Places I’ve visited:
June 10, 2013: Richardson, TX
– Region 10 Secondary Summit
June 4, 2013: Release date for CURSE OF THE ANCIENTS — book 4 of the Infinity Ring Series
May 18, 2013: Rochester NY
– TBF LIVE! (details here)
May 14, 2013: Passaic, NJ
– Lincoln Middle School
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