I'll be giving a talk about The Hundred-Year House... Please contact the library to register!

Recommended Reading Night - On Wednesday, December 16th from 7 to 8, Women and Children First (in Chicago) invited local authors to pitch their favorite books of 2015 for 10 minutes each. Other panelists include Aleksander Hemon, Gina Frangello, Christine Sneed, and Nami Mun. After the mini presentations and Q&A with the audience, we'll have wine and snacks.

Registration information available here!

I'll be visiting the University of New Hampshire (in Manchester) on March 9th and 10th; a public reading will take place at 5 pm on the 10th.

This is a live lit event. I'll be reading along with Brooke Allen, Ricardo Gamboa, Elizabeth Gomez, Tyler Greene, Sarah Hollenbeck, Jill Howe, Sam Irby, Jeremy Owens, and Karen Shimmin... The doors open at 6:30 pm  and the oops-themed show begins at 7:30 pm. Come early and enjoy dinner at Act One.    

Here's the official AWP skinny: No Facts, Only Interpretations: An Examination of the Multiple Point of View Novel.  (Eric Sasson,  Anna North,  Julia Fierro,  Ellen Sussman,  Rebecca Makkai) Five novelists who have experimented with point of view will discuss their POV choices and how those choices informed the tone and shape of their books. Does having multiple […]

I'll be reading and chatting at the Wauconda Area Library along with Elizabeth Blackwell, author of While Beauty Slept. Books available for purchase and signing!

Tin House editor Rob Spillman will visit Chicago's legendary Book Cellar to discuss his new memoir, All Tomorrow's Parties -- and I'll be there to interrogate him in a friendly way. Please join us!

Evergreen Park Library is hosting local authors as part of National Library Week on Saturday, April 16. Mystery authors Lori Rader-Day and Susanna Calkins will speak at 1 pm; I will speak at 2. Books will be available for purchase and signing.