The Fierce Reads Spring Tour is coming to Kepler’s! Join us as we welcome three new fierce YA authors: Erin Beaty, Taran Matharu, and Kristen Orlando

Erin Beaty is the author of The Traitor's Kiss, an action packed debut that is Jane Austen with an espionage twist. Erin graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in rocket science and served in the fleet as a weapons officer and a leadership instructor. 

Taran Matharu is the author of the New York Times bestselling Summoner series (The Novice, The Inquisition, and The Battlemage), a fast-paced fantasy with echoes of Tolkien, Pullman, and Pokémon. Taran began writing The Novice at the age of 22, as part of Nanowrimo, a book that has been read over 7.5 million times on Wattpad.

Kristen Orlando is the author of You Don't Know My Name, the captivating and emotional page-turner about spies and searching for oneself in the midst of heavy expectations. Kristen has made writing her career; first as an Emmy-nominated television producer, then as a marketer, and now as a novelist.

This panel will be moderated by Elizabeth Fama, author of Monstrous Beauty and Plus One and Christy Hayes, blogger at Tales of the Ravenous Reader.