Watch the 2019 National Book Awards Teen Press Conference

The National Book Awards Teen Press Conference brings the excitement of the most prestigious literary award in the country to New York City’s middle and high school students. Held during National Book Awards week, Teen Press Conference invites school groups to attend a free literary event that is curated just for them.

HOSTED BY:  Angie Thomas

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still lives in Jackson, Mississippi. A former teen rapper, she holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University. Her award-winning, acclaimed debut novel, The Hate U Give, is a #1 New York Times bestseller and major motion picture from Fox 2000, starring Amandla Stenberg and directed by George Tillman, Jr. Her second novel, On the Come Up, is on sale now.

FEATURING:

FINALISTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE:

• Akwaeke Emezi, Pet
  Make Me a World / Penguin Random House
• Jason Reynolds, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
  Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books / Simon & Schuster
• Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
  Kokila / Penguin Random House
• Laura Ruby, Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
  Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins Publishers
• Martin W. Sandler, 1919 The Year That Changed America
  Bloomsbury Children’s Books / Bloomsbury Publishing