YALLFest

YALLFest, which was co-founded in 2011 by Jonathan Sanchez of Blue Bicycle Books, along with authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, is a two-day festival that is open to the public and sponsored by Blue Bicycle Books, the YA and youth publishing community, the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, and a host of local businesses. Author Melissa de la Cruz joined as Director of Development in 2012; authors Veronica Roth and Brendan Reichs now co-chair the festival. YALLFest has become the largest young adult book festival in the South.
In 2015, Stohl and de la Cruz co-founded a sister festival, YALLWEST, that occurs every spring in Santa Monica, California. 
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2011.
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
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2012.
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
YALLFest 2012 Keynote Conversation: Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
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2013.
YALLFest 2013 brought together forty-eight top young adult, middle grade and crossover writers (including 25 New York Times Bestsellers) from all over the country.
Festival Director: Jonathan Sanchez
Programming Directors: Margaret Stohl (YA), Melissa de la Cruz (Crossover), Pseudonymous Bosch (Middle Grade)
YALLFest 2013 Keynote Conversation: Veronica Roth and Rae Carson (Presented by Epic Reads & HarperTeen)
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2014.
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