Ryan La Sala & Jo Schulte: In the Dark Monsters Await
Sat, Oct 04
|Decatur Library, Young Adult Stage
Step into the shadows with three masters of modern YA horror. Ryan La Sala and Jo Schulte discuss how they bring suspense, scares, and supernatural twists to the page.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
Decatur Library, Young Adult Stage, 215 Sycamore St, Decatur, GA 30030, USA
About
An amusement park shrouded in dark secrets. A teen fighting to survive a deadly summer in a queer resort town.
Bestselling, award-winning writers Ryan La Sala and Jo Schulte discuss how they create chilling tales that thrill, unsettle, and linger long after lights out. Following the panel, authors will proceed to signing tables to autograph books.
Purchase your book from Brave + Kind using this link, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the festival.
About the Moderator
Trang Thanh Tran writes speculative stories with big emotions. They grew up in a big family in Philadelphia, then abandoned degrees in sociology and public health to tell stories in Georgia. When not writing, they can be found over-caffeinating on iced coffee and watching zombie movies. Their debut novel She Is a Haunting was an instant New York Times and Indie bestseller, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist, and a Bram Stoker Award winner. Connect with them on Twitter @nvtran or their website www.trangthanhtran.com.