Cory Doctorow is an activist, teacher, public speaker, and technology expert. A New York Times bestselling author, he is also co-editor of BoingBoing.net, one of the most popular blogs in the world and recipient of more than three million unique visitors per month, and a columnist for publications ranging from Information Week to The Guardian to Publishers Weekly.
In this podcast episode, we catch up with Doctorow on book tour for his latest novel, For the Win, a young adult book about video-games, labor politics and economics. He will be at BEA 2010, speaking at the Children’s Book & Author Breakfast, on May 26 at 8:00 AM. He will be joined on the panel by Richard Peck, author of Three Quarters Dead; and Mitali Perkins, author of Bamboo People. Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and author of Helping Hand Books: Emily’s First Day at School will be the Master of Ceremonies.
http://bookexpocast.com/2010/05/17/2010-childrens-book-and-author-breakfast-to-feature-doctorow/