The LA Times Festival of Books is the largest event of its kind in the US. Over 100,000 people come together at the University of Southern California to enjoy book signings by authors, celebrity sightings, and lot of family-friendly entertainment.
Teens Wanna Know’s Michael, Nathaniel and Keira Peña visited and spoke with lots of great people, including Cassandra Clare “The Mortal Instruments”, Gennifer Albin “Crewel World” trilogy, Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc “Switched at Birth,” Lani Hall Alpert “Emotional Memoirs & Short Stories,” Donnell Jones “Freedom Bird,” Emily Hermosillo “Adventures in Terasleen” trilogy, Barbara Miller “Lily Lemon Blossom,” Abbie Schiller “The Mother Company,” Ruby (Kelsey Collins) “Ruby’s Studio,” David Kirk “Miss Spider,” Margaret Talbot “The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father’s Twentieth Century” and reporter for the New Yorker, and the LA Galaxy Street Team.
Cassandra Clare
IMDb: http://imdb.com/name/nm3673996/
Website: http://cassandraclare.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/Cassandraclare
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cassieclare
Gennifer Albin
Website: http://genniferalbin.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/genniferalbinbooks
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GenniferAlbin
Vanessa Marano
IMDb: http://imdb.com/name/nm1404825/
Website: http://vanessa-marano.info/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/VanessaMaranoFanPage
Twitter: (not her but her fans) https://twitter.com/VanessaMDaily
Katie Leclerc
IMDb: http://imdb.com/name/nm1813088/
Website: http://katieleclerc.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialkatieleclerc
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katieleclerc
Lani Hall Alpert
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355810/
Website: http://lanihallalpert.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/HerbAlpert
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaniHallAlpert
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCvzR_VFnVkgN6ahrFFxmrXw
Donnell Jones
Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Freedom-Bird-by-Donnell-B-Jones/103034173116062
YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/freedombirdbook
Emily Hermosillo
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Terasleen-Book-1-Key/dp/1456889060
Barbara Miller
Website: http://lilylemonblossom.com
Facebook: https://facebook.com/lilylemonblossom
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilyLemonBlossm
YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/LilyLemonBlossom
Abbie Schiller
Website: http://themotherco.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheMotherCompany
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMotherCo
YouTube: http://youtube.com/user/TheMotherCompany
Ruby (Kelsey Collins)
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637702/
David Kirk
IMDb: http://imdb.com/name/nm1741238/
Website: http://davidkirktreehouse.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/davidkirkauthor
Margaret Talbot
New Yorker Bio: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/margaret_talbot/search?contributorName=margaret%20talbot
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Talbot