Trip to Chicago for ALA

I just got back from a few days in the gorgeous city of Chicago, where I went to the American Library Association’s annual conference. For five days, thousands upon thousands of librarians and others in the book and publishing business descended on the city’s convention center to see the latest and greatest in publishing and share info and resources with other people who are passionate about books.

I went to promote the series of teen-authored memoirs I created with HCI Books, Louder Than Words which comes out in August, and I have to say that the response from librarians, especially those who work specifically with teens, was overwhelmingly fantastic. They really “got” what we’re trying to do by giving teen girls the opportunity to tell their story and share their unique perspective through the pages of a published book. Very exciting stuff!

Here are a few pictures from the trip: