YA Panel - Love for the Ages: Queer Love

Room: Quiet Reading Room, 1st Floor | 2:30 PM- 3:15 PM

After the presentation, attendees are welcome to purchase a book and/or get their book signed in the Children's booking signing area.

Pre-registration is extremely helpful for planning purposes, but is not required. Pre-registered attendees will get priority seating in the event of limited seating. Walk-ins are welcome if capacity allows.

Description

Romance, queer love, and magical journeys… What could be better? Join these three fantastic young adult authors whose works shine a beautiful light on queer love in all its forms.

Biography

F.T. Lukens is a NYT bestselling author of YA speculative fiction including the novels Otherworldly, Spell Bound, So This Is Ever After, In Deeper Waters and the forthcoming Love at Second Sight. F.T. resides in North Carolina with their spouse, three kids, three dogs, and three cats.

Edward Underhill grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, where he could not walk to anything, so he had to make up his own adventures. He currently resides in California with his partner and a talkative black cat. His adult fiction debut, The In-Between Bookstore, was named a LibraryReads Top Ten pick and received a starred review from Booklist. He is also the author of books for young adults.

Keith Miller Jr. is the Lambda Award nominated author of the HarperCollins PRITTY novel series (Pritty, 2023; Togetha, 2025) and is an executive producer of Pritty: The Animation. Keith has an MS in educational psychology, focused on healing literacies and an MFA in creative writing from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.