#SCBWIATX16 Book List: 25 Books to Make You a Better Writer
Artwork by Misha Blaise
Just wrapped up day one of the two-day 2016 Austin SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) Writers and Illustrators Working Conference, and wow. There is so much for me to take in. I can't even try to summarize it tonight. Plus, we're not done yet!
So for now, a quick list of all the books that were recommended/referenced in the panels, breakouts and keynotes I heard today:
About Writing by Samuel Delaney
Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer
Odyssey by Homer
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
Hippos Go Berserk by Sandra Boynton
Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Locke & Key by Joe Hill
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The Disappearances by Emily Baine Murphy
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
Wish Girl by Nikki Loftin
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Finding Paris by Joy Preble
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
The Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall
Dear Genius by Ursula Nordstrom
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. by John Donovan
And for a list of today's speakers, see here.
