Every year, teens and tweens get the opportunity to interview authors at the Tucson Festival of Books. 2023 was the 14th year for the Festival of Books and the Teen & Tween Audio Interviews go just as far back. The interviews give the youth a chance to interview an author after reading one of their books.
The Tucson Festival of Books had an amazing list of authors this year, and Pima County youth interviewed seven of these amazing authors on the University of Arizona campus.
Adam Rex
Teen members of Woods Memorial Library's Health Action Team read Digestion!: The Musical before interviewing Rex.
E. Lockhart
The Dusenberry-River Library's Teen Advisory Board read Family of Liars before interviewing Lockhart.
Sunya Mara
The Nanini Library's Teen Advisory Board read The Darkening before interviewing Mara.
Daniel Nayeri
Students from Tanque Verde High School will Everything Sad is Untrue before interviewing Nayeri.
Brittney Morris
Students from Amphitheater High School will The Jump before interviewing Morris.
Melissa de la Cruz
Students from Sabino High School read The Headmaster's List before interviewing De la Cruz.
Claire McFall
Students from Sahuaro High School read Trespassers before interviewing McFall.
All of the 2023 interviews are also posted on the Library's YouTube channel.
Want to hear more?
Listen to past Teen-Author interviews on our YouTube channel and SoundCloud page. We'll see you at the Festival in 2024!
