History of Guest Presenters
Over the years, Aroostook Right to Read has had many wonderful authors and illustrators as guest presenters at its Young Authors' Conferences.Â
2023 Kim Ridley
2022 Virtual conference - Dan Gutman, Chris Van Dusen, Amy MacDonald, Matt Tavares, Anne Sibley O'Brien, and Tamra Wight
2021 Virtual conference - Megan Frazer Blakemore, Mike Artell, Lynn Plourde, Mary Cerullo, and Josh Alves
2020 YA event was canceled
2019 Anne Sibley O'Brien
2018 Rob Buyea
2017 Cynthia Lord
2016 Josh Alves
2015 Mary Cerullo
2014 Lynn Plourde
2013 Don Fendler and Lynn Plourde
2012 Allen Sockabasin
2011 Cynthia Lord
2010 Poetry Alive! group
2009 Paul Janeckzo
2008 Lea Wait
2007 Amy MacDonald
2006 Patricia Hermes
2005 Gordon Korman
2004 Mike Artell
2003 Robert Pottle
2002 Joanna Hurowitz
2001 Eileen Levine
2000 Sherry Garland
1999 Dan Gutman
1998 Judith Gurong
1997 Will Hobbs
1996 Todd Straiser
1995 Jose Aruego
1994 James Lincoln Collier
1993 Caroline Cooney
1992 Rick and Robin "Heart of Gold Vaudeville Company"
1991 Grace Chetwin
1990 Bruce McMillan
1989 Mimi Gregoire Carpenter
1988 Peter Parnall
1987 Ouida Sebestyen
1986 Mark Pentilescu
1985 Richard Sparks
1984 Lois Lowry
1983 Eileen Rosenbaum