Ya’ll Fest

Isabel Ibañez

Where the Library Hides
What the River Knows
Together We Burn

Isabel Ibañez is a USA Today, Indie, Sunday Times, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of whimsical historical fantasies for teens and adults. She has written many highly acclaimed novels, including Woven in Moonlight, which is listed among Time Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time and was a finalist for the William C. Morris award as well as the bestselling Secrets of the Nile duology, Together We Burn, and Written in Starlight. She is the proud daughter of Bolivian immigrants and has a profound appreciation for history, traveling, and writing stories where her characters are often running for their lives. She currently lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina with her family, their adorable golden doodle, and an overwhelming amount of books.

  • Friday, November 15
  • Fierce Friday Signing Event
    2:30 PM, John L. Dart Library
  • Saturday, November 16
  • Historical Epics and Epic Historicals
    11:00 AM, American Theater — Ballroom
  • SIGNING — Isabel Ibañez
    1:00 PM, Big Book Tent
  • The End, for the Last Time, Probably
    3:00 PM, Charleston Music Hall
2024

2024 Authors


Freya Finch

Rise

Kim Johnson

The Color of a Lie
Invisible Son
This Is My America

Kelly Andrew

Your Blood, My Bones
The Whispering Dark
I Am Made of Death

Tracy Wolff

Sweet Nightmare
Crave
Crush

Mai Corland / Meredith Ireland

Five Broken Blades
Emma and the Love Spell
Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

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Faith Schaffer

The Worst Ronin

Leah Johnson

Black Girl Power
Ellie Engle Saves Herself
Bree Boyd is a Legend

Hayley Dennings

This Ravenous Fate

Laurie Devore

The Villain Edit
Winner Take All
How to Break a Boy

Ravynn K. Stringfield

Love Requires Chocolate
Love in 280 Characters or Less

Karen Strong

The Secret Dead Club
Eden’s Everdark
Cool. Awkward. Black.

Brian Selznick

Big Tree
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Run Away With Me

June Hur

A Crane Among Wolves
The Red Palace
The Forest of Stolen Girls

H. J. Nelson

The Last Creation
The Last City
The Last She

Trinity Nguyen

A Banh Mi for Two

Amber McBride

Onyx & Beyond
Gone Wolf
We Are All So Good At Smiling

Robbie Couch

Another First Chance
If I See You Again Tomorrow
Blaine for the Win

Lauren Roberts

Reckless
Powerful
Powerless

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K. A. Cobell

Looking for Smoke

Tirzah Price

In Want of a Suspect
Pride and Premeditation
Sense and Second-Degree Murder

Jarrett J Krosoczka

Sunshine
Hey, Kiddo
Lunch Lady

Kalela Williams

Tangleroot

Sajni Patel

A Drop of Venom
Sleepless in Dubai
My Sister’s Big Fat Indian Wedding

Kayla Cottingham

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches
This Delicious Death
My Dearest Darkest

Kathleen Glasgow

The Glass Girl
Girl in Pieces
You’d Be Home Now

Alexis Castellanos

Guava and Grudges
Isla to Island

Sara Raasch

The Fate of Magic
Night of the Witch
A Sword in Slumber

Katie Zhao

Zodiac Rising
Winnie Zeng Unleashes a Legend
Winnie Zeng Vanquishes a King

Jill Tew

The Dividing Sky

Emily Varga

For She is Wrath

Crystal Seitz

Inheritance of Scars

Sarah Henning

The Lies We Conjure
The Princess Will Save You
The Queen Will Betray You

V. E. Schwab

The Fragile Threads of Power
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Gallant

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Amber Clement

Fortune’s Kiss

Rebecca Ross

Ruthless Vows
Divine Rivals
A River Enchanted

Maureen Johnson

Death at Morning House
Nine Liars
Truly Devious

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

The Worst Ronin
The Siren, The Song and the Spy
Squad

Laura Taylor Namey

With Love, Echo Park
A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Joelle Wellington

The Blonde Dies First
Their Vicious Games

Jen Ferguson

A Constellation of Minor Bears
Those Pink Mountain Nights
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

Isabel Ibañez

Where the Library Hides
What the River Knows
Together We Burn

Eliot Schrefer

The Brightness Between Us
The Darkness Outside Us
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)

Abigail Hing Wen

Kisses, Codes and Conspiracies
Loveboat, Taipei
Loveboat Forever

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Ryan North

Danger and Other Unknown Risks
Fantastic Four Vol. 4: Fortune Favors the Fantastic
How To Take Over The World

Alex Aster

Skyshade
Nightbane
Lightlark

Jarrod Shusterman

Retro
Gleanings

Sofía Lapuente

Retro
Gleanings

S. K. Ali

Love from Mecca to Medina
Love from A to Z
Misfit in Love

Tracy Deonn

Oathbound
Bloodmarked
Legendborn

Sarah Mlynowski

Best Wishes: Like a Boss
A Dragon for Hanukkah
Fairest of All

Namina Forna

The Eternal Ones
The Merciless Ones
The Gilded Ones

Jason June

Flopping in a Winter Wonderland
The Magic You Make
The Spells We Cast

Stuart Gibbs

Once Upon a Tim
Spy School Goes Wild
The Spy School Entrance Exam

Julian Winters

Prince of the Palisades
As You Walk On By
Right Where I Left You

Amélie Wen Zhao

Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom

Jordan Ifueko

The Maid and the Crocodile
Redemptor
Raybearer

Adam Silvera

The First to Die at the End
They Both Die at the End
Infinity Son

Kwame Mbalia

Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
On Again, Awkward Again

Beth Revis

The Fate of Magic
Night of the Witch
Full Speed to a Crash Landing

E. Lockhart

Family of Liars
We Were Liars
Genuine Fraud

Stephanie Garber

Spectacular
Once Upon A Broken Heart
Caraval

Scott Westerfeld

Uglies
Impostors
Youngbloods

Sabaa Tahir

Heir
All My Rage
An Ember in the Ashes

Margaret Stohl

Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel
A Secret Princess
Beautiful Creatures

Veronica Roth

When Among Crows
Divergent
Chosen Ones

Brendan Reichs

Clark & Lex
The Darkdeep
Nemesis

Danielle Paige

Wish of the Wicked
Dorothy Must Die
The Ravens

Katharine McGee

A Queen’s Game
American Royals
American Royals II: Majesty

David Levithan

Wide Awake Now
Ryan and Avery
Two Boys Kissing

Ryan Graudin

The Enchanted Lies of Céleste Artois
The Girl Who Kept the Castle
Wolf By Wolf

Melissa de la Cruz

Beyond the Isle of the Lost
The Five Stages of Courting Dalisay Ramos
The Encanto’s Daughter

Ally Condie

The Only Girl in Town
The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
Matched

Soman Chainani

Fall of the School for Good & Evil
School for Good & Evil
Beasts & Beauty

Alexandra Bracken

The Mirror of Beasts
Silver in the Bone
Lore

Kendare Blake

Warrior of Legend
Champion of Fate
Anna Dressed in Blood

Victoria Aveyard

Fate Breaker
Realm Breaker
Red Queen

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