Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is:
Ten (or Eight) Authors I’ve Met
This is really fun! I haven’t met many of them, but I’ve met a few and it was always exciting. I was really nervous each time, but they are so nice. Most of these I met at YallFest, which I haven’t been able to go to in years, but hope to again one day. Here they are:
- Orson Scott Card – met him at Bookmarks Festival and went to a writing workshop he held at Southern Virginia College
- Maureen Johnson – met her at an event held at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh
- Stephanie Perkins – met her at the same event as Maureen Johnson
- Libba Bray – got my book signed at YallFest
- Cassandra Clare – got my book signed at YallFest
- Mark Oshiro – got my book signed at YallFest
- Laini Taylor – got my book signed at YallFest
- Adam Gidwitz – my daughter got her book signed at YallFest
As a bonus, here is a slightly blurry picture of me with Maureen Johnson and Stephanie Perkins at Quail Ridge (they were so sweet and so funny – love these ladies!) and me with Mark Oshiro at YallFest (this was the first one they held after Covid, hence the mask).
Please leave your top tens in comments!
Categories: Top Ten Tuesdays
I hope you’ll get to go to Yallfest again in the future!
I really want to, but it’s always in November, which is the busiest month at my job. Hopefully I’ll get to go again soon. It’s so much fun!
I’ve yet to make it to a book festival.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/c-author-names-alphabet-challenge/
Are there any that are nearby? YallFest is in Charleston, SC, which is about a 4 hour drive for me. That’s part of why I haven’t gone in the past few years – it’s a bit of a time and money commitment.
Oh, and based on your review last week, I joined the Hardcover app! I really like it so far, so thanks for the recommendation!
I’m glad you’re liking the Hardcover app. I know there are still some growing pains, but it’s been interesting watching it evolve this year.
As for book festivals, there are some near me. It’s sadly, a lot are cost prohibitive ($80+ a ticket, plus 1-3 hour drive time). I did go to a free one last year, but didn’t really meet any authors there. I did have a lot of fun though, and hope to go again this year.
Any new app like this will have growing pains. It looks like a nice community is growing around it, which is nice.
Maureen Johnson would be a fun one to meet. I love her books!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
She’s a hoot.