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Join us on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in welcoming acclaimed young adult authors Tiffany D. Jackson and Jeff Zentner to the Big Sky State. The Bozeman Teen Book Fest is a day devoted to teen readers (or teens at heart!). Come hear presentations by our visiting authors, have a chance to ask them questions and even get your books signed! All presentations are roughly an hour and are free and open to the public.
Classes or school groups interested in attending need to RSVP to Kate Holloway, Teen Services Librarian by May 18.
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Gallatin High School: 10:20 AM
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Bozeman High School: 12:55 PM
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Bozeman Public Library: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Meet our authors!
Tiffany D. Jackson
Tiffany is the NYT Bestselling, award winning author of YA novels Monday’s Not Coming, Allegedly, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, Grown, White Smoke, and co-author of Blackout. A Coretta Scott King — John Steptoe New Talent Award-winner and the NAACP Image Award-nominee, she received her bachelor of arts in film from Howard University, and has over a decade in TV/Film experience. The Brooklyn native is currently residing in the borough she loves, most likely multitasking.
Jeff Zentner
Jeff is the author of two New York Times Notable Books, The Serpent King and In the Wild Light, as well as Goodbye Days and Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee. Among other honors, he has won the ALA’s William C. Morris Award, the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, the International Literacy Association Award, and the Westchester Fiction Award. He’s been nominated for the Carnegie Medal three times and longlisted for it and the UKLA; he’s a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist; and was a finalist for the Indies Choice Award. He was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. He lives in Nashville.
Tiffany and Jeff both create stories with diverse and dynamic characters who deal with everyday drama and tough choices. Their characters are trying to figure out who they are, how to navigate life's challenges, and how to honor their own voices in worlds that often try to drown them out.
The Bozeman Teen Book Fest's Creativity Challenge wants to know how you "honor your voice" through writing, art, song, or other mediums. Challenge yourself to create and share ways you, someone you admire, or a fiction character honored their voice. They can be big, bold examples or quiet and subtle (yet still important).
Entry information and details can be found on the Creativity Challenge webpage. For participants in grades 8-12; deadline for entries is Friday April 29, 2022. Prizes for top 3 entries.