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This author appeared at the 2009 festival. Please view the list of authors appearing at this year's festival or see our suggestions for similar authors below.
 Libba Bray
In Going Bovine, Cameron Smith is a typical, apathetic 16-year-old who works for the local Buddah burger and obsesses over a shrill, ukulele playing Portugese singer he first hears in an independent music store. Unexpectedly, he falls deathly ill with Creutzfeldt-Jakob BSE, more commonly known as mad cow disease, and soon notices that an angel with spiky pink hair and a penchant for punk-rock attire has begun to follow him around. While Cameron is in a hazy state in a hospital bed, the angel informs him that not only is he capable of finding a cure for his disease, but that it's also up to him to save the world. The author of the New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle Trilogy spins the story of a wild and unlikely road trip as Cameron teams up with a hypochondriac dwarf and a fiery yard gnome to find a professor with all of the answers who happens to be lost in a wormhole. The trio faces off against a smoothie-addicted cult called the Church of Everlasting Satisfaction and the Snack-'N'-Bowl, the sinister United Snow Globe Wholesalers, and the merciless Wizard of Reckoning, among many others. Booklist calls Going Bovine "an unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure" and Publishers Weekly recommends the book to "fans of Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy seeking more inspired lunacy." In the midst of the hilarity and the chaos, Cameron remains relatable in his quest for meaning and salvation and, by the end of the ride, he's stumbled upon the simple joy of truly living. Bray graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in playwriting before relocating to New York City, where she lives and blogs today.
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