Friday, November 11 only!

Booth C-10

Meredith Ireland is a Korean-American attorney and writer, born in Seoul. She is a Rollins College and University of Miami School of Law alumna. She writes young adult and children’s books. Her debut novel, THE JASMINE PROJECT, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection, and is out now! The forthcoming follow up EVERYONE HATES KELSIE MILLER is scheduled for October 11, 2022 also from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Her short story will be featured in ADOPTEE TO ADOPTEE, a YA anthology coming 2023. EMMA & THE LOVE SPELL, her debut middle grade fantasy will be out in Winter of 2024 from Bloomsbury Kids.

Meredith resides in New York with her two children and a county fair goldfish who will probably outlive them all.

Meredith’s website is here, her Twitter is here, and her Instagram is here.

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Friday at 2:30 pm in Grand Gallery Overlook A-B

You Finished Writing a Novel! Now What?

Writing a book takes talent, but bringing your work from a draft to available in stores takes perseverance and know how. In this one day class we’ll explore how to get your book into the best shape possible, how and when to query literary agents, and how to pitch your work. We will review the process of landing an agent, how to handle rejection, and what comes between signing and a book deal.