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Jesse Byrd

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Jesse Byrd is an international award-winning children's book author. After working at Google in Silicon Valley and later EY in Dubai as Director of Communications for Middle East and North Africa, Byrd turned his energy toward his deepest love: making stories for youth and families with a focus on supporting artists worldwide creating #own voices material. He's written six children's books and helped produce over 40 others as an editor, art director, and publishing consultant.

Schedule

10:30 am to 11:30 am
A.Z. Young Park, Author Tent D
Beyond Words: Middle Grade Graphic Novels
Jesse Byrd, Dream Warriors: A New World
Johnnie Christmas, Gamerville
Allan Wolf, The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur: A Graphic Novel Based on a True Story
(ages 8 to 14)

11:45 am to 12:30 pm 
Cavalier House Books Tent
Book Signing

Dream Warriors: A New World

An exciting launch to a new graphic novel franchise that combines action, adventure, multi-cultural dream mythology, and of course humor. For readers, this is what dreams are made of!

Dream Warriors are magical beings who battle "nap to night" to keep sleeping people safe from bad dreams. Each Dream Warrior is assigned a person to protect with whom they share a special connection. Their fight is honorable. They're the reason humanity can continue to dream.

Now all of that is at risk. The Bad Dreams have teamed up to conduct a multi-layer plan to convert all dreams into nightmares and permanently scar humanity. It's up to the Dream Warriors, including newbie 12-year-old, Khi, to defeat them.

But Khi misses his old life and is still just trying to figure out his new normal: living in the dream realm and being...well...a super hero. Will he muster up the courage to embrace his new life? Will he be able keep his slumbering sister safe while she sleeps at night? And will he and the other Dream Warriors be able to protect the earthly realm from the Bad Dreams for good?