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ues to explore the effects of war and violence on those coming of age. The fi- nal book in the trilogy, “Mockingjay,” was published last month. Signing 11:30 a.m.


11:10 A.M.


Teens & Children


pavilion 10 A.M.


BRAD MELTZER Brad Meltzer is the author of the thril- ler “The Book of Fate,” as well as “The Tenth Justice,” “Dead Even” and “The First Counsel.” “Heroes for My Son,” his latest book and his first work of nonfic- tion, is a collection of essays on heroes — from Jim Henson to Rosa Parks — on which he has been working since his son was born about eight years ago. Signing 11 a.m.


10:35 A.M.


SUZANNE COLLINS Suzanne Collins has worked on several Nickelodeon shows, including the Em- my-nominated hit “Clarissa Explains It All” and “The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo.” Collins, who was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2010, made her first mark in children’s literature with the series “The Underland Chronicles.” In “The Hunger Games” trilogy, Collins contin-


If you’re interested in ...


The blending of reality and fantasy


f you like your reality blended with a touch of fantasy, make plans to hear these three creative writers who play with time and history in ingenious ways: Diana Gabaldon (Fiction & Mystery at 11 a.m.) was a professor of computer sci- ence and environmental studies when she decided on a lark to write a novel. Her first effort led to the internationally bestselling “Outlander” series about the romance between a 20th-century woman who jumps back in time to be with her 18th-century Scottish lover. In 2005, Ga- baldon told The Post, “ ‘Outlander’ was a perfectly straightforward historical nov- el, until I decided to introduce a female character.” Trouble was, she didn’t “sound anything like an 18th-century person! She just kept making smart-ass modern remarks about everything she saw, and she started telling the story her- self. So I said, ‘Fine. Nobody’s ever going to see this book; it doesn’t matter what bizarre thing I do — go ahead and be modern; I’ll figure out how you got there later.’ ”


I Elizabeth Kostova (Fiction & Mystery


at 11:35 a.m.) swooped down on the liter- ary world in 2005 with an evocative vam- pire thriller called “The Historian.” Her new novel, “The Swan Thieves,” starts right here at Washington’s National Gal- lery of Art when a disturbed artist at- tacks a painting of Leda being ravished by Zeus. “The many ardent admirers of ‘The Historian,’ ” our reviewer wrote ear- lier this year, “will be happy to learn that her second book offers plenty of the same pleasures.” M.T. Anderson (Teens & Children at 1:45 p.m.) got his start with vampire fic- tion, too: a novel for young people called “Thirsty” in 1997. Since then, he’s broken through all age categories. After winning a National Book Award for the first vol- ume of “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,” he told The Post, “It’s insulting to believe that teens should have a differ- ent kind of book than an adult should.... If we’re going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don’t see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean.”


— Ron Charles charlesr@washpost.com ETHEN BEAVERS/"N.E.R.D.S. BOOK TWO: M IS FOR MAMA’S BOY"


PHILLIP M. HOOSE Phillip M. Hoose and Claudette Colvin will appear together to discuss Hoose’s National Book Award-winning book, “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Jus- tice.” Hoose is also the author of “The Race to Save the Lord God Bird,” the National Book Award finalist “We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. His- tory” and the Christopher Award-win- ning manual for youth activism “It’s Our World Too!” Signing 1 p.m.


12 P.M. JANE SMILEY


Please see 4:35 p.m. listing under Po- etry & Prose on page 7.


12:35 P.M. REBECCA STEAD


Although Rebecca Stead has been writ- ing since childhood, she became a law- yer before pursuing a professional writ- ing career. Her first novel was “First Light.” Her second novel, “When You Reach Me,” received the 2010 Newbery Medal. Signing 11 a.m.


1:10 P.M.


MARGARITA ENGLE Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American author of young adult novels in verse. “The Surrender Tree” received a New- bery Medal, Pura Belpré Medal, Jane


Addams Award, Américas Award, Clau- dia Lewis Award and Lee Bennett Hop- kins Honor. Her most recent work is “The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba.” Based on the diaries and letters of Swedish suffragist Fredri- ka Bremer, who spent three months in Cuba in 1851, this book focuses on op- pressed women, the privileged as well as the enslaved, in three alternating free-verse narratives. Signing 3:30 p.m.


1:45 P.M.


M.T. ANDERSON M.T. Anderson’s satirical book “Feed” was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party” won the 2006 National Book Award for Young People. Volume 2 of this saga received the Michael L. Printz Honor for literary excellence. He is a contributor to the serialized story “The Exquisite Corpse Adventure.” His new- est work is “The Suburb Beyond the Stars.” Anderson will also appear at 10 a.m. in the Children’s pavilion. Signing 12 p.m.


2:20 P.M.


MICHAEL BUCKLEY Michael Buckley has developed pro- gramming for MTV, MTV Animation, Discovery Networks and Klasky Csupo (producers of Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats”), focusing heavily on children’s program- ming. The Sisters Grimm series is Buck- ley’s first venture into the world of chil- dren’s book writing. He has just pub- lished “The Sisters Grimm Book Eight: The Inside Story” and “N.E.R.D.S. Book Two: M Is for Mama’s Boy.” Buckley will also appear in Teens & Children at 4:40 p.m. Signing 3 p.m.


2:55 P.M.


JEFF SMITH Jeff Smith is best known as the writer and artist of “BONE,” an award-winning adventure about three cartoon cousins lost in a world of myth and ancient mysteries. Besides “BONE” and “RASL,” his books include “Sha- zam: The Monster Society of Evil” and “Little Mouse Gets Ready!” Signing 12:30 p.m.


3:30 P.M.


ANITA SILVEY The author of “100 Best Books for Chil- dren” and “500 Great Books for Teens,” Anita Silvey has devoted 35 years to pro- moting books that will turn young people —and families — into readers. As pub- lisher of children’s books for Houghton Mifflin from 1995 to 2001, she oversaw all the children’s book and young-adult pub- lishing for both the Houghton and Clari- on lists. Silvey has also been editor of “The Horn Book,” viewed by many as the bible of children’s literature. Her new book is “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book: Life Les- sons from Notable People from All Walks of Life.” Signing 2 p.m.


4:05 P.M.


KATHERINE PATERSON Katherine Paterson is the National Am- bassador for Young People’s Literature. A two-time winner of the Newbery Medal (“Bridge to Terabithia” and “Jacob Have I Loved”) and the National Book Award (“The Great Gilly Hopkins” and “The Master Puppeteer”), she was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000. Paterson’s most recent book is “The Day of the Pelican,” the story of a refugee family’s flight from war-torn Ko- sovo to the United States. She is also a contributor to the serialized story “The Exquisite Corpse Adventure.” Paterson will also appear in the Children’s pavil- ion at 10 a.m. and at 4:40 p.m. in Teens & Children. Signing 12 p.m.


4:40 P.M.


LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE Letters About Literature is a reading and writing program, sponsored by the Li- brary’s Center for the Book and Target. Kids in grades 4-12 are asked to write a letter to an author, past or present, about how a book they have read affected their lives. Awards and prizes are given at the state and national levels. Three local- area winners will read their letters to Katherine Paterson and Michael Buckley.


THE WASHINGTON POST • BOOK WORLD • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010


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