Ya’ll Fest

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TEAM YALLFEST

Board of Directors

  • Andria Amaral
    Library Liaison
  • Melissa de la Cruz
    Board Member, Development Director
  • C. Alexander London
    2017 Festival Co-Chair
  • Veronica Roth
    Board Member
  • Margaret Stohl
    Board Member
  • Pseudonymous Bosch
    Board Member
  • Kami Garcia
    2017 Festival Co-Chair
  • Brendan Reichs
    Board Member
  • Jonathan Sanchez
    Executive Director

Staff

  • Ben Adams
    Blue Bicycle Books
  • Charles Carmody
    Charleston Music Hall Programming
  • Tori Hill
    Author Coordinator
  • Sara Peck
    Blue Bicycle Books
  • David Strauss
    Photographer
  • Stephanie Barna
    Festival Producer
  • Nathaniel Fann
    Blue Bicycle Books
  • Frances Oliver
  • Jonathan Sanchez
    Executive Director
  • Emily Williams
    Assistant Director

Advisory Board

  • Jennifer Besser
    Penguin Young Readers
  • David Levithan
    Author
  • Carrie Ryan
    Author
  • Sally Willcox
    Creative Artists Agency
  • Sarah Burnes
    The Gernert Company
  • Emily Meehan
    Disney-Hyperion
  • David Stohl
    Activision

PRESS COVERAGE

Mommy Gamers VLOG: YALLFest 2016

YouTube, Nov. 2016
Yallfest 2016 in photos

Publisher's Weekly, Nov. 2016
Yallfest authors discuss the state of LGBTQIA literature

Charleston City Paper, Nov. 2016
Jonathan Sanchez on bookstores, writing, and YALLFest

Charleston Post and Courier, Jan. 2017
Blue Bicycle Books’ YALLFest to Feature 79 YA Authors

American Booksellers Association, Nov. 2016
WHICH FAMOUS SOUTHERNERS DO YALLFEST AUTHORS WANT TO BE THEIR BFFS?

MTV.com, Nov. 2016
31 Authors Reveal How They’d Survive A YA Apocalypse

MTV.com, Nov. 2016
So excited for YALLfest 2015

The YA Bookshelf, Aug. 2016

YALLFest Anti-Harassment Policy

MEDIA INQUIRIES

please contact stephanie.barna@gmail.com

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