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Ep 83 - Literally Texas Book Festival 2025!!
Boundless Imagination: Worldbuilding in YA Fantasy and Sci-Fi
How do authors create immersive fictional worlds? What do they have to consider when writing an alternate version of our world or a new world altogether? Sit down with lauded YA authors Tracy Deonn and Adam Silvera for a conversation all about worldbuilding inspired by the intricate worlds they crafted in their current series. Speculate about alternate realities and the use of fantasy to explore real-world concepts of grief, power, love, and self-reflection in this session for readers and writers alike.
- Books:The Survivor Wants to Die at the End, Oathbound
- Book Type:Fiction
- Authors:Adam Silvera, Tracy Deonn
- Moderator:Magda Gardilcic
About the Authors:
Adam Silvera is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of They Both Die at the End, The First to Die at the End, The Survivor Wants to Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, and the Infinity Cycle (Infinity Son, Infinity Reaper, and Infinity Kings) and coauthor of What If It’s Us and Here’s to Us. He is tall for no reason.
Tracy Deonn is the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Legendborn Cycle. After earning her master’s degree in communication and performance studies, Tracy worked in live theater, video game production, and K–12 education. When she’s not writing, Tracy reads comics and fanfic, dreams up new magic systems, and keeps an eye out for ginger-flavored everything.
