J. Elle

Biography

J. Elle is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of multiple books. Her debut duology, Wings of Ebony, dubbed “an incredible debut” by NPR was a 2022 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Work for Youth and Teens and a First Novelist American Library Association Honor Book. Her international bestselling series, House of Marionne, translated into sixteen languages across five continents, explores oppressive systems of power through a romantic fantastical lens.

Sessions

1. When the Heart Becomes the Empire's Sharpest Blade

   Tue, Nov 3, 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM CT

   Track Future of Work

   Fantasy author J. Elle on building a dystopian world where the heart is the empire's sharpest blade, and what it takes to turn imagination into a career.

2. Heroes Among Us

   Tue, Nov 3, 1:45 PM – 2:15 PM CT

   Track Entrepreneurship

   Two fantasy authors on imagination, Black representation, and claiming space in genres where we haven't always been centered.