Opening Keynote: LIBBA BRAY

Libba Bray (Super Vixen and Super Author) takes the stage. Within 5 seconds, NO joke, has people cracking up.

Oh, yes...there's the Super Vixen. She strikes poses for the BIG screen.

Libba: "So, know anyone who's won an award lately?"

Yes, Libba--just days ago--won the Printz Award for GOING BOVINE, and yes, she has that Printz glow.

Libba told Lin Oliver she wanted to talk about punctuation.

"I love the smell of semicolons in the morning."

On writing: "There are few other jobs in which you are so exposed..."

--POSTED BY JOLIE STEKLY