O
ver the past quarter-century I’ve spoken to numerous elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as at professional conferences. I have experience both speaking about books and writing to large groups and running smaller writing workshops for groups of all ages. As the Pima County Public Library’s first writer-in-residence, I’ve also provided one-on-one mentoring and critiquing.
Contact me for speaking rates, topics, and availability.
Places I’ve spoken include:
- Pima County Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program
- The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
- World Fantasy Convention
- Tucson Book Festival
- Humboldt County Children’s Author Festival
- Montgomery County Book Festival
- Scholastic Book Fairs
- Arizona Library Association Conference
- Phoenix Comicon
- Kindling Words East
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Nebraska and Arizona chapters
- Brandeis Book and Author Event
- Pima Writers Workshop
- TusCon Science Fiction Convention Author Guest of Honor
- Society of Southwest Authors Conference
- Young at Heart Book Club
- Sirens Conference on Women in Fantasy Literature
- Libraries such as the Pima Public Library, Chandler Public Library, Cochise County Library, Prescott Public Library, Douglas Public Library, Oro Valley Public Library, and Eureka Main Library
- Schools such as Peoria Elementary, Southside Community School, Twin Peaks Elementary, McKinleyville Middle School, Paulo Freire Middle School, Arcata High, McKinleyville High School Tanque Verde High, and University High
- Bookstores such as Powell’s Books, Changing Hands, Mysterious Galaxy, Antigone Books, Mostly Books, Poisoned Pen, the Bookworm, Flights of Fantasy, and Barnes and Noble