Novelist Melissa Walker sent some pictures she took with her BlackBerry at Sunday’s Brooklyn Book Festival, focusing on some of the events that spotlighted YA literature. At one panel, Cheetah Girls creator Deborah Gregory and Gossip Girl creator Cecily von Ziegesar revealed how television adaptations distorted their original characterizations; “Cecily feels particularly sad about the portrayal of strong Vanessa on the show as a bit meek,” Walker noted. That panel was moderated by Dream Girl author Lauren Mechling.
Then there was the panel on “teen identity” with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Sarah Mlynowski, and David Levithan—we’ve been seeing the poster for the film based on the novel he co-wrote, Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist, and it looks like it could be pretty fun!