BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN: VEVENT DTSTART:20060721T113000TZ:-06 DTEND:20060721T123000TZ:-06 LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Room 1B UID:20060721-113000-00000000000-0130 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:With tons of other options competing for their attention, what does it take to get today's youth to pick up a book? A mix of authors offer their strategies: best-selling co-creators of The Spiderwick Chronicles Holly Black (Valiant) and Tony DiTerlizzi (G Is for One Gzonk), award-winning game designer and writer Matt Forbeck (Knights of the Silver Dragon), acclaimed adult and children’s author Anne Ursu (The Shadow Thieves), actor/musician/ debut novelist Ahmet Zappa (The Monstrous Memoirs of a Might McFearless), and “new kids on the block” Shane Berryhill (Chance Fortune and the Outlaws) and Tim Eldred (Grease Monkey). Moderator: Maryelizabeth Hart, of Mysterious Galaxy. SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Competing for the Young Adult Mind with Words and Pictures PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR