Jesse Haynes is the co-founder of Solaro Shades, a baseball sunglasses company. He likes writing fiction but also enjoys eating and having a place to live, so his fiction writing has become less frequent. His nonfiction work has been featured in Entrepreneur, MarketWatch, Forbes, and more.

Schedule

10:15 am to 11:00 am

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

Silent

Jesse Haynes with moderator Kristi Hammatt

(ages 14 and up)

11:15 am to Noon

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

State Library, Fifth Floor, Serials Area

The Ninja Games: Blue Volt

with Jesse Haynes and Lance Pekus

(ages 14 to 18) 

1:15 pm to 2:00 pm

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

Silent

Drew Telmon is living her best life. Her basketball skills have not only caught the eye of her crush, but also the head coach of her favorite college basketball program.

Then she gets sick. Overnight, a boiling fever nearly ends her life. She's lucky to have survived.

Her hearing, however, did not.

Suddenly, the girl who had everything is thrust into a world of confusion, rejection, and loss.

Drew must cope with losing everything as she learns a new language and desperately searches for a sense of normalcy and a way to fit in.

More importantly, though, she must learn she doesn't need to fit in when she can stand out in a world of silence.

The Ninja Games: Blue Volt

Greyson McEntire is in trouble.

After helping the N.I.N.J.A.’s escape a nearly perilous encounter with a dark force, he’s just lucky to be alive.

But nobody’s safe. Instead, the enemy is growing more powerful every day.

Greyson and his allies must ramp up training if they want a chance to prevail, but with danger, twists and betrayal around every corner, it’s clear that nothing will come easy.

Only the strongest N.I.N.J.A.’s will survive.