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**About
Our Keynote Speakers**
Award winning young adult
novelist Alex Flinn learned to read early and often,
yet she compensated for this early proficiency by
absolutely refusing to read the programmed readers
required by the school system -- workbooks where you
read the story, then answered the questions. Years
later, she is still connected to the struggles and
issues of students, publishing stories that touch
the hearts of all who read them. Flinn writes for
adolescents because she never quite got over being
one. In her mind, she is still thirteen, running
laps on the athletic field. Her dedication to and
connection with teenagers is apparent in her
critically acclaimed novels Breathing
Underwater, Fade to Black,
Breaking Point, Nothing to Lose,
Diva, and Beastly.
As the author of picture books,
middle-grade fiction and young adult novels, Angela
Johnson truly speaks to students. With her
multi-faceted personality, she wanted to be an author
since the age of seven. Writing was something she
breathed in from that early age, yet always found it to
be a mystery. Thankfully, she explored that mystery,
becoming the Coretta Scott King and the Michael L.
Printz award-winning author of numerous books including
The First Part Last, Bird, Songs of Faith, and
When I am Old with You.
Angela Johnson
David Wiesner
David Wiesner is
one of the best-loved and most highly
acclaimed picture book creators in the
world. His books have been translated into
over a dozen languages, and they have won
numerous awards, including, most notably,
three Caldecott Medals and two Caldecott
Honor awards. To date David Wiesner has
illustrated more than twenty award-winning
books for young readers. Tuesday
(1992), The Three Pigs (2002) and
FLOTSAM (2007) have all been awarded the
prestigious Caldecott Medal, making Wiesner
only the second person in the award’s long
history to have won three times. Once
published, his books are often included in
classroom settings as creative springboards
for art, writing, and even drama lessons. In
addition, they are used by ESL classes,
allowing students to express themselves
creatively while being free from the
pressures of having to translate words
literally.
