Lunch, Tea Provide Unique Opportunities to Meet Children’s Authors and Illustrators at BEA

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ABA member booksellers and friends of the Children’s Book Council who are planning to attend the Speed Dating Lunch With Children’s Authors or the Tea With Children’s Authors and Illustrators at BookExpo America 2016 should purchase tickets now.

The ABA/CBC Speed Dating Lunch, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. on Friday, May 13, will feature these 20 children’s book authors, who will be pitching their new or upcoming titles:

  • Juan Carlos Alonso
  • David Arnold
  • Andrea Beaty
  • Aaron Becker
  • Jeffrey Bennett
  • Tricia Brown
  • Lauren Castillo
  • Michael Dante DiMartino
  • Elizabeth Eulberg
  • Olivia Fu
  • SJ Kincaid
  • Arthur Levine
  • Rich Lo
  • Jennifer A. Nielsen
  • Ridley Pearson
  • Ami Polonsky
  • Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Frank Viva
  • Booki Vivat
  • Lisa Yee

Tickets for the lunch are $30 each; purchase Speed Dating tickets now.

The ABC/CBC Tea will provide booksellers with the opportunity to share an intimate and relaxing teatime with three of the following authors and illustrators:

  • Jeffrey Brown 
  • Matthew Cordell
  • Melissa de la Cruz
  • Grace Lin
  • Tahereh Mafi
  • Marissa Meyer
  • Matthew Reinhart
  • Adam Silvera
  • Duncan Tonatiuh

Booksellers will choose four authors or illustrators from the list of participants and will meet with three. Tickets are $25 each; purchase tickets for the Tea here.

For complete details about ABA programming at BEA 2016, visit BookWeb.org.