NoVa TEEN Book Festival featured 21 authors. Photo Contributed
NoVa TEEN Book Festival featured 21 authors in four main event panels and 16 smaller Q&A-driven breakout sessions; the event closed out with a keynote speech from New York Times bestselling author Matt de la Peña, whose latest release is “The Living.” Authors in attendance included: Martina Boone, Tracy Clark, Seth Fishman, Maggie Hall, Rachel Hawkins, Shaun Hutchinson, Lydia Kang, Alethea Kontis, Jessica Khoury, Melissa Marr, Jennifer Niven, Sara Raasch, Jason Reynolds, Morgan Rhodes, Marie Rutkoski, Kristen Simmons, Kat Spears, Robin Talley, Jasmine Warga and Jon Skovron, acting as Master of Ceremony. The 2015 NoVa TEEN Book Festival was hosted by One More Page Books, Arlington Public Library, Fairfax County Public Library, and Arlington Public Schools with sponsorship from Falls Church City Public Schools, George Mason University’s Fall for the Book and many local businesses: ZPizza, Lost Dog Café, Joe’s Place Pizza & Pasta, Writeopia Lab, and Giant Squid Books.