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Note: For the readings listed below, registration helps the host better plan for the event. Please register if you can, but for most of these, you can show up at the last minute if you’re able!

• June 26 - 29, Chicago, IL: ALA 2026 Annual Conference & Exhibition. I’ll be the guest of the Indie Author Project, which named me 2025 Indie Author of the Year. I’ll be signing copies of Anyone But Her at the IAP booth on Saturday, June 27, 1:30 pm, and speaking at an IAP reception later that afternoon.

• Thursday, July 9, online: Stanford Continuing Studies: From Writer to Author: Navigating the Twisty Path to Publication, with facilitator Malena Watrous and developmental editor Shana Kelly. More info and registration is here.

• Saturday, July 11, 6:00 pm, Douglas County Libraries, Highlands Ranch location. In conversation with novelist and writing instructor Andrea Bobotis. More info and registration are here!

• Sunday, July 26, 3:00 pm, Denver, CO: Grown-up Book Fair, Second Star to the Right Bookstore, hosted by Fiction Beer Company. More info is here!

• Friday, October 2 - Sunday, October 4, Denver, CO: Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold conference. I’ll be presenting the sessions “The Authentic Book Launch,” “When Backstory IS the Story,” and “The Multi POV Novel.” More info coming soon!

A Select List of Previous Events

• Lighthouse Writers Workshop (Lit Fest), instructor / panelist: 2015 - 2026

• Pikes Peak Library District, Mountain of Authors panel, “Reading and Writing History: Celebrating Colorado and the American West,” May 2026

• Jefferson County Public Library, Local Author Panel, in conjunction with Lisa Gardner event, February 2026

• Colorado Sun SunFest, panelist & featured author, 2025 & 2026

• Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference, instructor: 2023, 2024

• Stories on Stage, 2026: This Isn’t New; 2023: Denver Noir

• Tattered Cover Colfax, May 2022: Launch celebration for Denver Noir

• 21st Annual Tattered Cover Writers Respond to Readers, Denver, CO, February 2019

• Door County, WI, July 2018: Fair Isle Books and The Peninsula Bookman (with Write on Door County and Friends of the Door County Library)

• Arapahoe Libraries, Centennial, CO, April 2018 (watch a video here)

• Chautauqua Author Series, Boulder, CO, March 2018

• Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ, March 2018

• Tattered Cover Colfax, February 2018: Launch celebration for The Glass Forest

• Douglas County Libraries, "Fête des Fables" Gala, September 2015

• Tattered Cover Colfax, March 2015: Launch celebration for The Bookseller, with Colorado Public Radio's Ryan Warner (to listen to podcast here),