Next Events:
All times Central unless noted.
Thursday, February 8, 2024
6 p.m. (Mountain time)
Launch party for The Royal Game!
The Irish Rover (54 S Broadway)
Denver, CO
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
7 p.m.
Chicago launch party for The Royal Game!
The Book Cellar (4736 N Lincoln)
Chicago, IL
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Panel: Why We Love Romance (w/ Natalie Caña & Melonie Johnson)
(Free, but registration required!)
Blue House Books (5915 6th Ave A)
Kenosha, WI
Saturday, February 17, 2024
90-Second Newbery Film Festival
Treehouse Museum
Ogden, UT
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Children’s Literature Breakfast
Bobak’s Signature Events (6440 Double Eagle Dr)
Woodridge, IL
Saturday, March 9, 2024
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
“Intriguing Plotlines, Suspenseful Journeys” (w/ Linda Joffe Hull & Tammy Greenwood, moderated by Sheryl Kornman)
Student Union Tucson Room
University of Arizona
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, AZ
Sunday, March 10, 2024
“Pages & Partners: Navigating the Writer’s Life Together” (w/ Linda Joffe Hull, Byron Lane, & Steven Rowley, moderated by Emily Walsh)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Modern Languages Room 350
University of Arizona
Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, AZ
March, 22-24, 2024
Let’s Just Write!
Chicago Writers Conference
Warwick Allerton Hotel
Chicago, IL
Friday, October 4 – Sunday, October 6, 2024
Flathead River Writers Conference
Kalispell, MT
Past Events:
Saturday, December 2, 2023
Guest bookseller
Exile in Bookville (410 S. Michigan)
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Books and Brunch (w/ Frank Sennett & Liesl Shurtliff)
The Abbington (3S002 Route 53 – Route 53 and Butterfield Rd)
Glen Ellyn, IL
Saturday, November 11, 2023
3:45-4:30pm
From Inside the House: Psychological/Domestic Thrillers (moderator; w/Sean Doolittle, Carol Dunbar, Lori Rader-Day, & Tony Wirt)
Midwest Mystery Conference
Roosevelt University (430 S. Michigan)
Chicago, IL
Friday, November 3, 2023
Avoca West School
Glenview, IL 60025
St. Benedict Preparatory School
Chicago, IL 60618
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Kipling Elementary School
Deerfield, IL
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Sunset Ridge School
Northfield, IL
Greeley School
Winnetka, IL
Friday, October 27, 2023
Wadewitz Elementary
Racine, WI
Schulte Elementary
Sturtevant, WI
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Heartland Fall Forum
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Detroit, MI
September 20, 2023
Recycle Book Club (w/ Linda Joffe Hull)
Via Zoom!
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Prairie Fox Books Lit Fest
Ottawa, IL
Saturday, September 9 & Sunday, September 10, 2023
10 a.m.
Middle-Grade Fiction: Magic, Myths, & Mysteries (w/ Zetta Elliott & Karla Arenas Valenti)
Grace Place Stage
Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago, IL
Thursday, August 31, 2023
20 Panels in One: Panelists Take a Shot at Answering As Many Panel Topics as Possible (w/ Eleanor Kuhns, Robert Lopresti, Mike McCrary, Scott Von Doviak)
Bouchercon
San Diego, CA
Monday, August 14, 2023
Private Book Club
Missoula, MT
Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 2023
Crash Course for Young Authors Writing Workshop
Treehouse Museum
Ogden, UT
Sunday, June 25
9:30 a.m.
Signing Minerva Keen’s Detective Club
Little Brown Books for Young Readers (booth 3217)
McCormick Place Convention Center
American Library Association Annual Conference
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Authors on Tap: In Conversation with T. J. Newman
Exile in Bookville
410 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL
Thursday, May 18, 2023
School visits w/ The Book Stall
Winnetka, IL
Friday, May 12, 2023
5-9 p.m.
Open studio—come visit!
Fine Arts Building Second Fridays
410 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 840
Chicago, IL
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Writing Collaboratively
SCBWI Illinois Near North Network
Virtual event
Thursday, May 4, 2023
School visits with Anderson’s Bookshop
Bartlett, St. Charles, & Batavia, IL
Saturday, April 29, 2023
1-6 p.m.
Independent Bookstore Day (I’ll be signing Minerva Keen & bartending from 4-6!)
Exile in Bookville
410 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards Symposium: Best Juvenile (w/ Michael D. Beil, Julie Buxbaum, Marthe Jocelyn, Kekla Magoon, Sam Sedgman)
Virtual Event
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Keynote
District 181 Foundation Young Writers Night
Hinsdale, IL
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Society of Midland Authors Panel on Children’s Literature (w/ Zetta Elliott, James Klise, & Natasha Tarpley)
The Cliff Dwellers (200 S Michigan Ave)
Chicago, IL
Saturday, March 11, 2023
90-Second Newbery Film Festival (w/James Kennedy)
Harold Washington Library Center (400 S State St)
Chicago, IL
Saturday, February 18, 2023
90-Second Newbery Film Festival (w/James Kennedy)
Treehouse Museum (347 22nd St)
Ogden, UT
Saturday, January 21, 2023
11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Kid Lit Fest
Highland Park Public Library
Monday, January 9, 2023
Private Book Club
Chicago, IL
Friday, November 18, 2022
Exile at the Movies: The Manchurian Candidate
Exile in Bookville (410 S Michigan Ave)
Chicago, IL
Monday, October 24, 2022
Authors on Tap (w/Grame Macrae Burnet)
Exile in Bookville (410 S Michigan Ave)
Chicago, IL
Friday, September 9, 2022
10:15-11 a.m.
“Hey There, Fellow Kids” (w/Michelle Falkoff, Kelly Garrett/Emmeline Duncan, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Alan Orloff, & Kimberly Giarratano)
Hilton Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
Friday, October 22, 2021
Prescott Valley School
Prescott Valley, AZ
Via Zoom
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Writers on Tap (w/ James Kennedy)
Exile in Bookville
Chicago, IL
In person & virtual!
Saturday, October 16 & Sunday, October 17, 2021
Flathead River Writers Conference
Kalispell, MT
Friday, October 1, 2021
Critique for the Modern World
SCBWI Illinois Panel Discussion
Via Zoom
Saturday, October 2, 2021
SCBWI Illinois Critique Circle
Via Zoom
Friday, September 17, 2021
Read-aloud Illinois Day
Invite me to virtually visit your school!
Nettelhorst School
Chicago, IL
Washington School
Des Plaines, IL
St. Francis Xavier School
Wilmette, IL
Stony Creek Elementary
Oak Lawn, IL
September 11 & 12, 2021
Printers Row Lit Fest
Chicago, IL
Friday, August 27, 2021 [CONFERENCE CANCELED]
“Writing Teams: Duos and the Processes and Challenges Involved” (w/ Linda Joffe Hull, Caroline Todd, Charles Todd, and Traci Hall)
Bouchercon
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Sudley Elementary
Manassas, VA
Colin Powell Elementary
Centreville, VA
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Mantua Elementary School
Fairfax, VA
Thursday, May 27. 2021
5 p.m.
Middle Reader Book Club
Second Star to the Right
Denver, CO
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
6 p.m.
“Voices of Literacy” Happy Hour
Literacy Chicago
Thursday, May 20, 2021
St. Simon & Jude Cathedral School
Phoenix, AZ
Eagle View Elementary
Fairfax, VA
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Prospect Elementary
Clarendon Hills, IL
Tuesday, May 11
Steeple Run Elementary
Naperville, IL
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Hospital School
New York, NY
Corpus Christi School
Oakland, CA
Monday, April 26, 2021
Half Day School
Lincolnshire, IL
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Exile in Bookville / Bookish Chicago Pop-Up Bookstore
Thursday, April 22, 2021
First Chapter Fun! (w/ Linda Joffe Hull)
(Via Facebook and Instagram)
Tuesday, April 13, 2020
Waterford School
Sandy, UT
Thursday, April 8, 2020
Peotone Intermediate Center
Peotone, IL
Friday, March 19, 2021
Grant Center for the Expressive Arts
Tacoma, WA
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Rondout School
Lake Forest, IL
Pilgrim School
Chicago, IL
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Patton School
Arlington Heights, IL
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Fairview South Elementary
Skokie, IL
Monday, March 15, 2021
Six-Sentence Story Workshop
McKenzie Elementary
Wilmette, IL
Friday, March 12, 2021
4 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
First Chapter Friday
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Private Book Club (with Linda Joffe Hull)
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Sherwood School
Highland Park, IL
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
4:30 p.m.
Winnetka-Northfield Library District
Winnetka, IL
Friday, February 19, 2021
Canyon School
Canyon, CA
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Private middle-grade book club
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Private Book Club (with Linda Joffe Hull)
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Louise White School
Batavia, IL
Saturday, January 16, 2021
“Life of a Full-Time Author” panel
Your Breakout Book Conference
Virtual conference!
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Lagunitas School
Lagunitas, CA
7 p.m. Discussing The Three Mrs. Wrights (with Linda Joffe Hull)
Frankfort Public Library
Frankfort, IL
Sunday, January 3, 2021
5:30 p.m.
The Purple Door Book Club
Wild Rumpus
Minneapolis, MN
Monday, December 21, 2020
2 p.m.
Chicago Public Library
Chicago, IL
Friday, December 18, 2020
Washington Elementary (4th Grade)
Evanston, IL
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Prairie Elementary (4th Grade)
Naperville, IL
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Prairie Elementary (5th Grade)
Naperville, IL
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Bateman Elementary
Chicago, IL
Authors in Conversation (w/ Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Marianne Malone, and Susin Nielsen, moderated by Angela Sherrill)
Exile in Bookville
(Via Facebook)
Monday, December 14, 2020
Searsport Elementary
Searsport, ME
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Romona Elementary
Wilmette, IL
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
McKenzie Elementary
Wilmette, IL
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Harper Elementary
Wilmette, IL
Monday, December 7, 2020
Central Elementary
Wilmette, IL
Friday, December 4, 2020
Cherokee Heights Middle School
Madison, WI
Monday, November 23, 2020
Gates Elementary
Aurora, IL
Friday, November 20, 2020
Redwood Heights School
Oakland, CA
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Walt Disney Magnet School
Chicago
Private Book Club (with Linda Joffe Hull)
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Walt Disney Magnet School
Chicago
Thornhill Elementary 4th Grade
Oakland, CA
Saturday, November 14, 2020
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Writing with an Accomplice (w/ Linda Joffe Hull & Chris Mooney)
Murder & Mayhem Chicago
Friday, November 13, 2020
Thornhill Elementary
Oakland, CA
Thursday, November 12, 2020
7 p.m.
Cook Park Library (413 N Milwaukee Ave)
Libertyville, IL
Monday, November 2, 2020
Creek Valley Elementary 5th Grade
Edina, MN
Friday, October 30, 2020
Creek Valley Elementary 4th Grade
Edina, MN
Thursday, October 29, 2020
United for Success Academy
Oakland, CA
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Visitation School
Mendota Heights, MN
Monday, October 26, 2020
Westbriar Elementary
Vienna, VA
Sunday, October 25, 2020
2 p.m.
Middle-Grade Fiction Panel (w/ Lindsay Currie & Kate Hannigan)
The Book Stall
Winnetka, IL
Via Crowdcast!
Friday, October 23, 2020
6 p.m. (Mountain)
Treehouse Museum
Ogden, UT
Virtual event!
Saturday, October 17, 2020
3 p.m.
Brazos Bookstore Middle-Grade Book Club
Houston, TX
Virtual event!
Friday, October 16, 2020
4 p.m. (Mountain time)
Country Bookshelf / Books in Common NW
Bozeman, MT
Via Zoom!
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy 5th Grade
Chicago, IL
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
St Mary Parish School
Hales Corners, WI
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Hawthorne Scholastic Academy 4th Grade
Chicago, IL
Saturday, October 10, 2020
11 a.m. (Pacific time)
A Great Good Place for Books
Via Zoom!
Saturday, October 3, 2020
90-Second Newbery Film Festival
Utah Screening
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The Three Mrs Wrights Book Launch!
Madison Street Books
Chicago, IL
Via Facebook!
Thursday, October 1, 2020
Nettelhorst School
Chicago, IL
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Montclair Elementary
Oakland, CA
Friday, September 25, 2020
Coonley School
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
11 a.m. (Pacific time)
Special video appearance!
Green Bean Bookstore
Portland, OR
Via Facebook!
Saturday, September 19, 2020
11 a.m.
Sidewalk signing!
Booked
506 Main St.
Evanston, IL
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Arlington Diocese Catholic Librarians’ Conference
Arlington, VA
Private event
Friday, September 11, 2020
11:30 a.m. (Mountain Time)
A Million Acres: Montana Writers Reflect on Land and Open Space (w/ Alexis Bonogofsky, Gwen Florio, Sterling HolyWhiteMountain, & Russell Rowland)
Montana Book Festival
Via YouTube!
Thursday, September 10, 2020
4:30 p.m.
In conversation with Chelsea Elward
Booked
Evanston, IL
Via Zoom!
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
3 p.m.
SCBWI Virtual Book Launch
Via YouTube!
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
In conversation with Sara Mantia & Nancy Boeckstiegel
Children’s Plus
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
4 p.m.
TOHP Burnham Public Library
Essex, MA
Via Zoom!
June 10, 2020
University of Chicago Lab School
Chicago, IL
Via Zoom!
May 15, 2020
Brown Brothers Books Author Zoom (w/ Polly Farquhar, Sarah Kapit, Jessica Kim, & Lauren Wolk)
4 p.m.
On YouTube!
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Mad Street Mixers (w/ Mary Winn Heider, Mary Mollman, & Clare Vanderpool)
7 p.m.
On Facebook!
Monday, April 27, 2020
Ras Tanura Middle School
Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Via Zoom!
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Mad Street Mixers: Mystery Edition (w/ Susanna Calkins, Erica Neubauer, & Lori Rader-Day)
7 p.m.
On Facebook!
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Mad Street Mixers (w/ Daniel Kraus, Michael Moreci, and Javier Ramirez)
7 p.m.
On Facebook!
Saturday, March 28, 2020 [POSTPONED]
90-Second Newbery Film Festival (w/ James Kennedy)
1–3 p.m.
Salt Lake City Public Library (210 East 400 South)
Salt Lake City, UT
90-Second Newbery Film Festival (w/ James Kennedy)
6–8 p.m.
Treehouse Museum (347 22nd St)
Ogden, UT
Friday, March 27, 2020 [POSTPONED]
90-Second Newbery Film Festival (w/ James Kennedy)
6:30 p.m.
Orem Public Library (58 N State St)
Orem, UT
Saturday, March 21, 2020 [CANCELED]
“Writing with an Accomplice”: panel with Sparkle Abbey (Mary Lee Woods & Anita Carter), Nancy Allen, Jamie Freveletti, Linda Joffe Hull, and Matthew Clemens
1:15 p.m.
Murder and Mayhem in Chicago
Roosevelt University (430 S Michigan Ave)
Chicago, IL
Friday, March 20, 2020 [CANCELED]
Noir at the Bar
7 p.m.
Madison Street Books (1127 W Madison St)
Chicago, IL
Thursday, March 12, 2020
7 p.m.
In conversation with Mark Rader
Madison Street Books (1127 W Madison St)
Chicago, IL
Saturday, March 8, 2020
90-Second Newbery Film Festival (w/ James Kennedy)
Harold Washington Library Center
Chicago, IL
Friday, January 24, 2020
6-8 p.m.
Battle of the Books Ceremony
Niles-Maine District Library (6960 Oakton Street)
Niles, IL