Have you ever stayed up past your bedtime in order to read just one more chapter? Have you ever gotten a book hangover because you couldn’t put a story down? Ever wonder how these authors managed to accomplish these feats? Join New York Times bestselling and two-time RITA® award winning author Pintip Dunn in a workshop that explores the importance of stakes in writing a compelling story. Come prepared with your own story idea, and she’ll present multiple strategies to help you increase the stakes in your novel. Before you know it, your readers will be turning pages late into the night!

 About Pintip

A first-generation Thai American, Pintip Dunn grew up in a tiny town in Kansas. She went on to graduate from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B. in English Literature and Language, and to receive her J.D. at Yale Law School.

Pintip is a two-time RITA® award winner and a New York Times bestselling author of eight young adult novels. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been nominated for numerous awards and lists, including ALA’s Hal Clement Notable Young Adult Book List; Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of the Year; and a Junior Library Guild selection.

She's obsessed with penguins, and her childhood dream was to marry someone whose last name is “Gwynn” — so that her name could be “Pin Gwynn.” Alas, she got stuck with Dunn instead, but her husband and three children are worth the sacrifice.