2020
Feb 1 Excelsior Public Library, Excelsior, MN
Week of March 31, Arkansas school visits
2019
April 26 Zion Illinois school visits
April 27 Authors After Dark, Zion Public Library
May 8 School Visit Mattoon, Illinois
2018 Events
Feb 7 School Visits Boston Area
March 20-21 School Visits Downer's Grove, IL
March 24 Public Library Spring Valley, WI
May 28-June 4 Launchpad Astronomy Workshop Laramie, Wyoming
July 12 and 13 Library Events in Desoto and Festus Missouri
July 18-23 International Literacy Association Annual Conference Austin, TX
August 4 Minnesota Fan Fusion
October 5 Heartland Fall Forum Closing Reception Minneapolis, MN
2017 Events
Oct 11-13 Sioux Falls, SD Middle Schools
October 6 ITEM Conference, Brooklyn Park, MN
Sept 26 School Visit Alma Center, Wi
Promotional School Visits for the release of FOUND:
Feb 15 and 16 Shakopee MN
Feb 22 Excelsior, MN
March 3 Bayport MN
March 6-10 School visits Bloomfield Hills, MI
FOUND visits:
March 13-17 Stillwater, MN
March 19-21
Central Missouri Children's Literature Festival
March 27
FOUND visits New Richmond, WI
2016 Events:
Feb 1 Marshall, MN
Feb 10 Bloomington, MN
Feb 16-26: International School Visits in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
March 2-4: SCASL Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC
April 10: The Loft Literary Center Second Story Reading Series with Sarah Ahliers 2-4 pm
April 12-22 Anchorage, AK
April 24-26 MASL Annual Conference Missouri
April 29 School Visit Olympia, WA
April 30 COA West Tacoma
May 7 Teen Lit Con , Twin Cities
2015 EVENTS:
ADVENTURES FROM THE MIDDLE TOUR with Shelley Tougas: Sept 12, Red Balloon St. Paul, Sept 13 St. Cloud, MN, Sept 15 Book World, Rice Lake, MN, Sept 17, Northfield, MN, Sept 19th Books and Co Oconomowoc, WI, Sept 20, A Room of Her Own, Madison, WI
Sept 28- Oct 1 School visits Dallas, TX
October 6-8 School visits Fairfield, Connecticut
October 13 Mankato, MN Barnes and Noble 6pm
October 17 Teen Reader Con Albany, NY
Oct.26-30 School Visits Arkansas
November 17 Luncheon Speaker CYPD Conference Indianapolis, IN
December 1-3 School Visits Indiana
2015 Past Events:
March 9-20, 2015 QSI International Schools of Bratislava, Minsk, Kiev, Chisinau, Ljubljana, Skopje, and Malta
April 9-10 AWP Conference, Minneapolis
April 14-18 School visits Bloomfield Hills, MI
May 8 School visit Moline, IL
May 11-15 School Visits Missouri
May 18-20 School Visits Bentonville, AR
May 26-29 Young Author's Conference, St. Paul,MN
June 6 Library Visit Connecticut
2014 PAST EVENTS:
September 20: Book event with Shelley Tougas at Chapter 2 Books, Hudson, WI
October 2: Book Signing Reception Heartland Fall Forum, Minneapolis
October 11: Twin Cities Bookfest
October 17: Chippewa Valley Book Festival Authors in the Schools Eau Claire, WI
October 20-24, School Visits Omaha
November 7-8: Keynote Speaker OKI Children's Literature Conference Cincinnati, OH
November 17: School Visit Missouri
November 19-21: Guest Speaker Spalding University MFA Residency, Louisville, KY
April 9-10 Texas Library Association
April 11-12 Keynote Speaker Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
April 14-16 School Visits Arkansas
April 23-26 One Potato Ten Writing Retreat at Anderson Center Red Wing, MN
May 5-10, 2014 School Visits Klein ISD Texas
July 26, 2014 20th Annual Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival Norfolk, Nebraska
JULY 29, 2014 6:30 PM LAUNCH PARTY FOR SHIPWRECK ISLAND AT RED BALLOON BOOKSTORE ST. PAUL, MN: ALL ARE WELCOME!
Other past appearances:
April 13, 2013 Speaker at Teen Festival, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, IN
June 28-July 1, 2013 ALA Chicago
July 1, 2013 Anderson's Bookstore Naperville, IL 3pm
July 18, 2013 Library Events West Irving Public Library 230pm, Valley Ranch Public Library 6pm
LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE FALLOUT! SEPTEMBER 23. Addendum Books, St. Paul, MN 7 p.m.
Sept 24-Oct 1 Fierce Reads Tour http://ow.ly/o93f2
October 4 Author Feast Heartland Fall Forum, Chicago
October 5 Oregon Spirit Award ceremony Portland, OR
October 5 and 6 Wordstock, Portland, OR
Week of October 21 Bloomington, IN school visits
October 22 Indiana Library Federation Young Hoosier Award Dinner Indianapolis
Week of November 15 San Antonio, TX school visits
November 18-21 McAllen, TX school visits
January 25, 2014 Notre Dame Academy Book Fair
March 14, 2014 Cavalcade of Authors, Richland, WA
March 15, 2015 Lit Reads Richland, WA
March 28, 2014 Keynote Speaker English Festival Kenosha, WI
March 31-April 1 Keynote Speaker Arkansas Association of Instructional Media, Fort Smith Arkansas
April 9-10 Texas Library Association
April 11-12 Keynote Speaker Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
April 14-16 School Visits Arkansas
April 23-26 One Potato Ten Writing Retreat at Anderson Center Red Wing, MN
May 5-10, 2014 School Visits Klein ISD Texas
July 26, 2014 20th Annual Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival Norfolk, Nebraska
JULY 29, 2014 6:30 PM LAUNCH PARTY FOR SHIPWRECK ISLAND AT RED BALLOON BOOKSTORE ST. PAUL, MN: ALL ARE WELCOME!
October 17, 2014 Chippewa Valley Book Festival Authors in the Schools Eau Claire, WI
November 7-8 2014 Keynote Speaker OKI Children's Literature Conference Cincinnati, OH
March 9-20, 2015 School visits at American schools in Eastern and Central Europe
Feb 1 Excelsior Public Library, Excelsior, MN
Week of March 31, Arkansas school visits
2019
April 26 Zion Illinois school visits
April 27 Authors After Dark, Zion Public Library
May 8 School Visit Mattoon, Illinois
2018 Events
Feb 7 School Visits Boston Area
March 20-21 School Visits Downer's Grove, IL
March 24 Public Library Spring Valley, WI
May 28-June 4 Launchpad Astronomy Workshop Laramie, Wyoming
July 12 and 13 Library Events in Desoto and Festus Missouri
July 18-23 International Literacy Association Annual Conference Austin, TX
August 4 Minnesota Fan Fusion
October 5 Heartland Fall Forum Closing Reception Minneapolis, MN
2017 Events
Oct 11-13 Sioux Falls, SD Middle Schools
October 6 ITEM Conference, Brooklyn Park, MN
Sept 26 School Visit Alma Center, Wi
Promotional School Visits for the release of FOUND:
Feb 15 and 16 Shakopee MN
Feb 22 Excelsior, MN
March 3 Bayport MN
March 6-10 School visits Bloomfield Hills, MI
FOUND visits:
March 13-17 Stillwater, MN
March 19-21
Central Missouri Children's Literature Festival
March 27
FOUND visits New Richmond, WI
2016 Events:
Feb 1 Marshall, MN
Feb 10 Bloomington, MN
Feb 16-26: International School Visits in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
March 2-4: SCASL Annual Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC
April 10: The Loft Literary Center Second Story Reading Series with Sarah Ahliers 2-4 pm
April 12-22 Anchorage, AK
April 24-26 MASL Annual Conference Missouri
April 29 School Visit Olympia, WA
April 30 COA West Tacoma
May 7 Teen Lit Con , Twin Cities
2015 EVENTS:
ADVENTURES FROM THE MIDDLE TOUR with Shelley Tougas: Sept 12, Red Balloon St. Paul, Sept 13 St. Cloud, MN, Sept 15 Book World, Rice Lake, MN, Sept 17, Northfield, MN, Sept 19th Books and Co Oconomowoc, WI, Sept 20, A Room of Her Own, Madison, WI
Sept 28- Oct 1 School visits Dallas, TX
October 6-8 School visits Fairfield, Connecticut
October 13 Mankato, MN Barnes and Noble 6pm
October 17 Teen Reader Con Albany, NY
Oct.26-30 School Visits Arkansas
November 17 Luncheon Speaker CYPD Conference Indianapolis, IN
December 1-3 School Visits Indiana
2015 Past Events:
March 9-20, 2015 QSI International Schools of Bratislava, Minsk, Kiev, Chisinau, Ljubljana, Skopje, and Malta
April 9-10 AWP Conference, Minneapolis
April 14-18 School visits Bloomfield Hills, MI
May 8 School visit Moline, IL
May 11-15 School Visits Missouri
May 18-20 School Visits Bentonville, AR
May 26-29 Young Author's Conference, St. Paul,MN
June 6 Library Visit Connecticut
2014 PAST EVENTS:
September 20: Book event with Shelley Tougas at Chapter 2 Books, Hudson, WI
October 2: Book Signing Reception Heartland Fall Forum, Minneapolis
October 11: Twin Cities Bookfest
October 17: Chippewa Valley Book Festival Authors in the Schools Eau Claire, WI
October 20-24, School Visits Omaha
November 7-8: Keynote Speaker OKI Children's Literature Conference Cincinnati, OH
November 17: School Visit Missouri
November 19-21: Guest Speaker Spalding University MFA Residency, Louisville, KY
April 9-10 Texas Library Association
April 11-12 Keynote Speaker Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
April 14-16 School Visits Arkansas
April 23-26 One Potato Ten Writing Retreat at Anderson Center Red Wing, MN
May 5-10, 2014 School Visits Klein ISD Texas
July 26, 2014 20th Annual Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival Norfolk, Nebraska
JULY 29, 2014 6:30 PM LAUNCH PARTY FOR SHIPWRECK ISLAND AT RED BALLOON BOOKSTORE ST. PAUL, MN: ALL ARE WELCOME!
Other past appearances:
April 13, 2013 Speaker at Teen Festival, Anderson Public Library, Anderson, IN
June 28-July 1, 2013 ALA Chicago
July 1, 2013 Anderson's Bookstore Naperville, IL 3pm
July 18, 2013 Library Events West Irving Public Library 230pm, Valley Ranch Public Library 6pm
LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE FALLOUT! SEPTEMBER 23. Addendum Books, St. Paul, MN 7 p.m.
Sept 24-Oct 1 Fierce Reads Tour http://ow.ly/o93f2
October 4 Author Feast Heartland Fall Forum, Chicago
October 5 Oregon Spirit Award ceremony Portland, OR
October 5 and 6 Wordstock, Portland, OR
Week of October 21 Bloomington, IN school visits
October 22 Indiana Library Federation Young Hoosier Award Dinner Indianapolis
Week of November 15 San Antonio, TX school visits
November 18-21 McAllen, TX school visits
January 25, 2014 Notre Dame Academy Book Fair
March 14, 2014 Cavalcade of Authors, Richland, WA
March 15, 2015 Lit Reads Richland, WA
March 28, 2014 Keynote Speaker English Festival Kenosha, WI
March 31-April 1 Keynote Speaker Arkansas Association of Instructional Media, Fort Smith Arkansas
April 9-10 Texas Library Association
April 11-12 Keynote Speaker Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas
April 14-16 School Visits Arkansas
April 23-26 One Potato Ten Writing Retreat at Anderson Center Red Wing, MN
May 5-10, 2014 School Visits Klein ISD Texas
July 26, 2014 20th Annual Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival Norfolk, Nebraska
JULY 29, 2014 6:30 PM LAUNCH PARTY FOR SHIPWRECK ISLAND AT RED BALLOON BOOKSTORE ST. PAUL, MN: ALL ARE WELCOME!
October 17, 2014 Chippewa Valley Book Festival Authors in the Schools Eau Claire, WI
November 7-8 2014 Keynote Speaker OKI Children's Literature Conference Cincinnati, OH
March 9-20, 2015 School visits at American schools in Eastern and Central Europe