Right In The Feels: YA Books With Deep Feelings Author Panel

Portkey Books presents Right In The Feels: YA Books With Deep Feelings, Featuring Authors Eliot Schrefer, Maria Ingrande Mora, and Amanda DeWitt
Sunday, February 16th, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Safety Harbor Art and Music Center*
706 2nd St. N Safety Harbor, FL 34695

We're excited to welcome these authors back to Safety Harbor! This is the first time these three authors will all be on the same panel together! They don't shy away from exploring deep feelings in their YA novels, and we look forward to their conversation. They will be available to sign books after the event.

*Order your books through Portkey Books! Pick up in store either at Portkey Books prior to the event at 404 Main Street, Safety Harbor, or from our event table at the Safety Harbor Art & Music Center at the event on 2/16/2025!* https://shop.portkeybooks.com/rightinthefeels
(This is a free event, but your book purchase supports our bookstore and more events like this!)
Portkey Books is happy to be partnering with the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center and the Safety Harbor Public Library to host these authors in Safety Harbor. Read more about these authors and a brief description of their books below. (More book info can be found on our event page https://shop.portkeybooks.com/rightinthefeels)

ELIOT SCHREFER
Eliot Schrefer is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for kids and teens, including The Darkness Outside Us and its new sequel, The Brightness Between Us, as well as Charming Young Man, Endangered, and Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. His books have twice been named finalists for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature and have garnered a Printz Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and the Green Earth Book Award. He is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA programs at Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University and lives with his husband in New York City.
The Brightness Between Us: In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy. This and other books by Eliot Schrefer are available through Portkey Books. Click on "Buy Books" below! (Spoiler Warning: The full book description of The Brightness Between Us contains spoilers for The Darkness Outside Us).

MARIA INGRANDE MORA
Maria Ingrande Mora (they/she) is a content strategist and brunch enthusiast. Their love languages are snacks, queer joy, and live music. A graduate of the University of Florida, Maria lives near a wetlands preserve with two cats, two children, and two billion mosquitoes. They can often be found writing at their stand-up desk, surrounded by house plants. Unless the cats have destroyed them. Their works include the YA novels The Immeasurable Depth of You, Fragile Remedy, the graphic novels Ranger Academy, and their upcoming book A Wild Flame Rises (coming Fall 2025).
Fragile Remedy: "A tender story about found family, friendship, and finding out who you are that will break your heart in all the best ways." —Linsey Miller, BELLE RÉVOLTE This and other books by Maria Ingrande Mora are available through Porktey Books. Click on "Buy Books" below!

AMANDA DEWITT
Amanda DeWitt is an author and librarian, ensuring that she spends as much time around books as possible. She also enjoys Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragon-ing, and even more writing—just not whatever it is she really should be writing. She graduated from the University of South Florida with a master’s in information and library science. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with her two dogs and a very small cat. She is the author of Aces Wild: A Heist, Wren Martin Ruins It All, and her newest novel The Underwood Tapes released on February 4th, 2025.
The Underwood Tapes: A beautifully written exploration of grief and what happens when untreated wounds bleed into future generations, The Underwood Tapes is the perfect read for anyone in need of a good, cathartic cry. This and other books by Amanda DeWitt are available through Portkey Books. Click on "Buy Books" below!

*We love partnering with the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center for events! We advise dressing comfortably as this fun and funky venue is not climate controlled. Parking is available in front of the venue, in any city brick spaces, and on the street unless prohibited. For more info on parking in Safety Harbor click here.*

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Safety Harbor Art And Music Center, 706 2nd Street North, Safety Harbor, United States