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The ALAN Work­shop, the Great­est YA Show on Earth, will be held in Philadel­phia this Novem­ber. To whet your appetites, I’ve copied the list of appear­ing authors from the NCTE web­site. Each author’s name is listed next to the spon­sor­ing pub­lisher, along with the title of her/his presentation.

• Edward Bloor, author, Ran­dom House, New York, New York, ‘Cre­at­ing Peace While Mov­ing through the World’
• Jay Asher, Razor­bill, a divi­sion of Pen­guin Young Read­ers Group, NY, NY, ‘ALAN/CEL Spe­cial Ses­sion Part Two: Shar­ing Light with Trou­bled Teens’
• Pam Bachoz, Egmont, New York, New York, ‘Teens Seek­ing Light and Scat­ter­ing Light’
• Chris Carl­ton Brown, Macmillan/Holt, New York, New York, ‘Report­ing on Life from Teens’ Bright Perspectives’
• Jen Bryant, Ran­dom House Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Soul and Sub­stance in YA Literature’
• Deb Caletti, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ‘Shin­ing Light on Strong Adolescents’
• Michael Cart, Harper­Collins Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Appeal of Graphic Nov­els and Short Sto­ries for Teens and Young Adults’
• Stephen Chbosky, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York ,

• Chris Crowe, Dial/Penguin, New York, New York, ‘Soul and Sub­stance in YA Literature’

• Chris Crutcher, Harper­Collins Children’s Books, New York, New York,
• Deb­bie Dadey, Tor/Tor Starscape, New York, New York, ‘A Light Touch: Humor and Whimsy in YAL’
• Matt de la Pena, Ran­dom House Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Teens Seek­ing Light and Scat­ter­ing Light’
• Sarah Dessen, Pen­guin Group USA, New York, New York, ‘Shin­ing Light on Strong Adolescents’
• Sharon Draper, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ’
• Adrian Fogelin, Peachtree Pub­lish­ers, Atlanta, Geor­gia, ‘Shin­ing Light on Strong Adolescents’

• David Macin­nis Gill, Green­wil­low Books/HarperCollins Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Soul and Sub­stance in YA Literature’

• Julie Halpern, Macmillan/Feiwel and Friendst, New York, New York, ‘A Light Touch: Humor and Whimsy in YAL
• Gareth Hinds, Can­dlewick Press, Somerville, Mass­a­chu­stts, ‘Appeal of Graphic Nov­els and Short Sto­ries for Teens and Young Adults’
• Mau­reen John­son, Scholas­tic, Inc., New York, New York, ‘Teens Seek­ing Light and Scat­ter­ing Light’
• Paula Jolin, Roar­ing Brook Press, an imprint of Macmil­lan Children’s Pub­lish­ing Group, New York, New York, ‘Teens Seek­ing Light and Scat­ter­ing Light’
• Mar­cia Thorn­ton Jones, Tor/Tor Starscape, New York, New York, ‘A Light Touch: Humor and Whimsy in YAL’
• David Klass, Far­rar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Read­ers and Square Fish, imprints of Macmil­lan Children’s Pub­lish­ing Group, New York, New York,
• Jo Knowles, Can­dlewick Press, Somerville, Mass­a­chu­setts, ‘ALAN/CEL Spe­cial Ses­sion Part Two: Shar­ing Light with Trou­bled Teens’
• E. Lock­hart, Ran­dom House Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Report­ing on Life from Teens’ Bright Perspectives’
• Car­olyn Mack­ler, Harper­Collins Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ‘Report­ing on Life from Teens’ Bright Perspectives’
• Patty McCormick, Harper­Collins Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Splin­tered Lights of War and Strife in Young Adult Literature’
• Terra McVoy, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ‘Get­ting Pub­lished: New Authors and Their Edi­tor Share Their Stories’
• China Miéville, Ran­dom House Inc., New York, New York, ‘YA Fan­tasy: What Is It? What Is It Not?’
• Lau­ren Myrycle, Dut­ton Children’s Books, a divi­sion of Pen­guin Young Read­ers Group, NY, NY, ‘Engag­ing, Com­pelling Char­ac­ters Scat­ter Light’
• Shenaaz Nanji, Boyds Mills Press, Hones­dale, Penn­syl­va­nia, ‘Cre­at­ing Peace While Mov­ing through the World’
• Greg Neri, author, Put­nam, Lee and Low Books, New York, New York, ‘Appeal of Graphic Nov­els and Short Sto­ries for Teens and Young Adults’
• Dan­ica Nov­gord­off, First Sec­ond Books/New York, New York, ‘Splin­tered Lights of War and Strife in Young Adult Literature’
• Sarah Ock­ler, Lit­tle, Brown and Com­pany Books for Young Read­ers, New York, New York, ‘New Voices Spread­ing Light, Shar­ing Their Work’
• Mary Pear­son, Macmillan/Holt, New York, New York, ‘Vet­er­ans in the YAL Busi­ness: Suc­cess­ful Authors and Their Editors’
• Julie Ann Peters, Dis­ney Children’s Book Group, New York, New York, ‘ALAN/CEL Spe­cial Ses­sion Part Two: Shar­ing Light with Trou­bled Teens’
• Matt Phe­lan, Can­dlewick Press, Somerville, Mass­a­chu­setts, ‘Appeal of Graphic Nov­els and Short Sto­ries for Teens and Young Adults’
• S. L. Rottman, Peachtree Pub­lish­ers, Atlanta, Geor­gia, ‘Splin­tered Lights of War and Stife in Young Adult Literature’
• Ben­jamin Alire Saenz, Cinco Pun­tos Press, El Paso, Texas, ‘Splin­tered Lights of War and Strife in Young Adult Literature’
• Eliz­a­beth Scott, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ‘Vet­er­ans in the YAL Busi­ness: Suc­cess­ful Authors and Their Editors’
• Rebecca Stead, Ran­dom House Children’s Books, New York, New York, ‘Vet­er­ans in the YAL Busi­ness: Suc­cess­ful Authors and Their Editors’
• Francesco Stork, Scholas­tic, Inc., New York, New York, ‘New Voices Spread­ing Light, Shar­ing Their Work’
• Eve Tal, Cinco Pun­tos Press, El Paso, Texas, ‘New Voices Spread­ing Light, Shar­ing Their Work’
• Jes­sica Ver­day, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ‘Get­ting Pub­lished: New Authors and Their Edi­tor Share Their Stories’
• Jeanette Walls, Simon and Schus­ter Children’s Pub­lish­ing, New York, New York, ‘When Bad Things Hap­pen to Good People’
• Carol Lynch Williams, St. Martin’s Press, New York, New York, ‘Engag­ing, Com­pelling Char­ac­ters Scat­ter Light’
• Tim Wynne-Jones, Can­dlewick Press, Somerville, Mass­a­chu­setts, ‘Vet­er­ans in the YAL Busi­ness: Suc­cess­ful Authors and Their Editors’
• Lau­rence Yep, Tor/Tor Teen, New York, New York, ‘YA Fan­tasy: What Is It? What Is It Not?’
• Alan Zad­off, Egmont, New York, New York, ‘New Voices Spread­ing Light, Shar­ing Their Work’
• Sara Zarr, Lit­tle, Brown and Com­pany Books for Young Read­ers, New York, New York, ‘Vet­er­ans in the YAL Busi­ness: Suc­cess­ful Authors and Their Editors’