Tweens Read 2025 Authors

Keynote Speaker - Meg Medina

Meg Medina served as the 2023-2024 National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. She is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling author who writes picture books, as well as middle grade and young adult fiction.

Her works have been called “heartbreaking,” “lyrical” and “must haves for every collection.”

When she’s not writing, Meg works on community projects that support girls, Latino youth, and/or literacy. She lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia.

from https://megmedina.com/about/

Tweens Read Alumni 2024

Crystal Allen - Robin Benway - Pablo Cartaya - Adrianna Cuevas - Lindsay Currie - Lynne Kelly - Jessica Kim - Rajani LaRocca - Kwame Mbalia (Keynote) - Lisa McMann - Matt McMann - George O'Connor - Rex Ogle - Claribel Ortega - Mark Oshiro - Scott Reintgen - Lora Senf - Cynthia Leitich Smith - Leah Stecher - Emma Steinkellner - Karen Strong - Tony Weaver

*Authors listed in alphabetical order

Tweens Read Alumni 2023

Kelly J. Baptist - Terry J. Benton-Walker - Max Brallier - Roseanna A. Brown - Angela Cervantes - Jorge Cham - Chan Chau - Jim Di Bartolo - Maura Jortner - Gordon Korman - Minh Le - Alex London - Pedro Martin - Morgan Matson - Stacy McAnulty - Julie Murphy - Jewell Parker-Rhodes - Dan Santat (keynote) - Jamie Sumner - Matt Tavares - Laini Taylor - Colleen AF Venerable - Stephanie Yue

*Authors listed in alphabetical order

Tweens Read Alumni 2022

Varsha Bajaj - J.C. Cervantes - Dhonielle Clayton - Adrianna Cuevas - J. Elle - Stuart Gibbs - Ben Guterson - Nathan Hale - Terri Libenson - Gillian McDunn - Jennifer A. Nielsen - Rex Ogle - Maulik Pancholy - Celia C. Perez - Adam Perry - Julian Randall - Justin A. Reynolds - Lora Senf - Christina Soontornvat (Keynote) - Kiersten White - Lisa Yee - Jennifer Ziegler

Tweens Read Alumni 2021 (Virtual)

Samira Ahmed - B.B. Alston - Karla Arenas Valenti - Rena Barron - Julie Berry - Elizabeth Bunce - Josephine Cameron – Maisie Chan - Soman Chainani (keynote) - Sheela Chari - Sharon Draper - Elizabeth Eulberg - Nizrana Farook - Ellen Hagan - Veera Hiranandani - Gordon Korman - Hope Larson - Terri Libenson - Alex London - Kwame Mbalia - Christian Mckay Heidicker - Lisa McMann - G. Neri - Jewell Parker Rhodes - Misako Rocks! - Nadia Shammas - Maleeha Siddiqui - Emma Steinkellner - Kelly Yang

Tweens Read Alumni 2020 (Virtual)

James Bird - Dusti Bowling - Jen Cervantes - Brandy Colbert - Jerry Craft (keynote) - Adrianna Cuevas - Saadia Faruqi – Debbie Michiko Florence - Kereen Getten - Lamar Giles - Alex Graudins - Nathan Hale - Kate Hannigan - Alyssa Hollingsworth - K.A. Holt - Varian Johnson - Tae Keller - - Lily Lamotte - Tanya Lloyd Kyi - Janae Marks - Gillian McDunn - Lisa Moore Ramee - Daniel Nayeri - NNedi Okorafor - James Ponti - Leila Sales - Chris Schweizer - Chad Sell - Laura Shovan - Christina Soontornvat - Nic Stone - Alicia Williams - Shannon Wright

Tweens Read Alumni 2019

Varsha Bajaj - Rebecca Balcárcel - Robbi Behr - Xavier Garza - Carlos Hernandez - Matthew Holm - Jo Knowles - Remy Lai - Rajana LaRocca - Kwame Mbalia - Andy Mientus - Catherine Gilbert Murdock - Julie Murphy - Rex Ogle - Lincoln Peirce - James Riley - Jason Reynolds (keynote) - Barbara Carroll Roberts - Jon Scieszka - Esta Spalding - Sandy Stark-McGinnis - Jamie Sumner - Matthew Swanson - Jasmine Warga - Steven Weinberg

Tweens Read Alumni 2018

Julissa Arce - Jeanne Birdsall - Ryan Calejo - J.C. Cervantes - Marie Miranda Cruz - Soman Chainani - Donna Gephart - Karina Yan Glaser - Margaret Peterson Haddix - Varion Johnson (keynote) - Hena Khan - K.A. Holt - Tae Keller - Katherine Marsh - Stacy McAnulty - Torrey Maldanado - Brendan Reichs - Jennifer A. Nielsen - Leila Sales - T.R. Simon - Victoria Schwab - Mariko Tamaki - Mark Tatulli - Jacqueline West - Jennifer Zieger

Tweens Read Alumni 2017

David Barclay-Moore - Stephen Bramucci - Jessica Brody - Jake Burt - Rob Buyea - Andrew Clements - Lindsay Eagar - Alan Gratz - Lisa Greenwald - Paul Griffin - James Hannibal - Caleb Zane Huett - Victoria Jamieson - Erin Entrada Kelly - Leland Melvin (keynote) - Kate Milford - Celia Perez - James Ponti - Corabel Shofner - Christina Soontornvat - Tamara Ireland Stone - Wade Albert White - Judd Winick - Allan Woodrow - Kat Yeh

Tweens Read Alumni 2016

John David Anderson - Jonathan Auxier - Tracey Baptiste - Kate Beasley - Frank Beddor - Ally Carter - Karen Cushman - Gitty Daneshvari - Margaret Dilloway - Margarita Engle - Elizabeth Eulberg - Dan Gemeinhart - Donna Gephart - Adam Gidwitz (keynote) - Chris Grabenstein - Jennifer Holm - Amy Ignatow - Jo Knowles - Barry Lyga - D.J. MacHale - Cammie McGovern - Lisa McMann - Jason Reynolds (keynote) - Rene Saldaña Jr. - Augusta Scattergood - Monika Schröder - Trenton Lee Stewart (keynote) - Tui Sutherland - Lauren Tarshis - Ursula Vernon - Lisa Yee - Karen Romano Young

Tweens Read Alumni 2015

Crystal Allen - Katherine Applegate (keynote) - Jeff Anderson - Ali Benjamin - Cecil Castellucci - Nicolas Gannon - Lydia Gil - Christina Diaz Gonzalez - Polly Holyoke - Ingrid Law - Nikki Loftin - Alexander C. London - Jonathan Maberry - Kekla Magoon - Jennifer Nielsen - Michael Northrop - Ken Oppel - Jackson Pearce - Jenn Reese - Geoff Rodkey - Kevin Sands - Rebecca Stead (keynote) - Wendy wan-Long Shang - Lemony Snicket - Linda Urban - Gene Luen Yang (keynote)

Tweens Read Alumni 2014

Will Alexander - Lou Anders - Jonathan Auxier - Varsha Bajaj - Megan Frazer Blakemore - Jessica Brody - Jennifer Brown - Matt Cody - Stu Gibbs - Jimmy Gownley - S.E. Grove - Margaret Peterson Haddix (keynote) - Bruce Hale - Karen Harrington - Jenni Holm - Jaleigh Johnson - Varian Johnson - Kirby Larson - M.A. Larson - Matt London - Megan Shull - Greg Leitich Smith - Natalie Lloyd - Obert Skye - Matt Ward - Tom Watson - Jacqueline Woodson (keynote) - Jennifer Ziegler

Tweens Read Alumni 2013

Kathi Appelt - Lee Bacon - T.A. Barron - Michael Buckley - Caroline Carlson - Michael Fry - Lisa Greenwald - Tommy Greenwald - Shannon Hale (keynote) - Lisi Harrison - Amy Ignatow - Gordon Korman - Jeramey Kraatz - Christopher Krovatin - Diana Lopez - D.J. MacHale (keynote) - John Bemelmans Marciano - Megan McCafferty - Sarah Mlynowski - Catherine Gilbert Murdock - Erica Perl - Holly Goldberg Sloan - Jude Watson

Tweens Read Alumni 2012

W.H. Beck - Heather Brewer (keynote) - Shana Burg - Tommy Greenwald - Deron Hicks - Amy Ignatow - Lynne Kelly - Diana Lopez - Shannon Messenger - E.J. Patten - Trent Reedy - Geoff Rodkey - Dave Roman - Rachel Renee Russell - Augusta Scattergood - Lisa Schroeder - Greg Leitich Smith - Roland Smith - Raina Telgemeier

Tweens Read Alumni 2011

Crystal Allen - Michael Buckley - Kat Falls - Matthew Kirby - Lindsey Leavitt - Christina Mandelski - Lisa McMann - Richard Peck (keynote) - Alan Sitomer - Obert Skye - Clete Smith - Andrea White

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