The Missouri Writers Guild conference will be held in Kansas City April 29 – May 1, and it includes a track for children’s book writers. Headlining the list of kid-lit speakers:
- Author Rachel Renee Russell (The Dork Diaries)
- Author Crystal Allen (How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba Sized Trophy)
- Author Angela Cervantes (Gaby, Lost and Found)
- Author Gwendolyn Hooks — Nonfiction for Kids and Work for Hire
- Agent Adriana Dominguez (Full Circle Literary)
- Agent Reiko Davis (DeFiore and Company)
- Publisher and Editor Georgia McBride (Month9Books)
- Publisher and Editor Eileen Robinson (Move Books)