Upcoming Events:

May 14, 2013: Passaic, NJ
- Lincoln Middle School

May 18, 2013: Rochester NY
- TBF LIVE! (details here)

June 4, 2013: Release date for CURSE OF THE ANCIENTS -- book 4 of the Infinity Ring Series

June 10, 2013: Richardson, TX
- Region 10 Secondary Summit

June 26, 2013: Winchester, VA
- Children's Literature Conference

June 27 - 29, 2013: Portland, OR
- LeakyCon (details)

July 24, 2013: Chapel Hill, NC
- Summer Writing Institute

August 1 - 5, 2013: Los Angeles, CA
- SCBWI Summer Writing Institute

September 25 - 28, 2013: Denton, TX
- University of North Texas

October 17, 2013: Hinsdale, IL
- Hinsdale Central High School

November 1 - 2, 2013: St Louis, MO
- SCBWI Regional Conference (details)

November 12, 2013: Release date for THE LIVING, my new YA novel

February 20, 2014: Portland, OR
- Renewal Day

February 22, 2014: San Antonio, TX
- Brandeis High School "LibraryPalooza."

Recent Events:

May 3, 2013: Brooklyn, NY
- Cypress Hills Community School

May 1, 2013: Fort Worth, TX
- Fossil Ridge High School

April 30, 2013: Fort Worth, TX
- Lucyle Collins Middle School

April 29, 2013: Fort Worth, TX
- Everman High School

April 24 - 27, 2013: TLA Conference in Fort Worth, TX

April 19 - 22, 2013: IRA Conference in San Antonio, TX

April 6, 2013: Chicago, IL
- Lit Work Festival

April 5, 2013: New York, NY
- SLJ's Public Library Leadership Think Tank Speaker

April 1, 2013: Oroville CA
- Butte College Diversity Days speaker

March 21, 2013: Santa Cruz, CA
- Harbor High School

March 19, 2013: Half Moon Bay CA
- Pescadero High School

March 16, 2013: Oroville CA
- LEAP program speaker

March 1, 2013: Osage Beach, MO
- Write to Learn Conference (Missouri University)

February 12, 2013: San Diego CA
- Sweetwater High School (Where my folks went to school!)

February 1, 2013: Brooklyn NY
- Berkeley Carroll Upper School

January 24, 2013: Fayetteville AR
- University of Arkansas

January 19, 2013: Dallas TX
- Texas Council of Teachers of Language Arts

December 7, 2012: West Hartford, CT
- William H Hall High School

November 10, 2012: Charleston, SC
- Yallfest

November 2, 3, 2012: Las Vegas, NV
- Vegas Valley Book Festival

October 6, 2012: San Diego, CA
- San Diego City College International Book Fair -- details here

October 3, 2012: Stockton, CA
- University of the Pacific -- details here

September 28, 2012: Washington D.C.
- Parkside Middle School

September 28, 2012: Washington D.C.
- Washington Jesuit Academy

September 27, 2012: Washington D.C.                         - Cesar Chavez Public Charter School

September 20, 2012: Brooklyn NY
- Word Bookstore, 7pm, with Gayle Forman, E. Lockhart and Michael Northrop -- details here.

September 18, 2012: Brooklyn NY
- One Teen Story Launch at Littlefield -- details here

September 7, 2012: Roselle, IL
- Palatine High School

July 26, 2012: Southaven, TN
- DeSoto County Professional Development Keynote

June 29, 2012: New York, NY
- NY Secondary Teachers at Random House

June 28, 2012: Worcester, MA
- Worcester State College Author's Institute

June 1, 2012: Willimanantic, Connecticut
- Windham High School

May 26, 2012: Phoenix, AZ
- Maricopa County Library

May 21, 2012: Lincoln, NH
- Lin-Wood Public School

May 19, 2012: Rochestor, NY
- TBF Live

May 15, 16, 2012: Weslaco, TX
- Weslaco School District

May 11, 2012: Redwood City, CA
- Kennedy School

May 10, 2012: Menlo Park, California
- Menlo Atherton High School, Menlo Park Library

May 8, 2012: California
- Sequoia High School

May 4, 5, 2012: San Jose, CA
- San Jose Writing Project (for more info and registration details, please click here)

May 3, 2012: Indianapolis, IN
- Orchard School

April 29, 30, 2012: Chicago
- IRA

April 27, 2012: Roselle, IL
- Lake Park High School

April 20 - 22, 2012: Western Washington
- Western Washington SCBWI Conference

April 19, 2012: Madras, OR
- Madras High School

April 18, 2012: Bend, OR
- Bend Senior High School

April 17, 2012: Coos Bay, OR
- Marshfield High School

April 11 - 13, 2012: Mississippi
- Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival

March 30, 2012: San Antonio TX
- Pearsall High School

March 15, 2012: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Half Moon Bay High School, Pescedero High School

March 13, 2012: Tucson AZ
- Tucson High School

March 10, 2012: Delaware
- University of Delaware

March 8, 9, 2012: Greeley, CO
- High Plains Library District

March 2, 2012: Oklahoma City
- Putnam City High, Putnam City North

February 29, 2012: Moore, OK
- Hillsdale Baptist College

February 27, 2012: Oklahoma City
- Putnam City High

February 20, 2012: New York, NY
- Teachers College

February 8, 2012: Sublette County, WY
- Public Library

February 6, 7, 2012: Jackson, WY
- Teton County Library

December 21, 2011: Bronx, NY
- Green Dot High School (with Coe Booth)

December 14, 2011: Chesterfield, MO
- Marquette High School

November 29, 30, 2011: Harrisburg, PA
- Urban Voices: Author in Residence

November 18 - 22, 2011: Chicago
- NCTE/ALAN

November 14, 2011: Brooklyn, NY
- New York College of Technology

November 8, 2011: NY
- Writing for Children Panel at New School

November 8, 2011: Brooklyn, NY
- NYC School & Library Conference

November 6, 2011: Brooklyn, NY
- Powerhouse Arena in Dumbo

November 1, 2011: Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn Public Library (Grand Army Branch, 10:30am)

October 25, 2011: Jonesboro, AR
- Craigshead County Jonesboro Public Library (Meet the Author Event)

October 19, 2011: Portland, OR
- Tillamook County Library

October 18: Portland, OR (Roosevelt High School)

October 17: Portland, OR
- Multnomah County Teen Author Lecture

October 14/15: Seaside, OR
- OregonAssociation of School Libraries Conference

October 11, 2011: Melissa, TX
- Melissa High School

October 10, 2011: Rockport, TX
- Rockport High School

October 5, 2011: Frisco, TX
- Frisco High School / Heritage High School

October 4, 2011: Frisco, TX
- Lone Star High School / Wakeland High School

October 3, 2011: Coppell, TX

- Coppell High School

September 15, 2011: San Jose, CA
- Detention Facility in San Mateo, East Palo Alto High School, Boys Camp in La Honda

October 3, 2011: Coppell, TX
- Coppell High School

July 22, 2011: Pennsylvania
- Penn State University

July 13, 2011: New Jersey
- William Patterson University

June 8, 2011: Omaha, NE
- Evening panel with Coe Booth, A.S. King, Ellen Hopkins and Lisa McMann

May 24, 2011: New York
- BEA -- Guys Read signing (9:30am, ticketed) followed by panel

May 23, 2011: New York
- BEA -- SLJ Day of Dialogue and Fordham University

May 15, 2011: New York
- Diversity Tour (Books of Wonder)

April 28, 2011: South Carolina
- Walhalla High School

April 15 - 19, 2011: Hawaii
- Celebrate Reading Hawaii

April 7 - 10, 2011: Arkansas
- 2011 Arkansas Lit Fest

March 31, 2011: Atlanta, Georgia
- Kenneshaw State Conference

March 23, 2011: St Louis, MO
- Read it Forward Speaker

March 19, 2011: New York
- 42nd Street Library (2:30pm)

March 17, 2011: New York
- Washington Irving High School

March 15, 2011: Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies

March 4, 2011: Lubbock, TX
- Texas Tech Literature Festival

March 2, 2011: Gloversville, NY
- Gloversville High School

February 25, 2011: Lexington, Kentucky
- McConnel Conference on Youth Literature

February 18, 2011: New York
- The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School

February 16, 2011: Bronx, NY
- Green Dot School

February 7 - 11, 2011: Buffalo NY
- Various school visits

February 4, 2011: New Jersey
- Manchester Regional High School

February 3, 2011: New Jersey
- Lincoln Middle School

January 18 - 21, 2011: Miami, FL
- Educational Book and Media Association Annual Conference

December 16, 2010: Madison, CT
- R.J. Julia Booksellers, 7pm

December 2, 2010: Cherry Hill, NJ
- Barnes & Noble, 6:30pm

November 29, 2010: Brooklyn, NY
- Book Court, 7pm

November 19 - 22, 2010: Orlando, FL
- NCTE and ALAN

November 12, 2010: Omaha, NE
- Blackburn

November 11, 2010: Omaha, NE
- South

November 10, 2010: Omaha, NE
- Burke

November 9, 2010: Omaha, NE
- Marrs and Nathan Hale

November 8, 2010: Omaha, NE
- Brian High School

November 1, 2010: Haverford, PA
- Children's Book World, 7pm

October 30, 2010: Huntington, NY
- Book Review (313 New York Avenue)

October 28, 2010: Montclaire, NJ
- Watchung Booksellers, 7pm.

October 27, 2010: New York City
- Kettle of Fish, 7pm.

October 21, 2010: Brooklyn, NY
- Author Speed Dating through NYC Library.

October 18, 2010: San Antonio, TX
- Wood Middle School

October 16, 17, 2010: Austin, TX
- Texas Book Festival

October 13, 2010:
- I Will Save You release.

October 6, 2010: New York
- Reading at Jefferson Market Library.

September 11, 2010: Princeton, NJ
- Princeton Children's Book Festival

September 9, 2010: Charleston, SC
- James Island Charter High School

May 20, 21, 2010: Chicago, IL
-Morton East High School

May 26, 2010: Texas
-Seguin High School

June 8, 2010: Harlem, NY
-Barrio Book Club

May 13, 2010: Rochester, NY
- Fairport High

May 14, 2010: Rochester, NY
- Rush-Henrietta High

May 15, 2010: Rochester, NY
- TBF Live

April 27, 2010: New Jersey
-New Jersey Library Association Conference -- "Teen Author Spotlight."

April 28, 29, 2010: San Diego, CA
- Keynote Speaker at San Diego Literary Arts Festival

April 30, 2010: New York City
-PEN American panel (10am)

April 19, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-Southwest HS, Scobee MS

April 20, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-McNair MS

April 21, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-McAuliffe MS

April 22, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-Hawthorne Academy, Mark Twain Middle School

April 13, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-Jefferson High School, Connell Middle School

April 15, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-Bonham Academy

April 15-17, 2010: San Antonio, TX
-Texas Library Association Conference

March 31, 2010: Buffalo, NY
- North Park Middle Academy

April 9 - 11, 2010: Denver, CO
- Colorado Teen Literature Conference

March 25-26, 2010: South Texas
- Various schools as part of the Gear-Up Program at UTPA

March 11-12, 2010: Pleasanton, TX
- Pleasanton High School

March 13, 14, 2010: Tucson, AZ
- Tucson Book Festival

March 16, 2010: New York
- Tribeca Barnes & Noble (NY Teen Book Festival)

March 17, 2010: Long Island, NY
- Schreiber HS

March 18, 2010: New York
- Seward Park Branch Library at 10am (NY Teen Book Festival)

March 21, 2010: New York
- Signing at Books of Wonder (2pm)

March 4, 2010: Oklahoma City, OK
- Putnam City High, Putnam City North High

March 3, 2010: Oklahoma City, OK
- Putnam City West High

March 2, 2010: Oklahoma City, OK
- Putnam City Academy

February 22, 2010: Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn Collegiate

February 10, 2010: Harlem, NY
- Bridges Detention Center

December 18, 2009: Bronx, NY
-School visit

January 7 - 8, 2009: Northern California
-School visits

December 4, 2009: Houston, TX
- Dawson High School

December 11, 2009: Bronx, NY
-School visit

November 19-24, 2009: Philadelphia, PA
- NCTE / ALAN

November 12, 2009: San Diego, CA
- King Chavez Prep Academy

November 12-14, 2009: San Diego, CA
- SDSU MFA 20th Anniversary Celebration

November 16, 2009: New York, NY
- Browning School

November 17, 2009: New York, NY
- Pratt Institute

November 3, 2009: New York, NY
- NYC Library Conference (lunch speaker)

November 4, 2009: New York
- Teen Reading Series at Jefferson Market Library

November 5, 2009: San Francisco, CA
- City Youth Now

November 6, 2009: San Francisco, CA
- Capuchino High School

October 24, 2009: Austin, TX
- Austin Teen Book Festival

October 29, 2009: MA
- Lawrence Academy High School

October 13, 2009:
- We Were Here publication date

October 12-16, 2009: Wenatchee, WA
- Visiting schools in North
Central Washington

October 20, 2009: Brooklyn, NY
- Park Slope B&N with Libba Bray and David Levithan

September 25, 2009: San Antonio TX
- Keynote Speaker at Library Resource Roundup

September 24, 2009: Austin TX
-KIPP School
-Pflugerville High

September 13, 2009: Brooklyn, NY
-Brooklyn Book Festival

September 12, 2009: Westchester, NY
-Visiting Westchester Public Library

July 23, 2009: Queens, NY
-Visiting Carona Library

May 30, 2009: New York
-BEA Author Speed Dating

May 21, 2009: New York Random House:
- Speaker at Random House's Librarian Preview

May 11, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
-Palisades High

May 8, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
-Marshal High
-Bernstein High

May 7, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
-North Hollywood High
-Locke High in Watts

May 5, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
-Venice High (Sticky's high school!)

May 4, 2009: Los Angeles, CA
-Hollywood High
-Cleveland High

April 4th, 2009: Rochester NY
- TBF Live! Fourth Annual Greater Rochester Teen
Book Festival

March 27, 2009: San Antonio, TX
- Visiting Marshall High and O'Conner High

March 26, 2009: San Antonio, TX
- Visiting Lee High School

March 25, 2009: Carrizo Springs TX
- Visiting Carrizo Springs High, near the border

February 12, 2009: NY
- Visiting Bridges Detention Facility
-Donating box of books to kids there