4/4
Wallkill Sr. High School, Wallkill, NY

4/5
Third Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival, Fairport, NY
For more information, go to http://www.tbflive.org/.

6/4
Bucks County Romance Writers
"10 Steps to Cracking the YA Market"

6/28
American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
YALSA panel, "YA Literature, Graphic Novels, and Books on Popular Culture: How Do They Attract Reluctant Readers?" (8 a.m. to 10 a.m.)

Librarian Carlie Webber chairs an author panel - Barry Lyga (The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl), Lara Zeises (Contents Under Pressure), Lola Douglas (True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet), Holly Black (Valiant), Kazu Kibuishi (the graphic novel series Amulet), and Amy Reeder Hadley (the graphic novel Fool’s Gold) - discussing the similarities and differences between their literary approaches; the intersection of Graphic Novels, Pop Culture, and YA Literature andhow each affect/attracts reluctant readers.

Signing information to come.

Schools
A.I. duPont High School, Greenville, DE
Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, DE
Dickinson High School, Wilmington, DE
Elkton High School, Elkton, MD
Horace Mann Middle School, Franklin, MA
Kenwood High School, Baltimore, MD
New Castle Middle School, New Castle, DE
Norbell School, Elkridge, MD
Northwood High School, Silver Spring, MD
Oldfields School, Glencoe, MD
Remington Middle School, Franklin, MA
Towson High School, Towson, MD
Ursuline Academy, Wilmington, DE
William Penn High School, New Castle, DE

Libraries
Brandywine Hundred Library, Wilmington, DE
Dover Public Library, Dover, DE
Eastern Monroe Public Library, Stroudsburg, PA
Elkton Central Public Library, Elkton, MD
Laurel Public Library, Laurel, DE
Hockessin Public Library, Hockessin, DE
Kinnelon Public Library, Kinnelon, NJ
Newark Free Library, Newark, DE
Old Bridge Public Library, Old Bridge, NJ
Pt. Pleasant Borough Library, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
Rising Sun Branch Library, Rising Sun, MD
Tredyffrin Public Library, Wayne, PA
Wicomico Public Library, Salisbury, MD

Conferences and other Events

Barnes & Noble Educator Day, Wilmington, DE :: featured author, 2003
Brandywine YMCA, Wilmington, DE :: teen writing workshop, 2004
Celebration of Children's Literature, Germantown, MD :: workshop presenter, 2005-06
Chesapeake Reading Council's Author Tea, Chesapeake, VA :: featured author, 2008
Delaware Association of Teachers of English Summer Conference, Dover, DE :: featured presenter, 2004-05
Delaware Book Festival, Dover, DE :: featured author, 2006
Delaware Library Association Annual Conference, Dover, DE :: featured author and workshop presenter, 2005-06
Delaware Reading and Writing Project Fall Conference, Newark, DE :: keynote presenter, 2004
Diamond State Reading Association (local IRA) Fall Conference, Dover, DE :: presenter, 2005
Delaware Young Author's Day, Newark, DE :: author mentor, 2006
Gaithersburg Children's Book Festival, Gaithersburg, MD :: signing author, 2005
Literacy Works' Book Bash Fundraiser, Towson, MD :: participating author, 2002
Long Island Library Conference, Huntington Station, NY :: featured author/presenter, 2006
Maryland Educational Media Organization Fall Conference, Ellicott City, MD :: workshop presenter, 2004-05
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, New York, NY :: panel participant, 2007
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Tradeshow, Atlantic City, NJ :: Moveable Feast author, 2004
New Castle Writers' Conferece, Wilmington, DE :: workshop presenter, 2007
New Jersey Association of School Librarians Fall Conference, various locations, NJ :: Author's Alley participant, 2004-06; workshop presenter 2005-06
Pennsylvania School Library Association's Annual Conference, Hershey, PA :: workshop presenter, 2005
SCBWI of Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia Annual Summer Conference, Westminster, MD :: workshop presenter 2003-05
Writers at the Beach: Pure Sea Glass, Dewey Beach, DE :: featured author, 2006
Writers Conference at Penn, Philadelphia, PA :: workshop presenter, 2005-06
University of Delaware's Festival of Words, Newark, DE :: workshop presenter 2005