Adrienne Kress
Actor / Author
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Biography:
Adrienne Kress is a Toronto born actor and author who loves to play make-believe. She also loves hot chocolate. And cheese. Not necessarily together.
She is the author of two children's novels: Alex and the Ironic Gentleman and Timothy and the Dragon's Gate (Scholastic) and is a theatre graduate of the University of Toronto and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in the UK. Published around the world, Alex was featured in the New York Post as a "Post Potter Pick," as well as on the CBS early show. It won the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award in the UK and was nominated for the Red Cedar. The sequel, Timothy, was nominated for the Audie, Red Cedar and Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards, and was recently optioned for film. She's also contributed to two anthologies in 2011: Corsets & Clockwork (YA Steampunk Romance short story anthology, Running Press Kids), and The Girl Who Was On Fire (an essay anthology analyzing the Hunger Games series - Smart Pop).
Her debut YA, The Friday Society (Dial), comes out in the fall of 2012.
She is also one of the founding members of the geektastic website hardcorenerdity.com
Convention Guest Appearances
- Astronomicon 2022 - November 4-6, 2022 in West Henrietta, NY, USA
Astronomicon 2021 - October 29-31, 2021 in West Henrietta, NY, USAConvention CancelledAstronomicon 2020 - October 29-31, 2020 in West Henrietta, NY, USAConvention Cancelled- Anime North 2012 - May 25-27, 2012 in Toronto, ON, Canada