Breakfast Keynote – Dave Barry, "I Don't Want to Grow Up"

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Thursday, June 23, 2016 7:45 AM to 8:45 AM EDT

Critically acclaimed, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Barry shares how he got started writing juvenile humor for grownups, then—thanks to his involvement in a rock band of really good authors playing really bad music—found himself writing books about Peter Pan.  Dave will also discuss why he loves writing for younger readers, who are the best readers there are, and share some of his experiences talking to them in schools and bookstores, which have been mostly wonderful, although there was one alarming experience involving a really big snake….

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