Where I’ll Be
July 10 4pm RJ Julia Booksellers, Madison, Connecticut. Reading, signing.
July 11-13 ReaderCon, Boston, MA.
July 18 Iowa City Book Festival, signing at Iowa Book
July 25, Iowa City Public Library. 2pm. Presentation, signing, swordfighting and explosions!!
Where I've Been
May 2, Iowa Book Festival, Adel, Iowa. Book talk, signing.
May 3, Iowa City Public Library fundraiser/auction. A pizza party with me is on the auction block!
May 14, Prairie Lights, Iowa City. 7 pm. Co-signing with local author Dori Hillestad Butler celebrating release of the second books in our serieses.
May 30, Barnes & Noble, Coralville, Iowa, 2pm. Signing, book chat.
I was the speaker and presenter at the Iowa Center for the Book Letters About Literature Award Ceremony on Friday, April 24 from 1:30 to 3:30. State Library in Des Moines.
The Iowa-Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators meeting was April 24-26 in Bettendorf, Iowa. I presented and offered critiques.
On March 20th I did a school visit at the terrific Montford Middle School in Tallahassee, Florida. They made locus magicalicus punch!
During March I toured in the UK for my publisher there, Quercus. I enjoyed some terrific visits with kid readers, particularly at Grayshott School and the Amesbury School, and at the Victoria Park bookstore in London.
I gave a book presentation and do a signing at the Waukee Public Library (near Des Moines, Iowa) on December 1 at 7pm.
And a signing at the Cedar Rapids Barnes and Noble on Saturday, December 6 from 11am to 2pm.
Thurs, Nov 6 4pm at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC. Mon, Nov 10 time TBA at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh.
November 3rd-- Quail Ridge Bookstore, Raleigh, NC
November 6th-- Park Road Books, Charlotte NC
In Des Moines:
Book Signing:
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Barnes & Noble
4550 University Ave.
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Author Programs
Monday, October 27 at 10:30AM and 6:30PM
Central Library
1000 Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA 50309
In late Sept/October, HarperCollins sent me on tour in the U.S.
In October I met readers at the Des Moines Public Library for their Teen Reads week. Woo hoo!
October 2nd - Books, Bytes & Beyond (Glen Rock, NJ)
October 6 - 7th - Anderson's Bookshop (IL)
October 8th - The Book Stall (IL)
October 13th - Barnes & Noble educator night (Coralville, Iowa)
October 15th - Barnes & Noble educator night (Columbus, OH)
October 16th - Books & Co (Dayton, OH)
From September 16-24 I was in England on a promotional tour for The Magic Thief's UK publisher, Quercus. Lots of appearances, and a panel presentation at the Bath Children's Book Festival with Diana Wynne Jones!
On September 26th I' was at the Midwest Booksellers Association meeting in St. Paul for their Author's Lunch Moveable Feast.
On Thursday, June 26th, I was signing/reading with eight other HarperCollins authors at Books of Wonder in New York City, from 6:00-7:30.
On July 16th at 1:00 I gave an "author talk" at the Iowa City Public Library, sponsored by Prairie Lights Books. Biscuits and signing to follow the reading!
What: “Author Talk”, signing, and biscuits!
Where: Iowa City Public Library
When: Wednesday, July 16th at 1:00pm
Notes: Sponsored by the ICPL and Prairie Lights Books.
What: Mindbridge book group
Where: Cedar Rapids, IA
When: July 14th, 7:05 PM
At the end of August I was reading and signing at the Decatur Book Festival in Decatur, Georgia.
On August 23rd I appeared as part of Target's book festival in Detroit, doing a reading on their author stage.
August 29 - 30 - Decatur Book Festival (Atlanta, GA)