martian), Brendan Reichs (The Virals series) - 6pm-7pm, AA09
Retellings & Remixes
Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles, Heartless), Renee Ahdieh, (The Rose and the Dagger), Colleen Houck (Recreated), Anna Todd (Imagines), Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton (My Lady Jane), Colleen Oakes (Queen of Hearts)
Friday
- 12pm-1pm, AA09
Love in the Time of YA
Andrea Cremer (The Nightshade trilogy, Conjurer’s Riddle), Kate Elliott (Court of Fives), Kami Garcia (The Beautiful Creatures series, The Lovely Reckless), Amy Tintera (Ruined), Brenna Yovanoff (Places No One Knows), Mary Pearson (The Jenna Fox Chronicles, The Remnant Chronicles) - 3pm-4pm, AA18
James Dashner
Saturday
- 11:30am-12:30pm, AA09
I Read It Before (And After) It Was a Movie
Ransom Riggs (Tales of the Peculiar), James Dashner (The Maze Runner), Scott Westerfeld (Uglies, Zeroes), Ben H. Winters (Underground Airlines), Peter David (Star Trek novels, Sir Apropos of Nothing, Incredible Hulk), Anthony Breznican (Brutal Youth) - 1:30pm-2:30pm, AA09
The Female Geek: Women as Fans and Creators
Leigh Bardugo (The Grisha Trilogy), Sabaa Tahir (A Torch Against the Night), Kiersten White (And I Darken), Sarah Kuhn (Heroine Complex), Kathleen Smith (The Fangirl Life), Madeline Ashby (Company Town) - 3pm-4pm, AA20
Sarah J. Maas
NOTE: Limited Signing – Drawing for Line Tickets to be held Saturday at 9:00 am in the Autograph Area - 3pm-4pm, AA09
A World After Harry: The Changing Genre of YA Fantasy
Jessica Cluess (A Shadow Bright and Burning), Gena Showalter (Firstlife), Thomas E. Sniegoski (Savage), and Soman Chainani (The School for Good and Evil), Tobie Easton (Emerge) - 5pm-6pm, AA09
Capturing the Imagination of Middle Grade Readers Ned Rust (Patrick Griffin’s Last Breakfast on Earth), Tahereh Mafi (Furthermore), Tania del Rio (Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye), Shannon Messenger (Keeper in the Lost Cities #4: Neverseen) Cece Bell (El Deafo), Rachel Ignotofsky (Women in Science), Sherri L. Smith (The Toymaker’s Apprentice)
Sunday
- 11am-12pm, AA09
What’s Hot in YA Fiction
Victoria Aveyard, Victoria Schwab, Adam Silvera, Brendan Reichs, Renee Ahdieh, Laini Taylor, Michelle Hodkin, Nathan Bransford, and Lauren Oliver. - 11:30am-12:30pm, AA19
Marissa Meyer - 2pm-3pm, AA09
Creating Diverse Worlds and Cultures
Stacey Lee (Outrun the Moon), Indra Das (The Devourers), Damian Duffy and John Jennings (Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation), Elizabeth Briggs (Future Shock), Ru Xu (NewsPrints), Michael Spradlin (The Enemy Above)
To see the whole autograph listings, go to Comic-Con.org.
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