As we look ahead to spring, MRA is moving its annual conference online during the weekend of March 12 to 14, 2021. One of our featured speakers is Jarrett Lerner, a prolific author/illustrator of highly-illustrated middle grade novels.

Jarrett Lerner is the author/illustrator of EngiNerds, The Revenge of the EngiNerds, and The EngiNerds Strike Back.
He also wrote and illustrated Geeger the Robot Goes to School and Lost and Found: Geeger the Robot. A third Geeger book is due Fall 2021.
Also coming later this year, Give This Book a Title and Hunger Heroes.
Jarrett is the co-founder of MG Book Village and is co-organizer of the #KidsNeedBooks and #KidsNeedMentors projects.
He can be found at jarrettlerner.com and on Twitter and Instagram @Jarrett_Lerner
He lives in Medford, Massachusetts with his wife, daughters and a cat.
Get a quick robot drawing lesson from Jarrett.
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