This event will be the fun, add-on wrap-up starting immediately after the Literacy Essentials Conference. We will have a report of research about the effectiveness of author visits, wise words from 6 authors (Megan Dowd Lambert, David Hyde Costello, Susan Tan, Susan Bartoletti, Tony Abbott, and Pegi Dietz Shea, plus a special keynote by Jordan Sonnenblick, and meeting/talking to/mingling with all of the authors and attendees!