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Author Panels

Past Summer Scares author panels, organized by age group

Adult

2025

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Watch Panel: Becky Spratford in conversation with Eric LaRocca (Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke), James Han Mattsen (Reprieve), and Caitlin Starling (The Luminous Dead)

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Watch Panel: Clay McLeod Chapman in conversation with Erin E. Adams (Jackal), Rachel Harrison (Such Sharp Teeth), and Gus Moreno (This Thing Between Us)

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Watch Panel: Yaika Sabat in conversation with P. Djèlí Clark (Ring Shout), Daniel M. Lavery (The Merry Spinsters), and Elisabeth Thomas (Catherine House)

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Watch Panel: Becky Spratford in conversation with Clay McLeod Chapman (The Remaking), Emil Ferris (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters), and Gabino Iglesias (Coyote Songs)

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Watch Panel: Konrad Stump in conversation with Alma Katsu (The Hunger), Daniel Kraus (program alum), and Kathe Koja (The Cipher)

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Young Adult

2025

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2021

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Watch Panel: Kendare Blake in conversation with Emma Berquist (Devils Unto Dust), Lamar Gile (The Getaway), and Kristen Simmons (Find Him Where You Left Him Dead)

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Watch Panel: Yaika Sabat in conversation with Kendare Blake (All These Bodies), Sara Farizan (Dead Flip), and Gretchen McNeil (#MurderTrending)

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Watch Panel: Emily Vinci in conversation with Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle (Squad), Suzanne Walker (Mooncakes), and Cat Winters (In the Shadow of Blackbirds)

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Watch Panel: Becky Spratford in conversation with Kate Alender (The Companion), Adam Caesar (Clown in a Cornfield), and Kelly McWilliams (Agnes and the End of the World)

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Watch Panel: Becky Spratford in conversation with Lily Anderson (Undead Girl Gang), Libba Bray (The Diviners), and Cherie Dimaline (The Marrow Thieves)

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Middle Grade

2025

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Watch Panel: Julia Smith in conversation with Graham Annable (Eerie Tales from the School of Screams), Derrick Chow (Ravenous Things), and Daka Hermon (Hide and Seeker)

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Watch Panel: Sarah Hunter in conversation with Justina Ireland (Ophie's Ghosts), Kenneth Oppel (The Nest), and Reimena Yee (My Aunt Is a Monster)

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Watch Panel: Julia Smith in conversation with Katherine Arden (Small Spaces), K.G. Campbell (A Small Zombie Problem), and Dan SaSuWeh Jones (Living Ghosts & Mischievous Monsters)

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Watch Panel: Julia Smith in conversation with India Hill Brown (The Forgotten Girl), Christian McKay Heidicker (Scary Stories for Young Foxes), and Aliza Layne (Beetle & the Hollowbones)

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Watch Panel: Julia Smith in conversation with Hal Johnson (Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods), William Joyce (Ollie's Odyssey), and Tahereh Mafi (Whichwood)

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