When the Monsters Are Real: Shining a Light on Horror and Dystopia as Tools for Navigating an Increasingly Fraught World

Name: When the Monsters Are Real: Shining a Light on Horror and Dystopia as Tools for Navigating an Increasingly Fraught World
Start: 2026-11-21T08:15
End: 2026-11-21T09:30
Location: Pennsylvania Convention Center

2026 NCTE Annual Convention · 21 November 2026 · 08:15–09:30 · 119-B (100 Level)

When the Monsters Are Real: Shining a Light on Horror and Dystopia as Tools for Navigating an Increasingly Fraught World was a session at 2026 NCTE Annual Convention on 21 November 2026 in Philadelphia, with 7 speakers on record.

Speakers

K. Ancrum — Speaker HarperCollins Children’s Books
Travis Crowder — Speaker School Challenger Early College High School
Jennifer LaGarde — Speaker Library Girl/Rutgers University
Greg Howard — Speaker Nancy Paulsen Books / Penguin Random House
Lamar Giles — Speaker Scholastic
Ellen Oh — Speaker Random House Children’s Books
Kelly McWilliams — Speaker Little, Brown Books for Young Readers