It's the launch date of my paperback (for The Great Believers) and Jean Kwok's hardcover (for Searching for Sylvie Lee)! We'll be reading at talking together at the St. Louis County Library.

I'll be reading at Strand Books, and author and One-Story editor Patrick Ryan will be in conversation with me. Registration includes either a gift card or a signed paperback.

I'll be reading and talking with Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Patsy.

I'll be paneling with Rosellen Brown, author of The Lake on Fire, about writing Chicago history in fiction. Our host will be the brilliant Donna Seaman. We'll be in the Multipurpose Room of the Harold Washington Library.

The brilliant Owen Keehnen will be in conversation with me.

I'll be reading with author Christine Maul Rice. This is part of a weeklong writers retreat, but the readings are open to the public, and include book sales and a signing! I'd love to see lots of people there. We'll be reading in the Writing House Great Room.

I'll be doing a Q&A with Tim Ehrenberg. The event is at the Methodist Church.

It's my huge honor to be receiving both the ALA Carnegie Medal (on Saturday the 22nd) and the ALA Stonewall Award (on Monday the 24th). Details .

I'm thrilled to be reading again at Watermark Books. Watermark is partnering with two organizations to promote awareness of the event and of their organizations. Positive Directions provides education and testing for HIV, and the Sweet Emergency Assistance Fund has been active since the dawn of the HIV crisis and continues to provide much needed […]

I'll be teaching at the Tin House Summer Workshop (on the campus of Reed College) and sometime during that week I'll have a reading that's open to the public. Schedule .