J﻿oin teenage sci-fi/dystopian authors Shanti Hershenson, Ruhi Parikh, Samhita Koltur, and Bin Userkaf for a virtual discussion about their novels, writing, publishing, and more!

In an event moderated by BookTuber and published author Bin Userkaf, teen authors Shanti Hershenson, Ruhi Parikh, and Samhita Koltur will be discussing their books, writing, publishing, and so much more in an exciting panel and Q+A event.

General admission is FREE, and VIP tickets--which include signed books by all four authors, prioritized questions during the Q+A portion, and more--cost $50.

Shanti Hershenson is your average fourteen-year-old in every way other than the myriad of books she has penned. On most days, you can find her in her room writing her next novel, likely cuddled up with her cats. When she isn’t writing, she is fangirling over whatever book she is currently reading, or freaking out over the latest enemies-to-lovers ship that everyone is obsessed with.

She lives in Southern California with her sister, three cats, and parents. She has amassed nearly 40,000 followers on TikTok, and is a freshman in high school.

Bin Userkaf is a guy who loves God, to read, write, game, edit and direct movies and videos.

Positivity is the name of his game! A Detroit native, Bin has been writing his entire life and as of right now, has written two full books and is working on publishing the second book in the Itchikan Trilogy. He has been running a Booktube channel since 2015, which is about two years after he began writing Itchikan. If you have any questions he would be glad to answer them!

Ruhi Parikh is an eighteen-year-old Indian-American author and studies at Virginia Tech as a double major in Creative Writing and Communications. She hopes to write "forever and forever and forever" (as stated by her) and as cheesy as it sounds, it is very true. Writing is her passion, and she never wants to let go of it.

Samhita Koltur is a 13-year-old author and has been writing ever since she could hold a pen in her hand! Little scribbles turned into words and words soon turned into short stories and into novels. She has always enjoyed writing and has won a few titles for some of her works. Aside from writing, she enjoys martial arts, singing, playing the piano, swimming, and debating.

In the future, Samhita hopes to start up a company and go into politics as well as publish books to share her ideas with others. She lives in NJ with her parents and little sister.

Teen Author Virtual Book Signing - Shanti Hershenson, Ruhi Parikh, and Samhita Koltur (moderated by Bin Userkaf)