Dining With the Authors: Every year at Book Expo, children and adult authors are featured during breakfast. Who would you dream of enjoying a meal with? Would it be breakfast, lunch, dinner, or simply coffee? What would your meal be? What would you discuss?
I can't remember which year it was, but one of the years that I attended BEA I went to the children's author breakfast. I paid the extra for the ticket that you got to sit at a table and get some extra books/stuff, etc. I guess I'd hoped by paying the extra I'd actually get to sit at a table WITH one of the authors, which I did not. It was totally worth it anyway though. I think. The cool authors I got to hear speak were Chris Colfer and Lois Lowry. I got a chance to meet, for a second, Chris Colfer, later on at the publisher's booth with a ticket. Unfortunately I was unable to make it to Lois Lowry's signing.
But now, let's think about what author I really want to enjoy a meal with. I'd like to think that I'd have a blast sitting and talking with Jennifer L. Armentrout. We could discuss Supernatural and all her awesome books.
After meeting Anna Todd, I think I'd also love to sit and just talk with her, fangirl about all kinds of things like Harry Potter, and boy bands, and writing, etc.
Nicole Archer is a newer author that I've loved her books Road-Tripped and Head-Tripped. I think it would be a blast to hang out with her as well.
Samantha Young would also be so much fun I think.
I've met Jay Crownover and she was so much fun in just the short amount of time I got to talk to her, that I think she would be so much fun as well!
And then, Kylie Scott, I want to talk to her about writing and her rocker book boyfriends that I love so much!
Okay, what meal would I pick? Hmm, not sure. I'm not really much of a breakfast person. Maybe it would be fun to just sit and have drinks and snacks with them? Maybe play a round of Cards Against Humanity?
I'd love to discuss all the things we love, like Supernatural with JLA. Harry Potter with probably all of them! Twilight with some of them. And then I'd like to talk about writing with them as well, as I begin to dabble in possible novel writing myself. And for those that aren't continuing certain stories, I'd like to know where they see the characters going maybe.
So, if you could have a meal with any authors, who would you choose?
