Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Part of the Baker & Taylor 2024 Summer Reading Prize Program - our panelists engaged in a conversation on writing for the young adult audience and library love!
Our guest moderator, Marisa Hicking of the Avon Free Public Library in Connecticut interviewed YA authors A.R. Carpetta (HeartBreak Bakery), Shanelle & Shawnee Gibbs (Ghost Roast), and Isaac Blum (The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen).
Special thanks to all four of our guest authors, our moderator, and to our colleagues & partners at Candlewick Press, HarperCollins and Penguin Random House for joining us!