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Welcome the to the 2021 PSLA Conference!
April 15-17 2021| Now VIRTUAL! | Powered by Whova

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Keynote Speaker- Marc Tyler Nobleman

Keynote Author- Erin Entrada Kelly

Marc Tyler Nobleman is the author of books including Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman (which changed history, inspiring the unprecedented feature documentary Batman & Bill and a TED Talk), Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman (ALA Notable/made the front page of USA Today), Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot's World War II Story (Orbis Pictus Honor), The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra, Fairy Spell: How Two Girls Convinced the World That Fairies Are Real, and Brave Like My Brother. Marc has been invited to speak at schools from Thailand to Tanzania. He blogs about adventures in publishing at Noblemania. Twitter: @MarcTNobleman. Instagram: @MTNobleman.

Author Marc Tyler Nobleman's story is a first in children's literature and has inspired kids and adults worldwide.

Erin Entrada Kelly received the 2018 Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe, the 2017 APALA Award for The Land of Forgotten Girls, and the 2016 Golden Kite Honor Award for Blackbird Fly, among other honors.
She is a New York Times bestseller whose work has been translated into several languages. Her fifth book and first fantasy, Lalani of the Distant Sea, received six starred reviews and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, The Horn Book, Booklist, BookPage, and others.
All Erin’s books are Junior Library Guild Selections.
In 2018, Hello, Universe and You Go First were both acquired for adaptation. Hello, Universe is being adapted by Netflix, and You Go First is being adapted for the stage.
Her sixth book, We Dream of Space, is her first work of historical fiction. It’s set in January 1986, in the weeks leading to the Challenger disaster.
Erin has a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies and liberal arts from McNeese State University and an MFA from Rosemont College. She lives in Delaware.
Erin is mestiza and identifies as Filipina-American. Her mother is Visayan.