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The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has just announced that Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshall, will be the featured speaker at the Bill Morris Memorial Author luncheon at the annual Young Adult Literature Symposium, November 5 to 7, 2010, in Albuquerque, NM.
Nelson's story about Bass, a former slave who became a successful farmer and family man before accepting an appointment to serve as a federal marshal in the United States Indian Territory in 1875, is a perfect match with this year's conference title, "Diversity, Literature and Teens: Beyond Good Intentions." Register by September 10 to take advantage of early bird pricing, which begins at $195 for YALSA and New Mexico Library Association members.
