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Harper Collins has announced their lineup for the 2008 NCTE Conference in San Antonio.  The authors listed below will be signing copies of their newest titles as well as old favorites.  Also, be sure to stop by booth #112 in the exhibition hall to browse the latest titles from Harper Collins. 

Sharon Creech
ALAN Breakfast Speaker – Sat. Nov 22, 8:00–9:15 AM
Booth #112 Signing: Hate That Cat (sequel to Love That Dog) – Sat. Nov
22, 9:30–10:30 AM

Sid Fleischman
Author Strand: The Realities of Biography – Sun. Nov 23, 8:30–9:45 AM
Booth #112 Signing: The Trouble Begins at 8 – Sun. Nov 23, 10:00–11:00 AM

Melissa Marr
ALAN Workshop – Mon. Nov 24, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Booth #112 Signing: Ink Exchange (companion to Wicked Lovely) – Sun.
Nov 23, 9:00–10:00 AM

Virginia Euwer Wolff
ALAN Workshop – Mon. Nov 24, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Booth #112 Signing: This Full House ARCs (final novel in the Make
Lemonade Trilogy) – Sun. Nov 23, 9:00–10:00 AM

Naomi Shihab Nye
Conference on English Education Luncheon – Fri. Nov 21, 12:30–2:15 PM
AAL Roundtable Session Keynote Speaker – Sat. Nov 22, 5:45–7:00 PM
Booth #112 Signing: Honeybee – Fri. Nov 21, 2:30–3:30 PM

Ralph Fletcher
Children’s Poetry Notables Conversation – Fri. Nov 21, 9:30–10:45 AM
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Conversation – Sun. Nov
23, 1:00–3:00 PM
Booth #112 Signing: How to Write Your Life Story – Sun. Nov 23, 10:00–11:00 AM

Pat Mora
Featured Session: Our Community: Creative, Connected, Committed – Fri.
Nov 21, 9:30–10:45 AM
Booth #112 Signing: Here, Kitty, Kitty!/¡Ven, Gatita, Ven! – Fri. Nov
21, 1:00–2:00 PM

Rita Williams-Garcia
Author Strand: The Realities of Culture – Sat. Nov 22, 8:00–9:15 AM
ALAN Workshop – Tues. Nov 25, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Booth #112 Signing: Jumped galleys – Sat. Nov 22, 11:00 AM– 12:00 PM

Jane Yolen
Author Strand: The Realities of Poetry: Shifting Forms, Formats,
Content – Sat. Nov 22, 9:30–10:45 AM
Booth #112 Signing: Johnny Appleseed – Sat. Nov 22, 1:00–1:30 PM

Terry Trueman
The Right to Write: Authors on Writing Outside Their Culture Panel –
Sat. Nov 22, 8:00–9:15 AM
Booth #112 Signing: Hurricane – Sat. Nov 22, 2:00–2:30 PM

E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle
ALAN Workshop – Mon. Nov 24, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Booth #112 Signing: How to Be Bad – Sat. Nov 22, 3:00–4:00 PM

David Macinnis Gill, ALAN President
Booth #112 Signing: Soul Enchilada ARCs – Sat. Nov 22, 2:00– 2:30 PM

Jody Feldman
New Voices for a New Generation Panel – Fri. Nov 21, 11:00 AM –12:15 PM
Booth #112 Signing: The Gollywhopper Games – Fri. Nov 21, 4:00–4:30 PM

Chris Riddell
Engaging the Disengaged: Taking the “Boring” Out of Books for Boys
Panel – Fri. Nov 21, 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Booth #112 Signing: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat – Fri. Nov 21, 4:00–4:30 PM

Laura Ruby
ALAN Workshop – Mon. Nov 24, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM

Beth Kephart
ALAN Workshop – Mon. Nov 24, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM

Allan Stratton
ALAN Workshop – Tues. Nov 25, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM