I have no idea what I've gotten myself into, but I'll be appearing at the WizardWorld ComicCon in Chicago. Because I am a wizard. I will take a lot of pictures. I'll be signing books from 1-2 and from 3-4 at table J27 in Artists Alley. At 2, I'll be on the panel "Ode to Leading […]

We'll be celebrating the paperback publications of both Music for Wartime and Anna's novel The Life and Death of Sophie Stark with a joint reading and conversation at Women & Children First. Please join us and help welcome Anna to town!

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I'll be in conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer about his new novel, Here I Am, at the Music Box Theater in Chicago. Tickets come with a copy of the book provided by Unabridged Bookstores.

I'll be teaching the weekend-long course "The Basics of Fiction: For Newbies and Pros" at Iowa Writers House in Iowa City. Registration and more info here.

Literary Death Match is coming to Subterranean in Chicago, and I will be one of the judges deciding who gets fed to the lions. Featured author/victims are Vu Tran, C. Russell Price, Nnedi Okorafor, and Hanna Gamble. More details here!

I'll be reading something on the theme of "Wedding Bells" at Gallery Cabaret for the Miss Spoken series. Find out more here!

I'll be appearing at Harbor Springs Festival of the Book in Harbor Springs, Michigan. More information at the festival website!

I've been awaiting Katie Chase's debut collection for about eight years now, and I'm thrilled to be in conversation with her about Man & Wife at my favorite new Chicago bookstore. Please join us for wine and coffee and stories! Here's the Facebook page.