YALLFest is a public two-day annual young adult book festival in Charleston, South Carolina that is the largest of its kind in the South. The festival was founded in 2011 by Jonathan Sanchez of the Charleston bookstore Blue Bicycle Books along with authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Author Melissa de la Cruz joined as Director of Development in 2012. Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz currently co-chair the festival.
In 2015, Stohl and de la Cruz co-founded a sister festival, YALLWEST, that occurs every spring in Santa Monica, California.
Attending authors
2011
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
Author Track Guests:YALLFest.org +Listed in Alphabetical Order by Authors Last NameKwame Alexander Pseudonymous Bosch Sarah Rees Brennan Heather Brewer Lisa Brown Rosemary Clement-Moore Andrea Cremer Katie CrouchMelissa de la Cruz Kimberly Derting Gayle Forman Donna Freitas Kami Garcia Adele Griffin Michelle Hodkin Ellen HopkinsCaitlin Kittredge David Levithan Isaac Marion Saundra Mitchel Kaleb Nation Diana Peterfreund Beth RevisMarie Ruthoski Carrie Ryan Eliot Schrefer Victoria Schwab Holly Goldberg Sloan Natalie Standiford Margaret Stohl
2012
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
YALLFest 2012 Keynote Conversation: Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
Author Track Guests: +Listed in Alphabetical Order by Authors Last NameKwame Alexander Jennifer Lyn Barnes Holly Black Pseudonymous Bosch Sarah Rees Brennan Heather Brewer Kiera Cass Cinda Chima Cassandra Clare Andrea Cremer Katie Crouch Gitty DaneshvariMelissa de la Cruz Matt de la Peña Kim Derting Simone Elkeles Elizabeth Eulberg Gayle Forman Kami Garcia Adam Gidwitz David Macinnis Gill Adele Griffin Deborah Harkness Jenny HanSiobhan Vivian Michelle Hodkin Ellen Hopkins Tonya Hurley Michele Jaffe Caitlin Kittredge Alyson Noel David Levithan Stephanie Perkins Diana Peterfreund Kathy Reichs Brendan ReichsBeth Revis Jessica Rothenberg Carrie Ryan Eliot Schrefer Natalie Standiford Trenton Lee Stewart Margaret Stohl Cate Tiernan Robin Wasserman Marjorie Wentworth John Corey Whaley Kathryn Williams
2013
YALLFest 2013 brought together forty-eight top young adult, middle grade and crossover writers (including 25 New York Times Bestsellers) from all over the country.
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
Programming Directors: Margaret Stohl (YA), Melissa de la Cruz (Crossover), Pseudonymous Bosch (Middle Grade)
YALLFest 2013 Keynote Conversation: Veronica Roth and Rae Carson (Presented by Epic Reads & HarperTeen)
Author Track Guests:2013 Authors +(NYT = New York Times Bestseller) #Author Prominent work Secondary prominent work 01. Leigh Bardugo Grisha trilogy NYT 02. Pseudonymous Bosch The Secret Series Write this Book NYT 03. Alexandra Bracken The Darkest Minds Trilogy 04. Libba Bray The Diviners NYT 05. Heather Brewer The Slayer Chronicles Soulbound NYT 06. Rae Carson Fire and Thorns Trilogy 07. Cinda Chima The Heir Chronicles NYT 08. Matthew Cody Super 09. Rachel Cohn BETA NYT 10. Ally Condie Matched Trilogy #1 NYT 11. Jocelyn Davies A Beautiful Dark Trilogy 12. Melissa de la Cruz Witches of East End Frozen NYT 13. Daniel Ehrenhaft Americapedia 14. Gayle Forman If I Stay Just One Year NYT 15. Kami Garcia Unbreakable Dangerous Creatures #1 NYT 16. Adam Gidwitz A Tale Dark and Grim Trilogy NYT 17. David Macinnis Gill Rising Sun 18. Lev Grossman The Magicians Series NYT 19. Lisi Harrison The Clique Series Monster High #1 NYT 20. Aaron Hartzler Rapture Practice 21. Michelle Hodkin Mara Dyer Series NYT 22. Nancy Holder Buffy the Vampire Slayer Teen Wolf NYT 23. Ellen Hopkins Crank Trilogy Impulse Series NYT 24. Mike Johnston Frozen 25. Bill Konigsberg Openly Straight 26. David Levithan Two Boys Kissing NYT 27. C. Alexander London Dog Tags Series 28. Marie Lu The Legend Series NYT 29. C.J. Lyons Broken NYT 30. Tahereh Mafi Shatter Me Trilogy NYT 31. Myra McEntire Hourglass Series 32. Lisa McMann Wake Series Crash NYT 33. Barnabas Miller 7 Souls 34. Alyson Noel The Immortal Series Soul Seekers Series #1 NYT 35. Lauren Oliver Delirium Series Panic NYT 36. Stephanie Perkins Lola and the Boy Next Door NYT 37. Aprilynne Pike Wings Series Earthbound #1 NYT 38. Brendan Reichs Virals Series NYT 39. Ransom Riggs Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children #1 NYT 40. Veronica Rossi Under the Never Sky Series NYT 41. Veronica Roth Divergent Series #1 NYT 42. Rainbow Rowell Fangirl NYT 43. Carrie Ryan The Forest of Hands and Teeth Series NYT 44. Victoria Schwab The Archived Vicious 45. Natalie Standiford The Boy on the Bridge 46. Margaret Stohl Icons Dangerous Creatures #1 NYT 47. Sean Williams Twinmaker 48. J.E. Thompson The Girl From Felony Bay
2014 YALLFest Board of Directors:
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez Programming Committee: Pseudonymous Bosch Melissa de la Cruz (Board Vice Chair) Kami Garcia Margaret Stohl (Board Chair) Treasurer: Brendan Reichs Librarian Liaison: Andria Amaral Board Secretary, Festival Assistant: Emily Williams Board Member: Patrick Dolan Merchandise, Green Room: Stephanie BarnaAdvisory Board:
Richard Abate (3 Arts Entertainment) Jennifer Besser (Penguin Young Readers) Sarah Burnes (The Garnet Company) David Levithan (Author) Emily Meehan (Disney-Hyperion) Carrie Ryan (Author) David Stohl (Activision) Sally Willcox (Creative Arts Agency)
Editorial Track Guests: Daniel Ehrenhaft – The Last Dog on Earth Emily Meehan Jocelyn Davies – A Beautiful Dark Sarah Burnes YALLFest 2014 Keynote Conversation: James Dashner and Sarah Zarr (Presented by Random House) Author Track Guests: #Author Prominent work Secondary prominent work 01. Kwame Alexander The Crossover 02. Jennifer Armentrout Don't Look Back 03. Leigh Bardugo The Grisha Trilogy 04. Pseudonymous Bosch The Secret Series 05. Alexandra Bracken The Darkest Minds Series 06. Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 07. Libba Bray Gemma Doyle Trilogy 08. Coe Booth Bronxwood Kinda Like Brothers 09. Kiera Cass The Selection Trilogy 10. Ally Condie Matched Trilogy 11. James Dashner The Maze Runner series The Mortality Doctrine series 12. John Parke Davis Map to Everywhere 13. Melissa de la Cruz Blue Bloods Series The Ring and the Crown, and more 14. Matt de la Peña Mexican WhiteBoy The Living 15. Sarah Dessen Along for the Ride The Moon and More 16. Jim di Bartolo In the Shadows 17. Susan Ee Penryn & the End of Days Series 18. Daniel Ehrenhaft The Last Dog on Earth 19. Sarah Fine Guards of the Shadowlands Series 20. Becca Fitzpatrick Hush, Hush series Black Ice 21. Gayle Forman If I Stay Just One Day 22. Kami Garcia The Beautiful Creatures Series The Legion Series 23. Adam Gidwitz A Tale Dark and Grim Series 24. Ryan Graudin The Walled City 25. Adele Griffin The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone 26. Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade Words with Wings 27. Lev Grossman The Magician's Land 28. Aaron Hartzler Rapture Practice 29. Michelle Hodkin Mara Dyer Series 30. Ellen Hopkins Smoke Crank 31. Varian Johnson The Great Greene Heist 32. Mike Johnston Frozen Series 33. Christina Lauren Sublime 34. David Levithan Two Boys Kissing 35. E Lockhart The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks We Were Liars 36. Alexander London Proxy 37. Marie Lu Legend Series The Young Elites 38. Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass Series 39. DJ MacHale Sylo 40. Barnabas Miller 7 Souls 41. Lauren Myracle Twelve The Internet Girls Series 42. Lauren Oliver Delirium Series Panic Rooms 43. Danielle Paige Dorothy Must Die Series 44. Stephanie Perkins Anna and the French Kiss Isla and the Happily Ever After 45. Brendan Reichs The Virals Series 46. Kathy Reichs The Virals Series The Temperance Brennan Series 47. Morgan Rhodes Falling Kingdoms Rebel Spring 48. Veronica Roth Divergent Series 49. Rainbow Rowell Eleanor & Park Fangirl 50. Carrie Ryan The Forest of Hands and Teeth series The Road to Everywhere 51. Kieran Scott Private & Privilege series Only Everything, and more 52. Jen E Smith The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight The Geography of You and Me 53. Natalie Standiford How to Say Goodbye in Robot Switched at Birthday 54. Margaret Stohl The Beautiful Creatures Series Icons Series 55. Laini Taylor Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy 56. J.E. Thompson The Girl From Felony Bay 57. Maya Van Wagenen Popular: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Geek 58. Scott Westerfeld Uglies Leviathan Series 59. Rita Williams-Garcia One Crazy Summer 60. Sara Zarr Story of a Girl Roomies, and more
See also
Books in the United States
References
External links YALLFest Facebook Page YALLFest website