Day of appearance – Sunday 1st November
Wren James (they/them) is the Carnegie-longlisted British author of many Young Adult novels as “Lauren James”, including Last Seen Online, Green Rising and The Next Together. They are a RLF Royal Fellow and the story consultant on Netflix’s Heartstopper (Seasons 2 and 3). They like writing stories where queer characters get to be messy and toxic, and exploring “bad representation”.
Wren is the founder of the Climate Fiction Writers League and works as a consultant on climate storytelling for museums, production companies, major brands and publishers, with a focus on optimism and hope.
Wren was born in 1992, and has a Masters degree from the University of Nottingham, where they studied Chemistry and Physics. They run a Queer Writers group in Coventry. Follow them on Instagram at @wrenjameswriter.
Panel Information – Sequential art, sensational stories
There is more than one way to tell a story, and our creative guests have chosen to use graphic novels as their medium. We look at how art adds to the written word to enhance the reader experience and discuss how prose is not the only way to get your message across.
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