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53rd Annual Convention Program: Keynote Speakers

 

 



Jamie Lee Curtis,
Opening General Session
Monday, May 5

Jamie Lee Curtis

Gail Gibbons

 


Gail Gibbons,
Primary Literature Luncheon
Monday, May 5

 



David Baldacci, special featured speaker
Monday, May 5

David Baldacci

Photo: John Foley – Opale

Andreas Schleicher

 



Andreas Schleicher, Second General Session
Tuesday, May 6

 



Suzanne Fisher Staples, Young Adult Literature Luncheon
Tuesday, May 6

 

Suzanne Fisher Staples

Walter Dean Myers

 



Walter Dean Myers, special featured speaker
Tuesday, May 6

 



Alfred Tatum, special featured speaker
Tuesday, May 6

Photo: Alfred Tatum

Rafe Esquith

Photo: Heather Harris

 



Rafe Esquith, Third General Session
Wednesday, May 7

 



Gail Carson Levine, special featured speaker
Wednesday, May 7

Photo: Gail Carson Levine

Photo: David Levine

Photo: Christopher Paul Curtis

 



Christopher Paul Curtis, Annual Awards Banquet
Wednesday, May 7

 



Alice Walker, Fourth General Session
Thursday, May 8

Photo: Alice Walker

Photo: Sherman Alexie

Photo: Rob Casey

 



Sherman Alexie, Book and Author Luncheon
Thursday, May 8

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