Cavalcade of Authors West is this Saturday.

This coming Saturday, May 2nd is the first Cavalcade of Authors West (west of the Cascades).

Here are the details:

Seventeen Young Adult and Middle-Grade authors will converge on the campus of Pacific Lutheran University for a day of seminars, author panels, and book-signings.

Who is invited to attend:

• 20 students from each of the area high schools and middle schools were invited to attend. These students had to pay the registration fee, read books by a minimum of four of the authors, and get themselves to PLU on Saturday.
• Students were also invited to submit their writing samples to be judged by college students.
• Preregistration was required.

These authors will present workshops:

Sorry about the poor quality of this photo. It is a copy of a copy of the handout given to potential participants in the writing contest.

In case you can't read the authors names (imagine that!?) Here is a list of the authors and a few titles of their books.

Author	Book titles (not an exhaustive list)
Royce Buckingham	The Terminals; The Dead Boys
Kimberly Derting	The Body Finder series; The Taking
Peggy Eddleman	Sky Jumpers; The Forbidden Flats (Mid grades)
Kevin Emerson	Breakout; Exile; The Dark Shore
Kristin Halbrook	Surfacing; Nobody But Us
Kazu Kibuishi	Amulet series (graphic novels) (Junior)
Mindy McGinnis	Not a Drop to Drink series
Lish McBride	Hold Me Closer, Necromancer series
Rachelle Mead	Vampire Academy series
Marissa Meyer	The Lunar Chronicles series (Cinder)
Alyson Noel	Immortals series; Soul Seekers series
Lisa Schroeder	The Bridge from Me to You; Far From You
Lisesl Shurtliff	Jack: the true story of Jack and the Beanstalk (Junior)
Terry Trueman	Stuck in Neutral; Life Happens Next; Cruise Control
Leslye Walton	The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Stasia Ward Kehoe	The Sound of letting Go; Audition
Jim Whiting	The Story of the Seattle Seahawks; Many other nonfiction titles (most for Mid-grades)

This is the first year of Cavalcade of Authors West.  Apparently a similar event has been happening on the other side of the mountains for several years. I am sure that it will be a fantastic event and I am excited for Saturday.