Barricades 2024 is pleased to announce Christina Soontornvat as one of our Guests of Honour for this year’s convention.
Soontornvat is an award-winning author, engineer, and STEM educator. Her many works for children include picture books, chapter books, and the bestselling graphic novel, The Tryout. She is a three-time Newbery Honor recipient, most recently for The Last Mapmaker, which was also named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times. Her novel, A Wish in the Dark, is a twist on Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world that explores the difference between law and justice.
Details on Soontornvat’s session are still being finalized.