2024
OCTOBER 18 · BOWLING GREEN, KY · 6p · Warren County Public Library
interviewing Emily St. John Mandel
OCTOBER 19 · LEXINGTON, KY · 2p · Lexington Public Library (Eastside branch)
in conversation with Shawn Pryor
NOVEMBER 2 · LEXINGTON, KY · Kentucky Book Festival
NOVEMBER 14 · VIRTUAL · School Library Journal’s LIBRARY CON LIVE
NOVEMBER 16 · CINCINNATI, OH · Books by the Banks
PAST EVENTS
2015
JANUARY 30 — NASHVILLE, TN // Parnassus Books
with Gayle Forman, Ruta Sepetys, & Courtney Stevens
FEBRUARY 3 — NASHVILLE, TN // Mosquitoland pre-pub dinner tour
FEBRUARY 11-12 — ASHEVILLE, NC // ABA Winter Institute
FEBRUARY 24 — LEXINGTON, KY // Mosquitoland pre-pub dinner tour
FEBRUARY 25 — CINCINNATI, OH // Mosquitoland pre-pub dinner tour
FEBRUARY 26 — CLEVELAND, OH // Mosquitoland pre-pub dinner tour
MARCH 3 — NASHVILLE // Mosquitoland launch party at Parnassus Books
MARCH 10 — LEXINGTON // Mosquitoland launch party at Joseph-Beth Booksellers
with Courtney Stevens & Jasmine Warga
MARCH 31 — CINCINNATI // Joseph-Beth Booksellers
with Emery Lord, Courtney Stevens, & Kate Hattemer
APRIL 14-17 — AUSTIN, TX // Texas Library Association (TLA) conference
APRIL 18-19 — LOS ANGELES // LA Times Festival of Books
MAY 7 — ASHEVILLE, NC // Malaprops
with Andrew Smith
MAY 15 — HARBOR SPRINGS, MI // Between the Covers Bookstore
with Jasmine Warga & Tommy Wallach
JUNE 6 — LEXINGTON, KY // Carnegie Books-in-Progress Conference
JUNE 8 — CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY // Joseph Beth Booksellers
with Becky Albertalli & Jasmine Warga
JULY 17 — NASHVILLE, TN // Parnassus Books
with Adam Silvera
SEPTEMBER 4-6 — DECATUR, GA // Decatur Book Festival
SEPTEMBER 15 — LEXINGTON, KY // Kentucky Great Writers Series
SEPTEMBER 18-20 — NASHVILLE, TN // SCBWI Midsouth Fall Conference
SEPTEMBER 25 — DEDHAM, MA // Blue Bunny Books
with Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, & Renee Ahdieh
SEPTEMBER 26 — BOSTON, MA // Boston Teen Author Festival
OCTOBER 9 — LOMBARD, IL // Heartland Fall Forum
Great Lakes Book Award Dinner with Emily St. John Mandel
OCTOBER 10-11 — LISLE, IL // Anderson's YA Lit Conference
OCTOBER 14 — LEXINGTON, KY // LitCon at Dunbar High School
OCTOBER 17 — CINCINNATI, OH // Books by the Banks
OCTOBER 22 — FORT KNOX, KY // Authors at Your Library
OCTOBER 24 — ERLANGER, KY // Northern Kentucky YA Festival
NOVEMBER 13-14 — FRANKFORT, KY // Kentucky Book Fair
2016
MARCH 10-12 — MURFREESBORO, TN // SE-YA Book Fest
MARCH 16-19 — NEW YORK CITY // NYC Teen Author Fest
MARCH 17 — NEW YORK CITY // SPINE OUT: Novelist Read Personal Essays
APRIL 22-23 — BOWLING GREEN, KY // Southern Kentucky Book Fest (SOKY)
APRIL 30 — LEXINGTON, KY // Joseph-Beth Booksellers
with Jeff Zentner
MAY 12-13 — CHICAGO, IL // Book Expo America
MAY 14 — CHICAGO, IL // BookCon
JUNE 24-26 — ORLANDO, FL // American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference
SEPTEMBER 17 — SAVANNAH, GA // SIBA Fall Discovery Show
SEPTEMBER 19 — NASHVILLE, TN // KIDS OF APPETITE LAUNCH PARTY at Parnassus Books
with Ruta Sepetys, Courtney Stevens, Jeff Zentner
SEPTEMBER 20 — DECATUR, GA // Little Shop of Stories
with Becky Albertalli
SEPTEMBER 21 — CHAPEL HILL, NC // Flyleaf Books
SEPTEMBER 22 — BETHESDA, MD // Bethesda Library
SEPTEMBER 23 — PARAMUS, NJ // Barnes & Noble
with Viking editor Alex Ulyett
SEPTEMBER 24 — NEW YORK CITY // Books of Wonder
with Adam Silvera
SEPTEMBER 26 — LA GRANGE, IL // Anderson's
with Adam Silvera
SEPTEMBER 27 — CHICAGO, IL // Women and Children First
with Adam Silvera
SEPTEMBER 28 — PALO ALTO, CA // Books, Inc
with Jandy Nelson and Kelly Loy Gilbert
SEPTEMBER 29 — PASADENA, CA // Vroman's
with John Corey Whaley
OCTOBER 1 — AUSTIN, TX // Texas Teen Book Fest
OCTOBER 3 — LEXINGTON, KY // Joseph Beth Booksellers
with Jasmine Warga
OCTOBER 7 — DENVER, CO // MPIBA Fall Discovery Show
OCTOBER 15-16 — NASHVILLE, TN // Southern Festival of Books
OCTOBER 17 — BALTIMORE, MD // NAIBA Fall Conference
NOVEMBER 5 — PORTLAND, OR // Wordstock Book Fest
NOVEMBER 6 — SEATTLE, WA // University Bookstore
with Renee Ahdieh
NOVEMBER 12 — LEXINGTON, KY // Morris Bookshop
with Sarah Combs
NOVEMBER 21-22 — ATLANTA, GA // ALAN Workshop
2017
JANUARY 6-8 — SEWANEE, TN // Rivendell Writers Colony YA Workshop
with Jeff Zentner
JANUARY 17 — NASHVILLE, TN // Parnassus Books
with Adam Silvera & Jeff Zentner
MARCH 7 — NASHVILLE, TN // Parnassus Books
GOODBYE DAYS launch with Jeff Zentner
MARCH 9-11 — MURFREESBORO, TN // SE-YA Book Fest
MARCH 17 — LEXINGTON, KY // LexArts Showcase at Carnegie Center
MARCH 24-26 — NEW YORK CITY // NYC Teen Author Fest
APRIL 20-23 — AMSTERDAM // Yalfest NL
MAY 17 — LEXINGTON, KY // Joseph Beth Booksellers
with Emily Henry, Jeff Zentner, & Brittany Cavallaro
MAY 19 — NASHVILLE, TN // Parnassus Books
with Emily Henry & Jeff Zentner
SEP 23 — WEST CHESTER, PA // BEHIND THE SONG launch event
SEP 29-OCT 1 — NASHVILLE, TN // SCBWI MidSouth Fall Conference
OCT 20-21 — BOWLING GREEN, KY // YAS Book Con
NOV 17-18 — FRANKFORT, KY // Kentucky Book Fair
2018
AUGUST 19 — LEXINGTON, KY // Brier Books
with Gwenda Bond
SEPTEMBER 1-2 — DECATUR, GA // Decatur Book Festival
SEPTEMBER 27-30 — HARBOR SPRINGS, MI // Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
OCTOBER 12-14 — NASHVILLE, TN // Southern Festival of Books
OCTOBER 20 — CINCINNATI, OH // Books by the Banks
NOVEMBER 9-10 — CHARLESTON, SC // YALLFest
NOVEMBER 13 — LEXINGTON, KY // KY Book Festival YA event
NOVEMBER 16-17— HOUSTON, TX // NCTE
2019
MARCH 7-9 — MURFREESBORO, TN // SE-YA Book Fest
APRIL 26/27 — BOWLING GREEN, KY // SOKY Book Fest
MAY 31 — NYC // Barnes & Noble, Upper East Side
JUNE 2 — NYC // BOOKCON
SEPTEMBER 21 — CHATTANOOGA, TN // YA-hoo Book Fest
NOVEMBER 10 & 16 — LEXINGTON, KY // Kentucky Book Festival
2020
MARCH 7 — WEST PALM BEACH, FL // BAM! Book Festival
FIVE LIVE // A Special Series on IGTV
Quarantine life is no joke. Join me as I combat isolation with other authors— we talk reading and writing, film and TV, food and drink, and take an honest look at mental and physical health during These Difficult Times ™.
NOVEMBER 5, 10AM — VIRTUAL // LIBRARY CON
NOVEMBER 11-14 — VIRTUAL // YALLWrite
2021
JANUARY 24 — VIRTUAL // ALA Midwinter
SLJ Live with Arvin Ahmadi
FEBRUARY 3 — VIRTUAL // Brilliant Books
with Bri Cavallaro & Jeff Zentner
The Electric Kingdom VIRTUAL TOUR
FEB 9 — Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 7ET
with Jasmine Warga
FEB 10 — Blue Willow Bookshop, 7ET
with Justin Reynolds
FEB 11 — Parnassus Books 6CT
with Jeff Zentner
FEB 12 — Mysterious Galaxy, 7PT
with Adam Silvera
FEB 18 — Little Shop of Stories, 6ET
with Becky Albertalli
FEB 19 — VIRTUAL // ABA Winter Institute
FEB 25 — VIRTUAL // Books of Wonder event
with Neal Shusterman & Anna Carey
MARCH 6-7 — VIRTUAL // North Texas Teen Book Fest
MARCH 11-13 — VIRTUAL // SE-YA Book Fest
MARCH 19 — VIRTUAL // Penguin Teen Book Fest
APRIL 1 — Carmichael’s, 7ET
with Silas House
APRIL 10 — VIRTUAL // Teen Book Con
MAY 12 — VIRTUAL // Literati Bookstore
with Lisabeth Posthuma to launch BABY & SOLO
MAY 18 — VIRTUAL // Parnassus Books
with Sheba Karim to launch THE MARVELOUS MIRZA GIRLS
JUNE 1 — VIRTUAL // Parnassus Books
with Gayle Forman to launch WE ARE INEVITABLE
2022
MARCH 1 — VIRTUAL // IG Live
with Adam Silvera
MARCH 26 — VIRTUAL // Penguin Teen Fantasy Day
with Ayana Gray, Kristin Cashore, & Krystal Sutherland
MARCH 25-26 — NASHVILLE, TN // SCBWI Midsouth Conference
MARCH 11-12 — VIRTUAL // SE-YA Book Fest
APRIL 29-MAY 1 — VIRTUAL // Newburyport Literary Festival
with Nathaniel Ian Miller
AUGUST 13 — NASHVILLE, TN // North Wind Manor (hosted by Parnassus Books)
with Julian Vaca to launch THE MEMORY INDEX
AUGUST 27 — FRANKFORT, KY // Paul Sawyier Public Library
Gathering of Authors, 10am-2
SEPTEMBER 9 — MURFREESBORO, TN // TASL Conference
OCTOBER 29 — LEXINGTON, KY // Kentucky Book Festival
at Joseph Beth Booksellers; 1p conversation with Silas House
NOVEMBER 3 — LEXINGTON, KY // Transylvania University
7pm panel w/ Mariama Lockington, Heather Henson, Kaitlyn Hill
NOVEMBER 19 — CINCINNATI, OH // Books by the Banks
2023
FEBRUARY 16 · DANVILLE, KY · Boozy Book Fair
hosted by Plaid Elephant Books
FEBRUARY 25 · JUNIPER PUBLISHING CONFERENCE · virtual
hosted by The Writer’s Sanctuary
MARCH 24 & 25 · BOWLING GREEN, KY · SOKY Book Fest
AUGUST 17 · VIRTUAL · 10a · SLJ Teen Live
SEPTEMBER 26 · LEXINGTON, KY · 7p · Joseph-Beth Booksellers
in conversation with Christopher Rowe for launch of THE NAVIGATING FOX
SEPTEMBER 28 · DANVILLE, KY · 7p · Boozy Book Fair at Morley’s
hosted by Plaid Elephant Books
OCTOBER 10 · LEXINGTON, KY · 7p · Joseph-Beth Booksellers
I LOVED YOU IN ANOTHER LIFE launch with Silas House
OCTOBER 21 · NASHVILLE, TN · Southern Festival of Books
OCTOBER 22 · LOUISVILLE, KY · 3p · Carmichael’s Bookstore
with David Levithan
OCTOBER 23 · GREENWOOD, IN · 6p · Barnes & Noble
with David Levithan
OCTOBER 24 · ST. LOUIS, MO · 6p · Left Bank Books
with David Levithan
NOVEMBER 18 · CINCINNATI, OH · Books by the Banks
DECEMBER 6 · BOWLING GREEN, KY · 6p · The Capitol & WCPL
in conversation with Jeff Zentner
2024
APRIL 13 · WEST PALM BEACH, FL · BAM! Festival of Books
APRIL 20 · COLUMBUS, OH · Ohioana Book Festival
MAY 4 · UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA · Cavalcade of Authors West
AUGUST 8 · LEXINGTON, KY · 7p · Joseph-Beth Booksellers
in conversation with Lauren Thoman for launch of YOU SHOULDN’T BE HERE
Launch event for LUMINOUS BEINGS!
September 3 · 7p
in conversation with Rachel Elliott
Lexington Writer's Room
(the old Common Grounds Building)
343 E. High Street, #1
Lexington, KY 40507
SEPTEMBER 16 · VIRTUAL · 8p · NovelBound Q & A
SEPTEMBER 21 · BOWLING GREEN, KY · Back to Back Book Festival
SEPTEMBER 30 · LEXINGTON, KY · 8p · Kentucky Native Cafe
Last Monday Reading Series with Silas House