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Saturday, August 1 • 10:00am - 10:50am
My Selfie, Myself

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Living online can be fun, exciting, even life-altering in the best ways. It can also be overwhelming at times. This panel is an open discussion about the gulf between an online persona and the person behind it, about the ways a life online can go so right (and sometimes so wrong), and how we can create and thrive in a sometimes turbulent space. This panel Facebook likes itself.

Moderators
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Rachel Fershleiser

Rachel Fershleiser heads literary outreach at Tumblr. Previously she was the Community Manager at Bookish and the Director of Public Programs at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, where she now serves on the board of directors. She is also the co-creator of Six-Word Memoirs and... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Jenny Han

Jenny Han

Jenny is the New York Times bestselling author of Shug, The Summer I Turned Pretty series, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and P.S. I Still Love You. She also co-wrote the Burn for Burn trilogy with Siobhan Vivian. She lives in New York City. Find her at www.dearjennyhan.com and... Read More →
avatar for Marie Lu

Marie Lu

Marie is the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy and The Young Elites trilogy. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she worked as an art director in the video game industry. She currently lives in Los Angeles, where she can be found reading, writing, drawing... Read More →
avatar for Tahereh Mafi

Tahereh Mafi

Tahereh is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series, and she can usually be found over-caffeinated and stuck in a book. Shatter Me is her first series, with foreign rights sold in 30+ territories, and Furthermore, her newest project, will be out... Read More →
avatar for Megan Morrison

Megan Morrison

Megan is an author, a mom, and a middle-school teacher. She lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she spends her time having adventures with her husband and little boy, teaching drama and language arts, and writing fairy tales set in the world of Tyme. When she’s not at work, her... Read More →
avatar for Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers

Courtney is the author of several novels for young adults including the Cybils award-winning Cracked Up to Be and White Pine Honor Books Some Girls Are and This Is Not a Test. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada and currently resides in a small town not far from there. Her... Read More →


Saturday August 1, 2015 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
S210A/B
  Lit Track

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