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MICHAEL KRANISH chronicles the first black world-champion cyclist’s

uphill journey.

RICK ATKINSON examines the violent

beginnings in America’s war for independence.

SAFI BAHCALL and DAVID EPSTEIN debate

the traits we need to succeed.Moderator:

Mirian Graddick-Weir

Making the Old New Again:

MADELINE MILLER reimagines mythology.

IBRAM X. KENDI shines a light

on racial inequality.Moderator: Allyson Hobbs

CARL ZIMMER tackles

misconceptions inheredity and genetics.

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On the Outside Looking In: Identity and Belonging with

JEAN KWOK, JOANNE RAMOS, and LAUREN WILKINSON

Moderator: Robin Kall

TENA CLARK and T KIRA MADDEN share tales of growing up, coming out,

and family dysfunction.Moderator: Rakesh Satyal

SARAH BLAKE, TÉA OBREHT, and JULIE ORRINGER

uncover long-buried secrets and new frontiers.

Moderator: René Steinke

The Climate Change Crisis and Its Impact on Real Estate

with GILBERT M. GAUL and ANDREW LEWIS

Moderator: Diana Olick

MARJAN KAMALI and BEATRIZ WILLIAMS talk stories

across time and boundaries.Moderator: Carol Fitzgerald

PAM JENOFF and JENNIFER ROBSON

explore hidden heroes from wartime to peacetime.Moderator: Carol Fitzgerald

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Love, Romance, and Meeting Cute:

TESSA BAILEY in conversation with

MEG CABOT

Talking StrongHistorical Women withMARIE BENEDICT and WHITNEY SCHARER.

Moderator: Carol Fitzgerald

BEN COES andANDREW GROSS deliver heart-pounding thrills in worlds of ruthless spies.

Moderator: Robin Kall

KATHERINE ARDEN and S. A. CHAKRABORTY take us

on sweeping flights of fantasy.Moderator: Austin Ruh

Writing Dystopia in Our Modern Reality:

ROB HART in conversation with

CHUCK WENDIG

CHEF JJ JOHNSON shares

recipes for cooking beyond borders.

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PAUL GOLDBERGER examines the history of

baseball through ballpark architecture.

BENJAMIN DREYER celebrates clear writing,

good grammar, and the serial comma.

BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY shares her collection

of riveting poems.

Self-Publish Like a Pro: EVA LESKO NATIELLO

teaches the ins and outs.

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Tackling Real Life with VAL EMMICH and

JEN MALONEModerator: Rebecca Munro

Kingdoms and Crowns with HEIDI HEILIG, CLAIRE

LEGRAND, ELIZABETH LIMModerator: Rebecca Munro

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JESSIE SIMA : Spencer’s New Pet

AME DYCKMAN : Dandy

SUDIPTA BARDHAN-QUALLEN : Chicks Rule!

JASON FRY and CHUCK WENDIG :

Star Wars Reads!

MEG CABOT : Royal Crown: From the

Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

KARINA YAN GLASER :

The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue

ANIKA DENISE : Planting Stories:

The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

PAUL NOTH : How to Win the Science Fair

When You’re Dead

HEATHER ROSS : Interactive Drawing Demo!

JAMES RILEY : The Last Dragon

Featured Speaker: KWAME ALEXANDER :

The Crossover and The Undefeated

KATHERINE ARDEN : Dead Voices

JERRY CRAFT : New Kid

FRANCESCO SEDITA , STEPHANIE SABOL , &

DOUG YACKA : Who Was? series

VAL EMMICH : Dear Evan Hansen

JEN MALONE : The Arrival of Someday

CLAIRE LEGRAND : Kingsbane

ELIZABETH LIM : Spin the Dawn

HEIDI HEILIG : A Kingdom for a Stage

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