Upcoming
VIRTUAL
Writer's Digest Novel Writing Conference
January 24-26, 2025
Details TBA
Past
NASHVILLE, TN
Southern Festival of Books
with Peter Swanson
Tennessee State Library, Harpeth Room
October 26, 2024 @ 2:30pm
CHATTANOOGA, TN
In conversation with Paul Luikart
SoLit
Register for this free event HERE
August 17, 2024 @ 4pm EST
NASHVILLE
Attending Author/Panelist
Bouchercon
August 28-September 4, 2024
NEW YORK, NY
In conversation with Alex Segura
Jefferson Market Library
September 11, 2024 @6pm EST
VIRTUAL
In conversation with Greer Macallister
Malaprop's Bookstore
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August 15, 2024 @ 6pm EST
KNOXVILLE, TN
Celebrating the launch of Hollow Bones
Union Ave Books
August 8, 2024 @ 6pm EST
VIRTUAL
In conversation with Dr. Jesse Graves
about Charles Wright's Black Zodiac
Humanities Tennessee/Chapter 16
April 25, 2025 @ 7:30pm EST
EVENT RECORDING HERE
POTSDAM, NY
LoKo Festival
SUNY Potsdam
May 2, 2023 @ 4pm EST
VIRTUAL
in conversation with Greer Macallister
Union Ave Books
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January 28, 2021 @ 7pm EST
VIRTUAL
43rd Annual ALTA Conference
“Small Press Literary Journal Editors' Roundtable”
October 9, 2020 @2pm EST
VIRTUAL
with Hunter Dukes, Tobias Carroll, Sheila Liming, Laura Waddell, Shonna Humphrey, and Hanne Blank
Print: A Bookstore
October 29, 2020 @7pm EST
Details TBA
VIRTUAL
Book Launch for Snake
with wildlife educator Karen Green
September 20, 2020 @3pm EST
Register for free HERE.
VIRTUAL
with Samuel Amadon, Elaine Johanson, Ricardo Maldonado, & Matthew Pennock
On Facebook
July 19, 2020 @ 7pm EST
VIRTUAL
with Peter Carlaftes, Christopher Chambers, S. A. Cosby, & S. J. Rozen
On Facebook
On YouTube
May 12, 2020 @ 7pm
WASHINGTON, DC
with Greer Macallister
Solid State Books
March 4, 2020 @ 7pm
ALEXANDRIA, VA
Old Town Books
A Killer Sense of Place (2-Hour Class)
Buy Tickets Here
February 29, 2020 @ 2pm
CHATTANOOGA, TN
Starline Books
February 4, 2020 @ 6pm
ATLANTA, GA
with Collin Kelley
Georgia Center for the Book
February 3, 2020 @ 7pm
NEW YORK, NY
Launch event for Famous in Cedarville
with David Burr Gerrard
moderated by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
Shakespeare & Co. @ Lexington Ave.
December 4, 2019 @ 6:30pm
RICHMOND, VA
Meet and Treat for Famous in Cedarville
Fountain Bookstore
November 17, 2019 @11am (to 1pm)
NASHVILLE, TN
Launch event for Famous in Cedarville
with Jason Miller
Parnassus Books
November 15, 2019 @ 6:30pm
KNOXVILLE, TN
Launch event for Famous in Cedarville
with Erin Elizabeth Smith
Union Ave Books
November 9, 2019 @ 6pm
DALLAS, TX
Bouchercon
October 31-November 3rd
WASHINGTON, DC
Launch event for Famous in Cedarville
with Matthew Pennock
Kramerbooks
October 22, 2019 @6:30pm
FAIRFAX, VA
Fall for the Book
"Sweet Little Lies: How Secrets Can Shape a Story"
with Laurie Loewenstein, John Gilstrap, & G.M. Malliet
October 12, 2019 @ 11:45am
WASHINGTON, DC
Conversation with Daniela Petrova
Kramerbooks
July 29, 2019 @ 6:30pm
WASHINGTON, DC
ALA
Signing at the Polis Books table
June 22, 2019 @ 10am
NEW YORK, NY
BookExpo America
Signing at the Polis Books table
May 30, 2019 @ 3pm
GAITHERSBURG, MD
Gaithersburg Book Festival
In conversation with Randee Green
May 18, 2019 at 10:15am
BROOKLYN, NY
PressFest!
Signing at the Mystery Tribune table
May 11, 2019
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Virginia Festival of the Book
"Looking for Crime (Or Not!)"
with William Boyle, Kellye Garrett, and Thomas Kies
March 23, 2019 at 12pm
REMOTE
Writer's Digest Virtual Conference for Novelists
"Setting the Scene: Using Place to Advance Your Story"
January 25-January 27, 2019
NASHVILLE, TN
with Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Parnassus Books
November 4, 2018 at 2pm
ARLINGTON, VA
with Greer Macallister
One More Page
Costumes Encouraged!
October 30, 2018 at 7pm
WASHINGTON, DC
Noir at the Bar
The Wonderland Ballroom
October 27, 2018 at 5pm
ROCKVILLE, MD
Frank Islam Athenaeum Symposia
"Poetry & the 24-Hour News Cycle"
October 24, 2018 at 7pm
NEW YORK, NY
Launch for The Blue Kingfisher
with Alex Segura and Radha Vatsal
The Mysterious Bookshop
October 16, 2018 at 6:30pm
WASHINGTON, DC
Launch for The Blue Kingfisher
with Jennifer Chang, Sara Lautman, and Matthew Pennock
Solid State Books
October 14, 2018 at 6pm
BALTIMORE, MD
Baltimore Book Festival
CityLit Stage
with Rion Amilcar Scott and Danielle Evans
September 28, 2018 at 5:30pm
WASHINGTON, DC
with Rion Scott, Amber Sparks, and Ryan Bloom
for Tiny Crimes
Solid State Books
June 12, 2018 at 7pm
GAITHERSBURG, MD
with V.P. Loggins, Kurt Olsson, and Kateema Lee
moderated by Lucinda Marshall
Gaithersburg Book Festival
May 19, 2018 at 10:15am
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
with Aja Gabel and Molly Minturn
New Dominion Bookshop
May 19, 2018 at 7pm
NEW YORK, NY
Couplet Reading Series
with Patricia Carlin, Devin Kelly, Meg Day, R.A. Villanueva, & Molly Peacock
The Delancey
February 10, 2018 at 7pm
ASHEVILLE, NC
Poetrio Reading Series
Malaprop's Bookstore
March 4, 2018 at 3pm
KNOXVILLE, TN
Ossoli Circle (book club)
March 5, 2018 at 10:30am
ATLANTA, GA
Voices Carry
Georgia Center for the Book
November 16, 2017 at 7:15pm
BROOKLYN, NY
Launch for All the Bayou Stories End with Drowned
with Ricardo Maldonado
Berl's Poetry Shop
September 29, 2017 at 7pm
KNOXVILLE, TN
SAFTA Reading Series
August 27, 2017 at 2pm
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
Virginia Festival of Books
March 22-26, 2017
CHARLESTON, IL
Lions in Winter
January 27-28, 2017
NASHVILLE, TN
Southern Festival of Books
October 14-16, 2016
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Bouchercon
September 15-18, 2016
FRANKLIN, TN
Killer Nashville
August 19-21, 2016
NASHVILLE, TN
East Side Storytellin'
August 16, 2016 at 7pm
ATLANTA, GA
featuring Collin Kelley
Georgia Center for the Book
June 2, 2016 at 7pm
BROOKLYN, NY
Identity Crisis
with Elyssa East, Alex Segura, and Ricardo Maldonado
WORD Bookstore
May 17, 2016 at 7pm
NASHVILLE, TN
with Southern Word
"Reflecting Nashville"
May 5, 2016 at 7pm
BOWLING GREEN, KY
Southern Kentucky Book Festival
April 22-23, 2016
NASHVILLE, TN
Nashville School of the Arts
April 13, 2016 at 5:30pm
INDIANA, PA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(campus visit)
March 28-31, 2016
ASHEVILLE, NC
with Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Malaprop's Bookstore
March 17, 2016 at 7pm
CHATTANOOGA, TN
with Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Star Line Books
November 21, 2015 at 2pm
NASHVILLE, TN
Launch for The Granite Moth
with Win Bassett
Parnassus Books
November 24, 2015 at 6:3opm
NASHVILLE, TN
Killer Nashville
October 30-November 1, 2015
NASHVILLE, TN
Southern Festival of Books
October 9-11, 2015
Behind the Curtain: The Role of Artifice in Three Novels
with Greer MacAllister and Don Winston
October 10, 2015 at 4pm (NPL Conf. Room 2)
Literary Death Match
with Harrison Scott Key, Alex Sheshunoff, and Tiana Clark
October 10, 2015 at 8pm (War Memorial Auditorium)
ATLANTA, GA
Vida Voca #10
Mint Gallery
July 20, 2014 at 7pm
NEW YORK, NY
Launch for The Red Chameleon
The Mysterious Bookshop
June 18, 2014 at 6:30pm
DECATUR, GA
Georgia Center for the Book
October 26, 2013
ATLANTA, GA
What’s New in Poetry
Emory University
June 27, 2013
NEW YORK, NY
Hearth Gods Poet Night
November 17, 2012
BROOKLYN, NY
Unnameable Books
July 18, 2012
NEW YORK, NY
Black Lawrence Press Reading
June 30, 2012
ASHEVILLE, NC
Poetrio Reading Series
June 4, 2012
NEW YORK, NY
Animal Farm Reading Series
November 10, 2011
NEW YORK, NY
Marymount Manhattan College Faculty Reading
October 18, 2011
NEW YORK, NY
Launch for Instructions for Killing the Jackal
October 7, 2011
NEW YORK, NY
Black Lawrence Press Reading
September 17, 2011
NEW YORK, NY
InDigest Anniversary Reading
December 12, 2010
NEW YORK, NY
Ping-Pong East Coast Launch Party
November 7, 2009
BROOKLYN, NY
First Sundays Writers Series
October 4, 2009