APRIL HENRY, WRITER
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      • In the Blood
      • When We Go Missing (May 2025)
      • Stay Dead
      • Girl Forgotten
      • Two Truths and a Lie
      • Eyes of the Forest
      • Playing with Fire
      • The Girl in the White Van
      • Run, Hide, Fight Back
      • The Lonely Dead
      • Count All Her Bones
      • The Girl I Used to Be
      • Blood Will Tell (2nd in the Point Last Seen series)
      • The Body in the Woods (1st in the Point Last Seen series)
      • The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
      • The Night She Disappeared
      • Girl, Stolen
      • Torched
      • Shock Point
    • For Adults (and Teens) >
      • Lethal Beauty (3rd in the Mia Quinn series)
      • A Deadly Business (2nd in the Mia Quinn mystery series)
      • Matter of Trust (1st in Mia Quinn series)
      • Face of Betrayal (1st in the Triple Threat series)
      • Hand of Fate (2nd in the Triple Threat series)
      • Heart of Ice (3rd in the Triple Threat series)
      • Eyes of Justice (4th in the Triple Threat series)
      • Learning to Fly
      • Circles of Confusion (1st in Claire Montrose series)
      • Square in the Face (2nd in the Claire Montrose series)
      • Heart-Shaped Box (3rd in the Claire Montrose series)
      • Buried Diamonds (4th in the Claire Montrose series)
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    • 1999 Interview with James Lee Burke
    • 1997 Interview with Carol Shields
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Events and appearances calendar

2026
March 10
School visits in Norfolk, Virginia 
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2025
November 17-21
School visits near Houston, Texas 

October 21, 22
​School visits near Houston, Texas 

​May 31
Book signing for When We Go Missing and other books 
Barnes & Noble 
Medford, Oregon 

May 20
​School visits in Sutherlin, Oregon 

May 16
Book launch for When We Go Missing! 
In conversation with Emmeline Duncan 
7 pm
Powells Cedar Hills
Beaverton, Oregon ​

April 21-25
School visits near Rochester, New York 

April 8-10
School visits in the St. Louis, Missouri area 

March 28
​School visits in the  Boston area

March 19-21
School visits in the Houston area

March 18
School visits in Chicago area 

January 31
Virtual visit 
​Huffman, Texas 

January 23
School visits in Maury County, Tennessee 

2024
November 21
Bloody Thursday with Friends of Mystery
7 pm
Portland, Oregon

October 25
School visits in Greenwood, Arkansas

October 22-24
School visits in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area 

October 17
Speaking to Aspen Writers Network 
Aspen, Colorado 

October 1-4
School visits in the Gillette, Wyoming area

July 10
In coversation with Kelsea You about her debut YA thriller It’s Only a Game at Powell’s
7 pm 

Powells Cedar Hills
Oregon 
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June 8
In conversation with authors of Heiress Takes All
2 pm
Barnes & Noble
Hillsboro, Oregon

June 4
Launching new thriller Stay Dead
In conversation with Megan Lally 
7 pm
Powells Cedar Hills
Oregon 
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​May 1

Edgar Awards banquet 
(I won!)

April 23-25
School visits in Leroy, New York

April 9-10
School visits in the Atlanta, GA area
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March 26

School visits in the Rochester area, New York 

March 19-22
School visits in the Omaha, Nebraska area
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March 12, 13
School visits in Pasco, Washington

January 8
In conversation with Megan Lally about her amazing first novel, That's Not My Name
7 pm Powells Book Cedar Hills
​Beaverton, Oregon 

2023
November 6-10
School visits in Virginia 

October 18-20
School visits
Leawood, Kansas

October 18
Olathe Indian Creek Library
6:30pm
Olathe, Kansas

September 26-29
School visits
Bettendorf, Iowa and vicinity
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September 28
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Bettendorf Public Library - Bettendorf Room
open to teens and adults
​Bettendorf, IA 

September 19
Nashua, New Hampshire
School visits 

August 12
12 noon 
Signing
Barnes & Noble
Medford, Oregon 

July 14
In conversation with Kim Johnson for her new book, Invisible Son 
6 pm
Barnes & Noble Cascade Station 
Portland, Oregon 

July 2
1 pm Pacific Time/4 pm Eastern Time
Online event with Margo Harrison and Ellie Marney, celebrating Some Shall Break, a follow-up to her bestseller, None Shall Sleep

May 24
School visits
Beaverton, Oregon

May 23
School and library visit
El Paso, Texas
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May 15-19 
School visits 
Bentonville, Arkansas area 

May 11
School visits
Beaverton, Oregon

May 9
7 pm
​Speaking at Annie Blooms Books
Portland, Oregon

May 2
School and library events
Illinois

April 24, 25
Featured author
​Kent State University and the Six District Compact Reading & Writing Festival
as well as school visits
Kent, Ohio

April 21
1:30 – 2:30 PM  
Texas Library Association 
Whodunnit? YA Mysteries, Thrillers and Suspense
Authors: April Henry, Nick Brooks, Karen McManus, Natalie D. Richards, Chelsea Sedoti, Trang Thanh Tran

April 18
Speaking at the Novel Neighbor
St. Louis, Missouri 

April 17
School visits
Missouri 

Evening: Missouri School Librarians Conference 
Breakout session speaker 
Missouri

April 12-14
​School visits
Omaha, Nebraska 

April 13 
Speaking about writing to publish (open to the public)
Bennington Public Library
Omaha, Nebraska

April 10
School visits
Lake Oswego, Oregon

April 6
4:30 pm
Speaking at The BookStall
Chicago, Illinois

April 4, 5, 6
School visits
Chicago area

March 31
Tiktok Live with author Margot Harrison (through @AprilHenryBooks) 
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March 30
7 pm
​Speaking at Powells Book Cedar Hills
Portland area, Oregon

​March 29
Tiktok Live with author Kathleen Glasgow (through @KathleenGlasgow)

March 28
Girl Forgotten publishes 

March 15, 16
School visits
Atlanta, Georgia area

March 14
TOME Con
​Georgia 

February 6-10
School visits
Houston, Texas area 

January 23
School visits
Ttroutdale, Oregon 

2022
December 8
School visits
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 
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November 5

Portland Book Festival 
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October 14

School visits
Jackson, Missouri 

August 31
3 pm 
Signing at grand opening of new Barnes & Noble Tansabourne
​Hillsboro, Oregon 

June 8
6pm ET
Books of Wonder
Virtual Public YA Thriller panel

June 1, 2
School visits near DC

May 27 
​6 pm
Tattered Cover Aspen Grove
7301 S Santa Fe Dr
Littleton, CO 80129
In-store Launch Event
Event Link: https://www.tatteredcover.com/event/april-henry-aspen-grove
 
May 24
Two Truths and a Lie publishes

May 23
7 pm 
Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Beaverton, OR 97005
In-store Local Launch Event
Event Link: https://www.powells.com/book/two-truths-a-lie-9780316323338/2-1
 
May 23
The Novel Neighbor
St Louis, MO
6 pm (Central Time)
Virtual Launch in conversation with Wendy Heard (DEAD END GIRLS)
Event Link: https://thenovelneighbor.com/events/20220523  
 
May 16
One Book, One School visit in St. Louis, Missouri

May 2
School visits 
Zavalla, Texas

April 19. 20
School visits
Georgia

April 5
​School visits
Junction City, Oregon 

March 2
Virtual school visits 
South Carolina 

March 1
Virtual school visits
​Texas 

January 18
Virtual school visits 
Stillwater, Michigan 
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2021
November 15-17
School visits
Austin, Texas and vicinity 

October 16
Mid-Cities Teen Book Festival
North Richland Hills, Texas

October 12
Virtual school visits

October 5
Virtual school visits

September 30
Virtual school visit
​New York 

August 24
Eyes of the Forest publishes

May 24
School visit
Portland, Oregon
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May 5 (cancelled due to corona virus) 

Six District Compact Reading & Writing Festival
Kent State 
Ohio 

April 28
Virtual visits
Eugene, Oregon 

April 22-24
Speaker, virtual Texas Library Association annual conference 

April 15
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Virtual visit
Missouri

April 14
Virtual visit about promoting literacy 
Omaha, Nebraska 
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March 11

Appearing virtually at 
Children's Literature Festival - University of Central Missouri
to be broadcast throughout Missouri 


February 3
Virtual visit
Everest Junior High
Wisconsin 


January 19
Playing with Fire publishes 

2020
​November 9, 10
Virtual school visits and community address for Prineville, Oregon

November 6
Virtual YALSA
​Space to Deal: How Authors Turn Real Life into Stories with Empathy


October 30
Cancelled due to corona virus
School visits 
Cummings, Georgia

October 28
Virtual OCTE conference
​Keynote speaker
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October 21
Cancelled due to corona virus
School visits
Carthage, Missouri

October 19
Virtual school visit
​Missouri 

October 13-15
Cancelled due to corona virus
School visits
Piedmont, Missouri and Jackson, Missouri
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October 10
Cancelled due to corona virus
Keynote speaker
Oregon Council of Teachers of English
Oregon School Librarians

August 31
Join April Henry (The Girl in the White Van)  and LE Flynn (All Eyes on Her). and  June Hur (Silence of Bones), Monday, August 31,  at 5 pm Pacific Standard Time for a virtual YA mystery/thriller panel hosted by librarian Miranda Doyle.  And it's totally free! You just need to preregister here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8515943122275/WN_5xBOIEeMRYWxX_BtW4zsHg

July 28
The Girl in the White Van publishes 

May 22
Cancelled due to corona virus
Schools visits
​St. Louis, Missouri

May 12
Cancelled due to corona virus
School visits
​Gainesville, Georgia 

May 4-8
Cancelled due to corona virus
School visits 
Bentonville, Arkansas area 

April 30
Cancelled due to corona virus
School visits
Baton Rouge, Louisiana area 

April 29
Cancelled due to corona virus
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School visits 
Austin, Texas area 

April 20-21
Cancelled due to corona virus
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School visits 
​Prineville, Oregon

April 11
Cancelled due to corona virus
Keynote speaker
Public Library
Seaside, Oregon

April 3
Cancelled due to corona virus
Homeword Bound
Oregon Zoo
Portland, Oregon
fundraiser for low-income housing
https://cpahinc.ejoinme.org/HWB2020
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March 27-28
Cancelled due to corona virus
BookMania! Festival
​Jensen Beach,  Florida.  
https://www.martin.fl.us/all-about-bookmania​

March 17
Cancelled due to corona virus
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School visits
Walhalla, South Carolina

March 5
School visits
​Troy, Missouri

March 3
School visits
Greendale, Wisconsin 
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February 26
School visits
Salem, Oregon

​February 15
Featured speaker
Brazcon Teen Comic Convention & Geek-fest
Manzen, Texas
http://bcls.lib.tx.us/BrazCon/index.asp

February 14
School visits
Houston, Texas
With bookseller Blue Willow Books

February 13
School visits
Austin, Texas

February 12
School visits
Denver, Colorado 
With bookseller The Tattered Cover 

February 11
School visits
Chicago, Illinois
With bookseller The Bookstall

February 10
School visits 
New Haven, Connecticut 
With bookseller RJ Julia 

January 30-February 2
Attending Kindling Words East
​Vermont

January 21
The Lonely Dead paperback publishes

January 4
Speaking
Young Willamette Writers (teen writers)
Bridgeport Barnes & Noble
Portland, OR 

2019
November 22
School visits in Nevada, Iowa

November 9
Portland Book Fest
​
October 21 
School visits in Rio Grande Valley area, Texas

​October 8-9
School visits in Washington DC area

October 3-4 
School visits in St. Louis, Missouri

September 28
Talking about Run, Hide, Fight Back
1 pm
Medford Barnes & Noble
Medford, OR 

September 24-26
School visits near Sugar Land, Texas

September 17
In conversation with Carolyn O’Doherty, author of the time travel thriller, Unleashed​
​Run, Hide, Fight Back
7 pm 
Powells Cedar Hills
Portland, Oregon 

August 27
Run, Hide, Fight Back  publishes

June 13
School visits in Conway, New Hampshire

May 1
School visits
Chicago area

April 22
Middle school and Skype visits
​Portland, OR 

April 18
Speaking to librarians from Oregon and Washington at OWLA annual conference

April 16-17
Texas Library Association annual meeting in Austin, Texas 

April 11
​School visits in Hood River, Oregon

April 5
Homeword Bound
Many amazing authors supporting The Community Partnership for Affordable Housing
Oregon Zoo Portland, OR
cpahinc.ejoinme.org/HWB2019​

March 28-29
School visits in Lee's Summit, Missouri 

March 27
School visits in Camp Cole, Missouri 

March 23
Teen Author Boot Camp
Provo, Utah

March 19
School visits in Salem, Oregon

March 18
Speaking to Sisters in Crime
​Portland, OR

March 15-16
Emerald City Comic Con 
Seattle, Washington

March 13
School visits in Bloomington, Illinois 

March 1
Skype visit on New Hampshire
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February 21-22

Nebraska Reading Association Conference

February 14-16
Teen Bookfest by the Bay
Corpus Christi, Texas 
School visits in the area 

February 11
School visits in Portland, Oregon 

February 7
​School visits in Beaverton, Oregon

February 4
Book Tour  for The Lonely Dead
7 pm 
Powells Cedar Hills
Portland, Oregon 

February 1
Book Tour for The Lonely Dead
7:00 pm 
Hicklebee's
​San Jose,  California 


February 1
Book Tour for The Lonely Dead
6 pm 
Best of Books
Edmond, Oklahoma

January 30
Book Tour for The Lonely Dead
6:30 pm 
Murder by the Book
Houston, Texas

January 29
Book tour for The Lonely Dead
6:30 pm
Parnassus Books
Nashville, Tennessee 

January 27
Book tour for The Lonely Dead
4 pm
St. Charles City-County Library
St Charles, Missouri

2018
December 21
Skype visit in Kansas
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December 12

Skype visits in various states 

​December 6-7
School visits in Connecticut 

December 4
Skype visit in Arizona 

November 28-December 1
Annual conference for Virginia's school librarians
Virigina school visits 

November 18-20
Speaking at National Council of Teachers of English ALAN workshop
Houston, Texas

November 16 
​School visit in Houston, Texas

November 10
Moderating a YA panel at Portland Book Fest
4-5 pm Old Church 
Janelle Milanes, ANALEE, IN REAL LIFE
Kendare Blake, TWO DARK REIGNS
Virginia Boecker, AN ASSASSIN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND TREASON

November 7-8
​School visits in the Normal, Illinois area 

October 29-November 2
School visits in Omaha, Nebraska 

October 4
Skype visit in Missouri

September 29
Event for Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
​Tacoma, Washington  

August 8
Interviewing Mary Pearson about Dance of Thieves
Powells Cedar Hills

July 19-23
2018 International Literacy Association Conference
Austin, Texas 

July 16
Skype visit with summer book club in Massachusetts 


July 13-14
​Events in New York City 

July 5
7 pm
In conversation with
Terry Blas and Molly Muldoon, the authors of Dead Weight: Murder at Camp Bloom, illustrated by Matthew Seely
Powells Hawtorne
​Portland

June 12
School visits in Beaverton, Oregon 

June 8
​Skype visits in Virginia 

May 28-June 3
Attending LaunchPad, a science camp for writers
http://www.launchpadworkshop.org​

May 24
​Speaking to retired Kaiser Permanente physicians and providers 

May 18
Rochester Teen Book Festival! 
www.teenbookfest.org.

May 10
Celebrating paperback of Count All Her Bones 
7 pm
Annie Blooms
Portland 

May 7
Skype visits to various states 

May 5
Keynote speaker for 6-8th graders
​34th annual Oregon Writing Festival
Portland, Oregon

​April 24
6 pm
Free talk! 
Fairmount Library 
3000 N. Fairmount St, Davenport, IA 52804

April 22-26
School visits in Iowa
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April 20
Homeword Bound 
Oregon Zoo
Fundraiser for Community Partnership for Affordable Housing 

April 14-16
Missouri School Librarians Association annual conference 

April 13
School visits in St. Charles, Missouri

April 11-12
State of Maryland's International Literacy Association conference

April 9-10
School visits in New Hampshire and Massachusetts 

March 28
Free event!
7-9 pm
Professional Writers Series
Washington State University Vancouver

Multimedia Classroom Building, Room 6 

March 22
School visits in LeMar, Iowa

March 19
​Skype visit in Alberta, Canada 

March 16
School visits in Alabama

March 8-9
School visits in Houston, Texas

March 5-6 
School visits in Long Island

March 3
2 pm
Group Signing with YA authors Virginia Boecker, Jessica Brody, Sheryl Scarborough and more
Book Bin, Salem 

February 26
School visits in Missouri City, Texas 

February 20
Skype visits in Texas

February 14
School visits in Kansas 

February 5-9
School visits near Houston, Texas 

January 30
Skype visit in Missouri

January 24
​Skype visit in Illinois 

​January 18
School visits
Beaverton, Oregon  

2017
December 15
Skype visit in Minnesota

December 13
Skype visits

December 11
Skype visits for Austin Battle of the Books

​December 8
Skype visits

December 7
School visits in Portland, Oregon

December 5
​Skype visits

December 4
Skype visit with Ohio 

December 3
Holiday Cheer 
​Oregon Historical Society 

November 13-14
School visits in Springdale, Arkansas 

November 11
10 am
The Old Church in downtown Portland 
YA Panel with PC Cast and Traci Chee
Wordstock
Portland, Oregon

November 6-8
​School visits in Oklahoma

October 25
7 pm
Barnes and Noble
Pasadena, Texas 
Speaking and signing
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October 23-27
School visits in Deer Park, Texas

October 12
7 pm 
Rediscovered Books
180 N 8th St
Boise, Idaho 
Speaking and signing

October 12-13
School visits in Idaho

October 10
​Skype with Nebraska 
​
October 8
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association evening event 

October 7
Receiving Oregon Spirit book award from Oregon College of Teachers of English

October 3
School visits in Manzanita, Oregon 
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September 13-23
Unavailable 

July 22
2 pm
Barnes and Noble
​Medford, Oregon 
Speaking and signing

June 29
7 pm
Dallas, Oregon Public Library
Speaking and signing 

June 8-11
SCWBI Regional Event 

May 24
School visits in St. Louis

​May 23
School visits in New Jersey

May 18
Skype visit with students in Virginia

May 16
Skype visits with students in Illinois 

May 11
7 pm
Powells Cedar Hills Crossing
Beaverton, Oregon 
Talking about Count All Her Bones

May 10
Skype visit with students in Missouri

May 6
Hudson Book Festival
Hudson, New York
Tour for Count All Her Bones, the companion novel to Girl, Stolen

May 3-5
St. Louis, Missouri 
Tour for Count All Her Bones, the companion novel to Girl, Stolen
Events include:
7 p.m. May 3
Kisker Road library
1000 Kisker Road, St. Charles

May 2
San Francisco, California 
Tour for Count All Her Bones, the companion novel to Girl, Stolen

May 1 
12 noon
Seattle Mystery Bookstore, 
Seattle, Washington
Tour for Count All Her Bones, the companion novel to Girl, Stolen
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April 27
Edgars Awards
New York, New York
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die is a finalist for the young adult award

April 26
6-8 Edgar Panel for Juvenile and YA nominees
Books of Wonder
18 W 18th St
New York, NY 

Edgars Symposium 
Open to the public. Register http://mysterywriters.org/2017-edgar-symposium/
1-1:50 pm
Session for YA and Juvenile nominees

April 25
6-8 pm
Mysterious Bookshop, 58 Warren Street, New York, NY
Come celebrate the 2017 Edgar Awards at the Mysterious Bookshop. This thrilling evening featuring members of Mystery Writers of America, the Edgar Award nominees, bestselling authors, and publisher representatives. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet some of the best and brightest in the mystery world. 

April 22
Cavalcade of Authors East
Washington State

April 20, 21
Texas Library Association conference

April 19
School visits
Alamo Heights Junior School
San Antonio, Texas

April 10-12
School visits in Taylor, Texas 

April 4,5
School visits
McMinnville, Oregon 

March 29-30
School visits in Rogers, Arkansas area

March 28
6 pm
​Plot your way to success class
​Rogers Public Library 
Rogers, Arkansas 

March 20-24
School visits in Omaha, Nebraska 

March 3-5 
North Texas Teen Book Festival

February 10
School visits at
Walker Middle School
Salem, Oregon 
​
January 28
YAK Fest
Keller, Texas 

January 26
School visits
Winterhaven Middle School
​Portland, Oregon 

2016
December 12
Skype visits

December
Taking "Active Shooter" class

​December 2
Skype visits with Florida and Texas 

December 1
Skype visits with Columbia, Missouri
​
November 22
Library visits in Missouri 
Christian County morning

Green County:
5:30-6:30: How to Grow Your Plot, for age 14 and older
Calling all writers! Learn valuable techniques and strategies for plotting your stories.

7 pm: What Doesn’t Kill You: A Writer's (Sometimes Crazy) Commitment to Getting it Right, for age 12 and older in the auditorium 

November 21
Children's Literature Festival of the Ozarks
Missouri

November 17-18
School visits in the Springfield/Lamar area
Missouri 

November 13-14
Accepting 2016 New York State Reading Assocation’s Charlotte Award
Speaking to New York State librarians
Rochester, NY

October 31-November 4
School visits in the El Paso and Las Cruces regions of Texas

October 10-14
School visits in the Omaha, Nebraska area

October 4-5 
School visits in Virigina

October 4
6 pm
Pizza and Chat 
Rust Library
Loudoun County 

September 29
South Dakota Library Association
and school visits 
Speaker, Annual Conference
Watertown, South Dakota 

September 26-28
School visits
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

September 23-24
Young Readers Festival of Books
Brookings, South Dakota 
​
August 27
10 am-12 noon
Teaching 47 Ways to Turn Up the Tension
Fundraiser for Write Around Portland, $35 fee 
Portland, Oregon 

August 13
12 noon - 2 pm
​SMART Author Fair
Meet authors and learn about Start Making A Reader Today
Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
Beaverton, Oregon 

July 9-11
Keynote speaker, YA Luncheon 
International Literacy Association
Boston, Massachusetts 

June 29
6:30-8 pm
​YA authors at West Linn Public Library
​West Linn, Oregon
Other authors include: Brian Doyle

May 23
Skype visit in Lake Placid, New York 

May 19
Skype visits in Nebraska

May 16
Skype visits in Akron, Ohio

May 13
7 pm
The Book Bin
Salem, Oregon
Talking about The Girl I Used to Be

May 10 
7 pm
Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
Beaverton, Oregon 
Talking about The Girl I Used to Be

May 7
Kickoff for Cavalcade of Authors East
​Barnes & Noble Columbia Center
1321 N Columbia Center Blvd, Suite 700
Kennewick, Washington

May 6
School visits in Milwaukee, WI
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May 5
School visits in St. Louis 

May 4
7 pm
Spencer Road Branch of St. Charles City-County Library
St. Charles, Missouri 
Talking about The Girl I Used to Be 

School visits in St. Louis 

May 3
4:30 pm
After-school pizza party
The Book Stall
Winnetka, Illinois
Celebrating The Girl I Used to Be 

School visits in the Chicago area

The Girl I Used to Be publishes in hardcover 
Blood Will Tell publishes in paperback 

May 2
7 pm
Anderson's Bookshop
Downers Grove, Illinois
Talking about The Girl I Used to Be 
​
Plus school visits in Naperville, Illinois
​
April 30
Cavalcade of Authors West
Tacoma, Washington 

April 22
School visits in Nevada, Iowa 

April 18
Skype visits in Nebraska 

April 16
Central Oregon Teen Lit Festival
Bend, Oregon

April 9
12:15-1:15
Emerald City Comic Con
Strong Female Characters Across Genres - meets in W603
In this panel of YA authors, adult authors, and graphic novelists, and a bookseller, panelists will discuss the idea of "strong female characters" and what that means in today's literary landscape. Includes Scott Bergstrom, Mary Pearson  and Faith Erin Hicks. The panel will be moderated by Lish McBride.

​April 8
Homeword Bound - benefits Community Partners for Affordable Housing 
Oregon Zoo 

March 24
School visits
Chicago area

March 23
School visits 
Downers Grove, Illinois

March 17 
Skype visits in Nebraska

March 11
School visits
Claggett Creek Middle School
Keizer, Oregon 

February 29-March 4
School visits 
Nebraska 

February 28 
2 pm
​Talking and signing
The Bookworm
Omaha, Nebraska 

February 27
Library Palooza 
San Antonio, TX
Speaking and signing with authors 
Kiera Cass, Leigh Bardugo, Rick Yancey, Brandon Sanderson, and George O'Connor

February 22
Skype visits in Wisconsin 

February 20
Teen Bookfest by the Bay
Corpus Christi, Texas

February 15-19
School visits

South Texas 

February 11
Skype visits in Nebraska 

February 10
Skype visits in Minnesota 

January 12
School visits
North Salem High School
Salem, Oregon

January 6
School visits
Aloha High 
Aloha, Oregon

2015
November 30-December 11
School visits in Virginia

November 24
Skype visits in Nebraska 

November 1-21
Not available for visits or events

October 21
Skype visits in Nebraska 

October 19
Skype visits
Various cities

October 14-15
School visits 
Port Angeles, Washington

October 9
Oregon Association of School Librarians
Annual Conference

October 6-7
School visits
Waterloo, Iowa

October 4
Receiving Honor award for Blood Will Tell from Oregon English Teachers
Appearing at Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Association

October 2
Skype visits
Various cities

September 16
Skype visits in Nebraska 

August 6
7 pm 
YA Panel
Barnes and Noble
Clackamas, Oregon

July 18
Plotting a Pageturner class
Held as fundraiser for Write Around Portland

June 19
7 pm 
Reading and Signing Blood Will Tell
Book Bin
Salem, Oregon

June 17 
Book Launch for Blood Will Tell
Second in the Point Last Seen Series
Powells Beaverton 
Beaverton, Oregon 

May 31
Young Adult Author Panel
With Lisa Schroeder and Graham Salisbury 
Beaverton Library 

May 30
Youth Fiction Fest
Klindts Booksellers and Stationers
The Dalles, Oregon
www.klindtsbooks.com

May 16
The Tenth Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival
Rochester, New York

May 5
Speaking at Young Willamette Writers
Old Church
Portland, Oregon
7-8 pm

May 2
Oregon Writing Festival
Portland State University
Featured speaker for 9th-12th graders

April 25-29
School visits and book festival
Appleton, Wisconsin 

April 20-21
School visits in Madras, Oregon

April 13
Oregon Book Awards

April 10 
HomeWord Bound fundraiser 
Oregon Zoo

April 2
School visits at Alder Creek Middle School
Milwaukie, Oregon

March 26
Skype visit in South Carolina

March 23-25
School visits in and around Troy, Missouri

March 19-21
Attending Urban Escape and Evasion class
Los Angeles, California
www.onpointtactical.com 

March 13
Left Coast Crime panel: "Not Safe For Children: The Young Adult Crime Story" 
11:30 a.m. 
with Jennifer Bosworth (M), Warren Bull, Linda Gerber, Mary Elizabeth Summer (and I'm hearing an amazing surprise guest)

March 11
Teaching mystery-writing class with author Robert Dugoni at Left Coast Crime 
Portland, Oregon 
9 am - 4 pm 
http://www.leftcoastcrime.org/2015/WritingWorkshop.html

March 7
Plotting a Pageturner
Newberg Public Library 
Newberg, Oregon

March 6
Reading and talk
Chehalem Cultural Center
Newberg, Oregon

March 2
Read Across America
Maplewood Elementary
Portland, Oregon 

February 28
School visit
Robert Gray Middle School
Portland, Oregon

2014
October 29/30
School and library visits in Port Angeles, Washington

October 8/9/10
School visits in De Soto, Missouri

October 4
Accepting the Oregon Spirit Honor award 
Oregon College Teachers of English annual conference
Wilsonville, OR

August 7
Signing with Ann Aguirre, Colleen Houck, and April Tucholke 
Book Bin
Salem, OR 
7 pm

July 19
Talking to teens 
Wm. G. Reed Library
Shelton, WA
2 pm 

July 19
Talking to teens 
McCleary Library
Grays Harbor, WA
10:30 am 

July 18
Talking to teens 
Tumwater Library
Tumwater, WA
3 pm 

July 18
Talking to teens
Winlock Library 
Winlock, WA
11 am

June 18
Reading from and talking about The Body in the Woods
—and look for some members of Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue, which inspired the book!
Powells Beaverton
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd
Beaverton, Oregon
7 pm

June 17
The Body in the Woods, the first in a new teen mystery series, releases

June 10
A Deadly Business, the second in the Mia Quinn adult mystery series co-written with Lis Wiehl, releases.

May 21
School visits
Plainfield, Illinois

May 20
Anderson's Book Shop
7 p.m.
123 W. Jefferson Ave.
Naperville, IL  
630-355-2665

May 3
Speaker 
30th Annual Oregon Writing Festival
Portland State University

April 30
School visits
South Medford High
Medford, Oregon

April 29
Speaking at Barnes & Noble Booksellers 
7 p.m.
1400 Biddle Road
Medford, OR 97504

April 29
School visits
Ashland High
Ashland, Oregon

April 26
Teen Book Con
Houston, Texas

April 14 -16
Accepting the Truman Readers' Award
St. Louis, Missouri
I'm still open for school visits in Missouri on the 17th and 18th, so if interested, please contact me! 

April 11
Homeword Bound
6 - 9 p.m.
A benefit for Community Partnership for Affordable Housing featuring a dozen authors
Oregon Zoo, Portland

March 17-19
School visits
West Bloomfield, MI

March 7
Skype Visit with Nathan Hale Middle School
Omaha, Nebraska 

March  2
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Igniting Students Reading and Writing through Mystery
Columbia Room
12 noon
Signing at Permabound 
Northwest Regional National Council of Teachers of English Conference
Portland Marriott Downtown

March 1
9:30-10:30
Mysteries and Thrillers: Gateway Drugs for Reluctant Readers
Northwest Regional National Council of Teachers of English Conference
Salon A, Portland Marriott Downtown

February 25
Skype visit 
Bryan Middle School
Omaha, Nebraska

February 14
School visit
Crossler Middle School
Salem, Oregon

February 13
Skype visit
Seward Elementary
Chicago, Illinois

February 8
Mystery Writing Seminar
With Dana Haynes, Bill Cameron
I'll be talking about plotting
Willamette Writers C.S. Whitcomb House
2108 Buck Street
West Linn, OR

January 25
3:30  pm
Albany Public Library
2450 14th Avenue SE
Albany, OR
Speaking to adults and teens 

January 21
Skype visit with school in Rocky River, Ohio 



2013
December 16 
The St. Andrews Nativity School
Portland, Oregon
School visit

December 14
3-4 pm
Book fair for Battleground Middle School
Barnes & Noble Vancouver
7700 NE Fourth Plain Blvd.
Vancouver, WA 
Talking about Girl, Stolen and The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

November 30
2-3 pm
Annie Blooms Books
7834 SW Capitol Hwy.
Portland, Oregon
Look for me offering advice on great books to buy as part of Sherman Alexie's Indies First! campaign

October 12
11 am - 12 noon
Jesuit High School
Portland, Oregon
Oregon Association of School Libraries conference
Mysteries and Thrillers: Gateway Drugs for Reluctant Reader (MS/HS)  

October 5
Accepting Oregon Spirit Honor Award 
Oregon Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference
Wilsonville, Oregon

August 9
Luncheon - cost includes a copy of The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
12 noon
Beach Books
616 Broadway
Seaside, Oregon
http://www.beachbooks37.com

June 11
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die, a new teen thriller, releases

June 4
3-5 pm
Launch of the 2013 Summer Reading Club 
including a  Sidewalk Chalk Art Extravaganza
Salem Public Library
585 Liberty St. SE
Salem, OR 97301

April 21
11 am - 12 noon
Signing at IRA
Macmillan Booth #2831
San Antonio, Texas

April 20
3 - 5:45 pm
Mystery Reading and Writing workshop
International Reading Association Conference
San Antonio, Texas

April 17, 18
School visitis
Taylor, Texas

April 16
School visits
Pflugerville, Texas

April 11
Skype visit with students in Pacific, Missouri

April 5
Homeword Bound
6 - 9 p.m.
A benefit for Community Partnership for Affordable Housing featuring a dozen authors
Tualatin Country Club
9145 SW Tualatin Road
Tualatin, Oregon
Tickets are $65 per person. Call 503.293.4038
http://cpahinc.org/hwbound2013.html

March 19
A Matter of Trust, the first in a new series with Lis Wiehl, releases

March 5
Paperback of The Night She Disappeared releases
Audiobook of The Night She Disappeared releases
Audiobook of Girl Stolen releases

2012
December 2
Oregon Historical Society's Holiday Cheer Event
Noon - 4 p.m.

November 18
National College of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention
Las Vegas
Igniting your students' writing through mysteries
With authors Charlie Price and Kathryn Miller Haynes

November 3
SCWBI Flap-Flap
Multnomah Arts Center
7688 SW Capitol Hwy.
Portland, OR 97219
3-5 p.m.
A celebration of new books by SCWBI (Society for Children's Book Writers).

October 26
School Visits
Early College High School/Teen Parent Program
Salem, Oregon

October 18
Crazy Eights Author Event
Hosted by Third Street Books at McMinnville Public Library
225 NW Adams St.
McMinnville, OR
7 pm
Eight authors at one crazy event: Alison Clement, Molly Gloss, April Henry, Lauren Kessler, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ron Lovell, Phillip Margolin, Barbara Roberts, and George Byron Wright.

October 15
Skype visit with school in Prescott, Arizona

October 14
Wordstock
12 noon: Teen Thrillers panel + book signing
3 pm Starting a Series workshop
Portland, OR

October 13
Wordstock
11am: Talking about The Night She Disappeared + book signing
3pm: Self-Marketing panel + book signing
Portland, OR

October 7
ACLU celebrates Banned Books Week
Powells City of Books
1005 W. Burnside
Portland, OR
7:30 pm
Local authors discuss censorship. I'll discuss how it affects teens and keeps them from reading great books they love.

October 4
Crazy Eights Author Event
Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR
7 p.m.
Eight authors at one crazy event: Brian Doyle, Robert Dugoni, James Bernard Frost, April Henry, Jane Kirkpatrick, Ron Lovell, Phillip Margolin, Naseem Rakha, and George Byron Wright.

September 20-23
Attending The Writers Police Academy
Jamestown, NC

July 27-29
Norfolk Public Library Literature Festival
Norfolk, Nebraska
Events include writers' workshop and presentations.

July 9-13
Instructor, Oregon Coast Children's Book Writers Workshop
Oceanside, OR
http://www.occbww.com/

May 16
Ponderosa Junior High School
Klamath Falls, OR
School visit through Oregon Literary Arts

May 15
Oregon Literary Arts event at Klamath Falls Library
5:30 p.m.
126 South 3rd Street
April will talk about her latest books, how to find inspiration in your everyday life, writing for teens, and more.

April 28
Write to Publish
A one-day conference demystifying the publishing industry
Portland State University
http://www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu/w2p/

April 23
Oregon Book Award
Girl, Stolen is a finalist
Ceremony at Gerding Theater at The Armory
Portland, OR

April 20
Homeword Bound
6 - 9 p.m.
A benefit for Community Partnership for Affordable Housing featuring a dozen authors
Tualatin Country Club
9145 SW Tualatin Road
Tualatin, OR
Tickets are $65 per person. Call 503.293.4038
http://cpahinc.org/hwbound2012.html

April 3
Powells Books in Cedar Mills
7 p.m.
Beaverton, Oregon
Talking about both The Night She Disappeared and Eyes of Justice. 

March 23
School and community visits
Olney, Illinois
Girl, Stolen chosen for One Book, One Community event

March 22
School Visit
Rittenhour Middle School
St. Louis, Missouri

March 21
School Visit
St. Charles High School
St. Charles, Missouri

Library visit open to all
7 p.m.
Spencer Road Library
St. Louis, Missouri
Talking about my adult and teen mysteries and thrillers

March 20
School and community events in Warsaw, Ohio

February 2
6:30 - 8 p.m.
How to Turn up the Tension class
917 SW Oak St. #405
Call 503.796.9224 to register,$30, all proceeds benefit Write Around Portland
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