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To schedule a reading, event or school visit, please use the form or email address found on the Contact page. Please feel free to get in touch about a Skype visit with your book group or class.



2020

February 12: Faculty/Alumni Reading with Drew Blanchard, IUPUI Cavanaugh Hall 508, 4:30 p.m.

February 19: Flash Fiction workshop, Irvington Vinyl and Books Caliban Co-op, 7-8:30 p.m. (Ticketed) 

March 4-7: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference, Henry B.
González Convention Center, San Antonio

April 4: Welcome to the Neighborhood anthology reading, Ohio University, Athens, 6-8 p.m. (Cancelled; will be rescheduled in fall)


Coming up!

Three presentations on family history/genealogy research, thanks to a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission in support of my nonfiction project, Tell it Right: A Family Pardon.

September 9: Williamsport-Washington Public Library, 11 a.m. (Facebook live)

September 14: Attica Public Library, 5 p.m.

September 15: Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 6 p.m. (online registration)

Sept. 29 & Oct. 6: "Short Story Fundamentals," a class through the Indiana Writers Center, 6:30-8 p.m. each night



2019

March 17: Scholastic Writing Awards workshop, Clowes Hall, Butler University, noon-1 p.m.

March 28-30: Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference, Oregon Convention Center, Portland

November 9: Meet an Author, Be An Author at Indianapolis Central Library


2018

February 6: IndyStar Storytellers night, 6:30 p.m., IndyFringe, 719 E. St. Clair, Indianapolis

March 15: Will Read and Sing for Food, 7 p.m., Jasper IN

March 24: Gathering of Writers, Indiana State Library

April 12: IUPUI Faculty Reading with Mitchell L.H. Douglas, 4 p.m., Cavanaugh 508

September 7: Co-book launch Reading & Book Signing with Kate Gehan at Indy Reads Books, 7 p.m.

September 11: Reading, signing, & conversation, Hoopeston (IL) Public Library, 5:30-7:30

September 25: Featured reader, Theater at the Fort, 7 p.m.

October 11: Second Flight Books with Kate Gehan, 6:30 p.m., Lafayette, IN

October 13: Indy Author Fair: "Get Started," Central Library, 1 p.m.

October 18: Will Read and Sing for Food, 7 p.m., Jasper IN

November 6: IUPUI English Department Flash fiction reading with Sherrie Flick, 4 p.m., Cavanaugh 508



2017

January 15: Indy Writers Resist, 7 p.m., Tube Factory artspace, 1125 Cruft St., Indianapolis

January 19: Will Read and Sing for Food, 7 p.m., Jasper IN

March 9:
Barnes & Noble Carmel IN | Creative Writing Con | | 14790 Greyhound Plaza

March 10: Creative Writing Con | Carmel High School

May 16: Coffee By the Book, Fishers (IN) Library, 2 p.m.

May 20: Local Author Fair | Hammond (IN) Public Library, 12-3 p.m.

June 4: Will Read and Sing for Food, 7 p.m., Holland, IN

June 10: Barnes & Noble Greenwood IN | 2-4 p.m.

June 19 & 26: Indiana Writers Center class, "So You've Started a Novel," 7-9 p.m.

October 11: Carmel Creative Writers Group, 6:30 p.m.

October 14: Indiana Authors Award events | Central Library | "So You've Started a Novel," 11:30-12:45

Nov. 4: Inspired Words Writing Conference | MatchBOX Coworking Studio | 9-3

Nov. 16: Carmel Clay Public Library Authors' Panel | 6:30 p.m.



2016

Feb. 5: Mythic Indy book launch, 5-7 p.m.

April 4: IUPUI English Week, CA 508, 1:30 p.m. | Wired for Production: From Novel to Audiobook | with Gabriel Harley

April 23: Indiana Writers Center class on Travel Writing, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

April 28:
Barnes & Noble Carmel IN | Authorpalooza, 6-8 p.m. | 14790 Greyhound Plaza

April 29: Creative Writing Con | Carmel High School 


April 30: Village Lights Books, Madison, IN | Independent Bookstore Day 

Sept. 17: Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference

Sept. 24: Featured author, Indy Literary Pub Crawl

Oct. 11: Mythic Indy reading with Carrie Gaffney and Carol Divish, Irvington Library, 6 p.m.

Oct. 14: Launch party for Not Like the Rest of Us, Indy Reads Books

Oct. 18-Nov. 19: Contributing writer to Finding Home, Indiana's bicentennial play at the Indiana Repertory Theater

Oct. 29: Indy Author Fair, IMCPL Central Library, noon-2 p.m.

Nov. 15: Reading for Not Like the Rest of Us, Indianapolis Arts Council 924 Gallery, 7 p.m.

Dec. 5: Book signing for Trip Through Your Wires, IUPUI Campus Center Barnes & Noble, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.



2015

February 25: Indy Reads Books, 7-8:15 p.m. | 911 Massachusetts Ave. | The Downtown Writers Jam, Vol. 3. 

March 12: International Women's Day, 7 p.m. | IUPUI University Library (reception, 6:30)

March 13: Indy Reads Books, 7 p.m. | 911 Massachusetts Ave. | Launch party for Trip Through Your Wires


March 16: Toronto, ON, 6 p.m., Ben McNally Books | 366 Bay St.

March 18: Syracuse, N.Y., Barnes & Noble, 7 p.m. | 3454 Erie Blvd. East

March 19: Buffalo, N.Y., Talking Leaves Books, 7 p.m. | 3158 Main St. (near UB) 

March 21: Indiana Writers Center, Gathering of Writers 

March 26: Ivy Tech Community College, Columbus IN, 7 p.m.

March 31: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 4 p.m., Cavanaugh Hall 508

April 1: Marian University, Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m. | Alumni Hall

April 8-11, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Minneapolis


May 25: Cleveland, Barnes & Noble, 1 p.m. | 28801 Chagrin Blvd., Woodmere, OH

June 10: Chicago, City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. | 2523 N. Kedzie Blvd. (with James Tadd Adcox)

June 20: Barnes & Noble Noblesville IN, 1-3 p.m. |
17090 Mercantile Blvd.

July 16: Barnes & Noble Carmel IN, 7 p.m. | Reading Group Night |
14790 Greyhound Plaza


Sept. 7: Boxcar Books, Bloomington, IN, 7 p.m., with Elizabeth Eslami

Sept. 10-12: Montana Book Festival, Missoula, MT

Sept. 28: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 7:30 p.m., with James Tadd Adcox

Oct. 28: Bookmamas book club discussion, Indianapolis, 7 p.m.


Dec. 6: Local Author Fair, Barnes & Noble Noblesville IN, 1-3 p.m. | 17090 Mercantile Blvd.

Dec. 14: Last day of classes. Construct blanket fort with my kiddos; crawl inside. Maybe come out in Jan. 2016?





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