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* March 2010 - date tbd. Group author signing for TIMESHARES, time travel anthology, DAW Books, at Barnes & Noble, Racine, WI.

* DEC 1-12, 12 Days of Christmas in Miniature & 12 Great Reads: Get in the holiday spirit with a Christmas classic and holiday miniatures! See blog:12 Days of Christmas in Miniature, Day 1.

* 12/12, 1-3 p.m.: Holiday Book Drive & Readathon, Barnes & Noble, Racine, WI.

* 11/7, 5-9 p.m.: Holiday Gala & author signings, Rustique and Cafe Book, 395 Lake St., Antioch, IL.

* 11/14-15: Tinley Park, Ill. High School craft fair

* 11/21, 1-4 p.m.: Fundraiser for HALO homeless shelter, Racine, WI. Crafts and author readings. I'm reading at 1:40 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 2710 S. Green Bay Rd., Racine, WI

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* 9/19: Castle Gardens, Richmond, Ill.

* 8/22: Authors signing, Galena, Ill. See blog

* July: Cafe Book, Antioch, Ill.

* June 25 : Schaumburg, Ill. Township Library, book discussion and kid's craft, Make a Dream Room. Kids working in miniature!

* June 18: Book discussion, Girl Scouts, Camp Alice Chester, E. Troy, WI.

* June 10-11: Students in 4th grade teacher Cara Gorr's class at Nash Elementary, Kenosha, WI, read Searching For A Starry Night as a class project. See some pix here.

* June 6 : Printer's Row Lit Fest, Chicago. See pix here

* March 8-9: Book Signing with the Doxies, Central Bark Doggy Day Care, Grayslake, IL

NEWS:

** New Ebook at B&N.com! Searching for a Starry Night is now in ebook format at Barnes&Noble.com!

** Get Searching for a Starry Night now in KINDLE!

** Searching For A Starry Night 2009 Eppie Award Finalist

Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery, available in print and ebook format from Quake/Echelon Press, was named a finalist in the children's/YA category of the 2009 Eppie Awards from the Epic Ebook Foundation.

* Searching for a Starry Night in Top 10 of the 2008 Preditor's Editor's Readers Poll for Best Book Art & Best Mystery

* BOOK ROAST! Interview

* WINNER! Searching For A Starry Night is BEST Children's Book Cover.

  * Searching For A Starry Night - Best cover! New Covey Cover Awards.

  * I'm Featured Guest Author, Stories For Children Magazine

* Sam from SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT tells her Best Friend's Story

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THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT

  My story, "Fire and Magic," featuring my young sleuth, Sam, (from SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT) is in this anthology benefiting San Diego wildfire survivors. Read more...

"The Witch Tree"

Contest winner: All Jimmy Grayson wanted was a place where he could sit on his porch and listen to ball games. What he found was a veritable hell on earth, ruled by a plague so vicious it threatened his very existence. Soon Jimmy is tormented by his own obsession to destroy those that torture him. Where will it end? See ebooks

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