Fierce Readers, Writers, and Friends at the Bethesda Library

September 23, 2014

Ann Aguirre, Marie Rutkoski and I stopped in at the Bethesda Library yesterday for another Fierce Reads panel and we had a great time. Librarian Kathie Weinberg had thoughtful questions to get us started, and the audience added more so we were able to talk about favorite YA novels, writing discoveries, favorite characters, and much more. We had a chance to linger afterward, and I was delighted to catch up with a few of my friends who live in the area.

Ann Aguirre, Marie, Steph Sinclair from Cuddlebuggery, Stephanie Brown of No BS Book Reviews, Jessica who? Of Step Into Fiction, Sandy Chen Huffington Post, Me, Front Lindsay Smith, Jessica Spotswood (writer), Leah Cypess, Diana Peterfreund. Not pictured: Liza from Reading with ABC, and Sanna Darwish and Noha Darwish of Just Counting the Stars.

In back: Ann Aguirre, Marie Rutkoski, Steph Sinclair from Cuddlebuggery Book Blog, Stephanie Brown of No BS Book Reviews, Jessica Reigle of Step Into Fiction, Sandy Chen, and Caragh O’Brien. In front: Lindsay Smith, Jessica Spotswood, Leah Cypess, and Diana Peterfreund.
Not pictured: Liza from Reading with ABC, and Sanna Darwish and Noha Darwish of Just Counting the Stars.

DC has a vibrant community of YA writers, readers, and bloggers, and having so many of them present made for lively, friendly conversation.

Thanks again to Kathie for a fabulous event!