Where You'll Find Me
Thursday, November 21st
Panel, speaking on the "Care and Tending" of Saving Wonder: Spalding University's School of Creative and Professional Writing
Honored to be presenting on a panel with Silas House and Beth Ann Baumann
October 28th-31st
Author Visits: Poughkeepsie All City BIG READ for youth!
Twelve visits to Poughkeepsie middle schools, a library Q & A, and a visit with Marist College teacher education students. What an honor that Saving Wonder was chosen to be the Big Read for youth!
Saturday, October 26, 2019
SCBWI Shoptalk, Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, NY
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October 23, 2019
Author Visit: Kindle Farm School, Newfane, Vermont
I Skyped with Kindle Farm students last year and I LOVED our conversation! So I'm tacking on this side trip to Vermont to my week-long visit to schools in Poughkeepsie. Can't wait to meet these students and visit their amazing school!e
September 30, 2019
Book signing and conversation, Tennessee Association of School Librarians conference 2019
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July 26, 2019
Presenter, Virginia Highlands Festival, Writers Day
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March 7, 2019
Presentation for Bluegrass Greensource, Benham, KY
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December 13, 2018
Skype visit, Kindle Farm School, Vermont
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November 19, 2018
Author Visit, Morton Middle School, Lexington, KY
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November 16, 2018
Presenter, NCTE National Conference, Houston, TX
Speaking on: Creating a Climate for Social and Environmental Justice in the Classroom
November 12, 2018
Guest lecture, Spalding University MFA, W4CYA
Deepening Reader Engagement through Empathy
October 3, 2018
Craft Seminar, Carnegie Center Author Academy, Lexington
Characterization and Reader Engagement
October 1 & 2
Author Visit, writing workshops, Christ the King, Lexington
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September 14-16
SCBWI Midsouth Writers Conference, Nashville
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May 7th and 9th
ONE BOOK, ONE SCHOOL, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Skype visits, Mountain Ridge Middle School, 6th-8th grades
May 2, 2018
Skype Conversation, Salisbury University, Children's Lit class
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April 27-29, 2018
SCBWI PAL Writing Retreat, Durham, NC
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April 10th and 12th, 2018
Author Visits, Old Kentucky Home Elementary and Cox's Creek Elementary, KY
Grades 3rd-6th
March 8th, 2018, evening
Keynote Speaker, Bluegrass Greensource, Benham, KY
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March 7th, 2018, 5:15-7:15 PM
Writing Seminar, Carnegie Center Author Academy, Lexington, KY
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February 20, 2018
Author Visit, Eminence Schools, KY
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January 4th and 5th, 2018
ONE BOOK, ONE SCHOOL Author Visit, Spencer County Middle School
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November 16-18, 2107 (Panel: 10:30 AM, Nov. 18)
SenaFest, a Spalding MFA alumni event, Louisville, KY
Panel presenter: "Leaving the Competition in the Library"
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Etowah Young Authors Conference, Tennessee
Writing workshops, book signing
November 7-9, 2017
Green Earth Book Award, Washington D.C.
Three-day trip includes author visits to area D.C. schools, culminating in an Awards Ceremony at the Capitol.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
Morehead Writers Conference, Morehead University
Presentation: "First, Write a Really Good Book"
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
SCAPA, Lexington, Kentucky
Writing workshops, author visit
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Eminence Kentucky Schools, Author Visit
Discussing: "What makes something worth fighting for?"
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017
Newcomers Club, Presentation
Hillary Boone Center, University of Kentucky, 11 AM - 1 PM
August 16, 2017
Friends of the Lexington Library
Presentation
Saturday, July 20, 2017
Scholastic Reading Road Trip, Morehead, KY
Book Signing, Coffeetree Books, 10 AM - noon
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Carmichael's Summer Book Club, author visit
Carmichael Books, Louisville, KY, 5 - 6:30 PM
Thursday, June 1st, 2017
Author Academy, Carnegie Center, Lexington KY
Graduation, 7 PM
May 31st, 2017
Spalding University, MFA in Writing, Guest Lecturer
Louisville, Kentucky
Lecture: "Writing through Mine Fields: How to navigate social issues in children's fiction without blowing up your story""
April 25, 2017
Montrose Elementary, South Charleston, WV
Author visit
April 24, 2017
Kentucky Writers Day, Ashland Middle School, Ashland, KY
Author Visit
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Ohioana Book Fair, Columbus Ohio
10:30 am - 5 pm, Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square
March 22, 2017
Veterans Park Elementary, Lexington, KY
Author Visit
March 13, 2017
St. Louis School, Batesville, IN
Author visit and writing workshops
March 8 & 9, 2017
Batesville Intermediate School, Batesville, IN
Author visit and writing workshops
Monday, March 6, 2017
Kentucky Proud, Fayette County Extension Office / UK
6 PM, 1140 Harry Sykes Way, Lexington, KY