Events

Upcoming Events Recorded Events Past Events

Upcoming Events

Virtual — Barrelhouse Magazine Conversations & Connections Conference
February 6, 2021 DETAILS (sold out)

Virtual — Stanford Lunar New Year (Virtual) Street Festival 2021!
February 13, 2021 DETAILS

Virtual — Sonoma County Writers Camp
February 25, 2021 DETAILS

Instagram Live @ClareMackWrites — UK/US Books Across the Pond with Clare Macintosh
March 1, 2021, 1 PM EST

Virtual — East City Bookshop, Washington, DC
In Conversation with Kate Hope Day (In the Quick)
March 4, 2021, 7 PM EST DETAILS

Virtual — Wood Dale Public Library, Wood Dale, IL
March 18, 2021, 7 – 8 PM CST DETAILS

Virtual — Greece Public Library, Rochester, NY
#OneBookReads Program
March 24, 2021, 6:30 – 8:30 PM (Details will be available closer to the event)

New York, NY — Pen Parentis Salon
With Marion Winik
April 13, 2020, 6 – 7 PM

Virtual — East City Bookshop, Washington, DC
In Conversation with JoAnn Tompkins (What Comes After)
April 15, 2020, 7 – 8 PM (Details will be available closer to the event)

Virtual — Dunedin Public Library, Dunedin, FL
April 17, 2020, 10 – 11 AM (Details will be available closer to the event)

Virtual — Bards Alley Books, Fairfax, VA
In Conversation with David Baldacci (Launch event for A GAMBLING MAN)
April 20, 2020, 7 – 8 PM (Details will be available closer to the event)

Chevy Chase, MD — The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase Fundraiser
April 26, 2021, 12 – 1:30 PM (Details will be available closer to the event)

Virtual — Women’s National Book Association
Great Group Reads 2020 Bookwoman Book Club
April 29, 2021, 7:30 PM

Lake Forest, IL — A Novel Affair
October 8-10, 2021 DETAILS and PREVIEW by Rebecca Makkai

HIGHLIGHTED RECORDED EVENTS

Here’s a sampling of different types of author events I’ve held over the last few years: my launch event in conversation with my publisher/editor and agent, Macmillan’s multi-bookstore/library-sponsored discussion moderated by one of my favorite authors, a PBS author interview, a book festival event, a library event, a Q&A about the writing process, bookstore events, a book club discussion, and possibly my favorite (and certainly the most unique) event ever: a Miracle Creek mock trial put on by high school students and teachers!

Virtual – PBS Between the Covers
May 23, 2020, Recorded interview available HERE

Washington, D.C. – Politics & Prose Bookstore
MIRACLE CREEK Launch: A Conversation with Susan Golomb (Literary Agent) and Sarah Crichton (Publisher & Editor)
April 27, 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM DETAILS
Recorded conversation available HERE

Virtual — Macmillan Book + Author (with Téa Obreht)
July 30, 2020, 7 – 8 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Wisconsin Book Festival
Joint event with Kiley Reid, moderated by Dantiel Moniz
October 15, 2020, 8:30 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual Literary Happy Hour (Writing Craft) — Hugo House, Seattle, WA
July 10, 2020, 5 – 6 PM PST, DETAILS, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Westport Library, Westport, CT
In Conversation with Julia Phillips and Melissa Rivero
June 15, 2020, Recorded conversation available HERE

Savannah, GA— New Hampstead High School, Savannah Book Festival @ Schools
Miracle Creek Mock Trial
February 14, 2020, Recorded event available HERE, recap with pictures HERE

Virtual Author Talk — Carroll County Public Library & A Likely Story Bookstore, MD
June 24, 2020, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Silent Book Club Discussion
April 21, 2020, 8 PM, Recorded Zoom Discussion Available HERE

Past Events

As you can see from the list of past events below, many Miracle Creek were canceled due to the pandemic (grayed out), but some were replaced with virtual events that were recorded and available for replay (in orange). I’ve highlighted a sampling of recorded events above. I hope you enjoy them!

JANUARY 2021

Virtual — Brandeis National Committee, Washington, DC
January 11, 2021, 1 PM DETAILS

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Mid-Winter Conference, Tucson, AZ
Discussion Moderated by Judge Michael Simon, U.S. District Judge
January 25, 2021 (CANCELED)

Virtual — Huntsville-Madison County Public Library, Huntsville, AL
January 26, 2021, 6 – 7 PM DETAILS

Virtual — Stanford Annual Books on Review, Palo Alto, CA
Stanford Alumni Ass’n Event with Alka Joshi, Frances Dinkelspiel & Daniel Mason
January 28, 2021, 10 AM – 12 PM PST DETAILS

Virtual — Mae Fellowship Conversation, Louisiana
January 28, 21, 2021, 6 – 7 PM

NOVEMBER 2020

Virtual — Arizona Women Lawyers Association Annual Convention, Keynote Speaker
November 13, 2020, 1 PM DETAILS

Virtual — American Association of University Women Luncheon
November 14, 2020, 12 PM DETAILS

OCTOBER 2020

Virtual — Library of Virginia Literary Awards
Fiction Discussion Panel with Christopher Tilghman & Tara Laskowski (mod. Bethanne Patrick)
October 13, 2020, 6 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Wisconsin Book Festival
Joint event with Kiley Reid, moderated by Dantiel Moniz
October 15, 2020, 8:30 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Boswell Book Company
October 16, 2020, 3 PM, DETAILS

Virtual — Library of Virginia Literary Awards
Virtual Award Ceremony Gala
October 17, 2020, 6 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Anthony Awards Ceremony, Sacramento, CA
October 17, 2020, 5 PM PST DETAILS

Virtual — The Back Room
With Ausma Zehanat Khan, Christina McDonald, and Hannah Mary McKinnon (hosted by Hank Phillippi Ryan)
October 18, 2020, 1 PM DETAILS

SEPTEMBER 2020

Virtual — Strand Critics Award Ceremony, New York, NY
September 4, 2020, 6:30 PM, Recap & Winner Announcement HERE

Virtual — Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Phoenix, AZ
In Conversation with Robert Dugoni (Launch of The Last Agent)
September 21, 2020, 7 PM MST, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Harvard Law Alumni Association, Washington, DC
September 26, 2020, 2 PM DETAILS

AUGUST 2020

Virtual — Old Town Books, Alexandria, VA
In Conversation with A.H. Kim (Launch of A Good Family)
August 2, 2020, 1 – 2 PM DETAILS

Virtual — Hudson Library & Learned Owl Bookstore, Hudson, OH
August 5, 2020, 7 PM, Recorded event available HERE (YouTube) and HERE (Facebook)

Virtual Interview — 14:55 Interview with Sean Murphy
August 27, 2020, 6 PM, Recorded interview available HERE

JULY 2020

Virtual — Derby Public Library, Derby, CT
July 1, 2020, 2 – 3 PM DETAILS

Virtual — Belmont Books, Belmont, MA
In Conversation with Lisa Gornick
July 8, 2020, 7 – 8 PM DETAILS

Virtual Literary Happy Hour — Hugo House, Seattle, WA
July 10, 2020, 5 – 6 PM PST, DETAILS, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — 1455 Summer Literary Festival, Winchester, VA
July 18, 2020, 4 – 5 PM DETAILS

Virtual — Macmillan Book + Author (with Téa Obreht)
July 30, 2020, 7 – 8 PM, Recorded event available HERE
Sponsored by Brain Lair Books (South Bend, IN), Shakespeare & Co (NY, NY), Orinda Books (Orinda, CA), Dotters Books (Eau Claire, WI), Ada’s (Seattle, WA), Page After Page (Elizabeth City, NC), Winchester Book Gallery (Winchester, VA), Scrawl Books (Reston, VA), East City Bookshop (Washington, DC), Everett Public Library (Everett, WA), Huntington Library (Huntington, NY), Highland Park Public Library (Highland Park, IL)

JUNE 2020

At Home with Literati — Literati Bookstore, Ann Arbor, MI
In Conversation with Susan Choi
June 10, 2020, 7 PM DETAILS

Virtual — Westport Library, Westport, CT
In Conversation with Julia Phillips and Melissa Rivero
June 15, 2020, Recorded conversation available HERE

Virtual — East Meadows Library, East Meadows, NY
June 18, 2020, 1 PM DETAILS

Virtual Author Talk — Carroll County Public Library & A Likely Story Bookstore, MD
June 24, 2020, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Bookworm of Edwards, Edwards, CO
June 25, 2020, 5 PM MST DETAILS

Virtual — Once Upon a Crime Mystery Books, Minneapolis, MN
Two Bad Apples Reading for Relief Special Fundraiser Event
June 25, 2020, 7 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Bards Alley Books, Vienna, VA
#OneViennaReads Reading and Discussion
June 29, 2020, 7 PM DETAILS

Virtual — BookPeople, Austin, TX
In Conversation with Lara Prescott (Paperback Launch for The Secrets We Kept)
June 30, 2020, 7 PM

MAY 2020

Virtual — Schuler Books & Nicola’s Books, Grand Rapids, MI
May 1, 2020, 7 PM DETAILS

Virtual — Pages Bookshop, Detroit, MI
May 2, 2020, 12 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Belmont Books, Belmont, MA (Bookstore Book Club Pick)
May 4, 2020, 7:30 PM DETAILS

Washington, DC — Washington Writers Conference
May 9, 2020, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM (CANCELED)

Virtual — The Snail on the Wall, Huntsville, AL
In conversation with Mary Laura Philpott
May 11, 2020, 7 PM DETAILS

Richmond, VA — Henrico County Public Library
Joint event with Julie Langsdorf
May 14, 2020, 6:30 PM (CANCELED)

Virtual — Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ
In conversation with Amy Meyerson
May 14, 2020, 7 PM DETAILS

Annapolis, MD — Barnes & Noble
In conversation with Amy Meyerson in celebration of the launch of The Imperfects
May 16, 2020, 11 AM (CANCELED)

Instagram Live — Bazos Bookstore, Houston, TX
In conversation with Katherine Center @brazosbookstore
May 17, 2020, 1 PM CST DETAILS

P&P Live! — Politics & Prose, Washington, DC
In conversation with Sara Sligar DETAILS

Virtual — American Bar Assoc. Asian-Pacific Bar
May 20, 2020, 8 PM

APRIL 2020

Boston, MA — Muse & the Marketplace
April 3-5, 2020 (CANCELED)

INSTAGRAM LIVE @fsgbooks
Joint Celebration of MIRACLE CREEK & DISAPPEARING EARTH Paperback Launch with Julia Phillips
April 7, 2020, 7 PM

VIRTUAL — Inaugural Virtual DC Noir at the Bar
April 10, 2020, 8 PM, Recorded event available HERE

Facebook Live — Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID
April 16, 2020, 7 PM MDT, DETAILS

Facebook Live — Left Bank Books, Saint Louis, MO
April 17, 2020, 1 PM CDT, Recorded event available HERE

Lake Forest, IL — Ragdale Foundation’s A Novel Affair
April 17-19, 2020 (CANCELED)

Facebook Live — Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Phoenix, AZ
April 18, 2020, Recorded event available HERE

Virtual — Loyalty Bookstore, Washington, DC – Women’s National Book Association Conversation
April 21, 2020, 7 PM, DETAILS

Virtual — Silent Book Club Discussion
April 21, 2020, 8 PM, Recorded Zoom Discussion Available HERE

Annapolis, MD — Annapolis Book Festival
April 25, 2020 (CANCELED)

Washington, DC — National Cathedral School
April 27, 2020, 8 AM – 1 PM (POSTPONED)

Washington, DC — American Bar Association
April 28, 2020, 6 – 7 PM (POSTPONED)

Virtual — Scrawl Books, Reston, VA
April 28, 2020, 7 – 8 PM DETAILS

New York, NY — Edgar Award Ceremony & Symposium Panel
April 29-30, 2020 (CANCELED)

Virtual — FoxTale Book Shoppe, Woodstock, GA
April 30, 2020, 6:30 PM DETAILS

MARCH 2020

San Antonio, TX — The AWP Conference & BookFair
March 6-8, 2020 (VIRTUAL)

Washington, DC — Kramerbooks
In Conversation with Lisa Gornick (THE PEACOCK FEAST)
March 11, 2020 (CANCELED)

Baltimore, MD — The Dashiell Hammett Society, CCBC
In Conversation with S.A. Cosby and Mark Bergin
March 12, 2020, 6 – 8 PM

Charlottesville, VA — Virginia Festival of the Book
March 19-20, 2020 (CANCELED)

VIRTUAL — Murder & Mayhem Chicago 2020
March 21, 2021, Recorded event available HERE

FEBRUARY 2020

Savannah, GA— New Hampstead High School, Savannah Book Festival @ Schools
Miracle Creek Mock Trial
February 14, 2020, Recorded event available HERE, recap with pictures HERE

Savannah, GA — Savannah Book Festival
February 13-15, 2020

Washington, DC — University Club Conversation with the Author Series
February 24, 2020, 6:30 – 9:30 PM

JANUARY 2020

Washington, DC — Kramerbooks
In Conversation with Andrea Bartz (THE LOST NIGHT)
January 16, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30 PM

Augusta, GA — Augusta University Writers Weekend
January 24-26, 2020 DETAILS

Washington, DC — East City Bookshop
Moderator, Book Launch for FIRST STREET: Serial Box Audiobook
January 31, 2020, 6:30 – 7:30 PM

DECEMBER 2019

Washington, DC — University Club
Meet the Authors Book Fair
December 4, 2019, 5 – 8 PM

Oakton, VA — Flint Hills High School (Visiting Writers Program)
December 6, 2019, 11:30 AM – 3 PM

NOVEMBER 2019

New York, NY — Asian American Writers’ Workshop
A Reading & Conversation with Steph Cha & Catherine Chung
November 4, 2019, 7 – 9 PM

New York, NY — AAWW, Cosmos Book Club
November 6, 2019, 7 – 9 PM

Bethesda, MD — The Writer’s Center
Moderator: Women Writing Crime Fiction with Cheryl Head, Tara Laskowski & Vanessa Lillie
November 17, 2019, 3 – 4:30 PM DETAILS

Washington, DC — Williams & Connolly Speaker Series
November 19, 2019, 1 – 2 PM

Miami, FL — Miami Book Fair
November 22-24, 2019

OCTOBER 2019

Washington, DC — Loyalty Bookstore
An Evening of Mystery, with E.A. Aymar & John Copenhaver, moderated by Sherry Harris *Mystery-Themed Cocktails at Petworth Citizen to Follow
October 3, 2019, 7 – 8 PM DETAILS

Alexandria, VA — Old Town Books
In Conversation with Courtney Maum (COSTALEGRE)
October 9, 2019, 7:30 – 8:30 PM DETAILS and TICKET

Fairfax, VA — Fall for the Book Festival
Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award Ceremony
October 10, 2019, 7:00 PM DETAILS

Wichita, KS — Day of Authors
October 12, 2019, 9 AM – 3 PM DETAILS

Bronxville, NY — Wrexham Road Reading Series at Sarah Lawrence College
October 17, 2019, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM DETAILS

Austin, TX — Texas Book Festival
Big Fiction at Breakneck Speeds (with Chandler Baker)
October 27, 2019 2:45 – 3:30 PM with signing 3:30 – 4:30 PM DETAILS

Arlington, VA — One More Page Books & More
In Conversation with Kira Jane Buxton (HOLLOW KINGDOM)
October 29, 2019, 7 – 8 PM DETAILS

Dallas, TX — Bouchercon Conference
October 31 – November 3, 2019, Friday 4 – 5 PM, “More Real Than the Housewives: Unlikeable Women” with Megan Abbott, Jennifer Hillier, Laura Lippman & J.M. Redman (moderated by Katrina Niidas Holm) TRANSCRIPTION

SEPTEMBER 2019

Westminster, MD — Day for Book Lovers with Tracy Chevalier & Angie Kim
September 16, 2019, 10 AM – 2:30 PM DETAILS

New York, NY — Variety Magazine’s 10 Storytellers to Watch
September 19, 2019, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM DETAILS

Arlington, VA — One More Page Books & More
Conversation with Jamie Mason (THE HIDDEN THINGS)
September 25, 2019, 7 – 8 PM DETAILS

Interlochen, MI — Interlochen Arts Academy
September 26, 2019,1:00 – 3:30 PM

Harbor Springs, MI — Harbor Springs Festival of the Book
September 27-29, 2019 DETAILS

AUGUST 2019

Washington, DC — Washington Urban Debate League, Book Salon
August 1, 2019, 6:30 PM DETAILS

Washington, DC — Kramerbooks
Dinner & A Story Moderated by Chelsea Humphrey (@suspensethrills)
August 15, 2019, 6 – 8 PM DETAILS

Alexandria, VA — Emerging Writers Festival 2019
August 17, 2019 1 – 2 PM DETAILS
August 18, 2019 4 – 5:30 PM DETAILS

Arlington, VA — Northern Virginia Noir at the Bar
August 25, 2019, 6:30 – 9:00 PM DETAILS

New York, NY — Center for Fiction, Emerging Writers Fellows Dinner
August 28, 2019, 6 – 8:30 PM

Washington, DC — 2019 National Book Festival
August 31, 2019, 2 – 2:45 PM, The Washington Post Stage

JULY 2019

Washington, DC — East City Bookshop
A Conversation with Kate Hope Day and Julie Langsdorf
July 2, 2019, 6:00 – 7:00 PM DETAILS

Baltimore, MD — The Weekly Reader Book Club (WYPR & The Ivy Bookshop)
July 11, 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 PM DETAILS

Winchester, VA — 1455 Summer Literary Festival
Featured Reading: Angie Kim & Julia Phillips
July 20, 2019, 5:30 – 9:00 PM DETAILS

Washington, DC — Politics & Prose
Moderating Conversation with Melissa Rivero & Julia Phillips
July 27, 2019, 3:30 – 4:30 PM DETAILS

JUNE 2019

Washington, DC – Solid State Books, Lit on H Street
June 30, 2019, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM DETAILS

Washington, DC – Petworth Citizen Literary Cocktails
June 29, 2019, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM DETAILS

Cambridge, MA – Cambridge Public Library
A Conversation with Mira T. Lee
June 27, 2019, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM DETAILS

New York, NY – Bryant Park Author Reading Series
June 26, 2019, 12:30 – 1:45 PM DETAILS

Closter, NJ – Closter Public Library, Meet the Author Series
June 25, 2019, 7 – 8:30 PM DETAILS

Reston, VA – Scrawl Books at Reston Regional Library
A Conversation with Julie Langsdorf
June 23, 2019, 2 – 4 PM DETAILS

Reddit Books – Ask Me Anything, r/books
June 20, 2019, 12 – 2 PM
Discussion available at https://www.reddit.com/r/books/

Madison, CT — RJ Julia Bookstore
A conversation with Julia Phillips, moderated by Courtney Maum
June 13, 2019, 7 – 8 PM DETAILS

Winchester, VA — 1455 Author Series @ The Village at Orchard Ridge
June 5, 2019, 1:30 – 2:30 PM DETAILS

Columbia, MD — Books in Bloom Literary Festival
June 2, 2019, 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM, Stage 2, Merriweather Post Pavilion DETAILS

MAY 2019

Arlington, VA — One More Page Books
A Conversation with E.A. Aymar and Louis Bayard, moderated by Bethanne Patrick
May 22, 2019, 6-7 PM DETAILS

Gaithersburg, MD – Gaithersburg Book Festival 10th Anniversary
May 18, 2019, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM DETAILS

Baltimore, MD — Enoch Pratt Free Library Writers LIVE Series
May 16, 2019, 6:30-8:00 PM DETAILS

Excelsior, MN — Excelsior Bay Books Literature Lovers’ Night Out
May 13, 2019, 6-7:30 PM DETAILS

Minneapolis, MN – The Loft’s Inaugural Wordplay Festival
A Conversation with Scott Turow
May 11, 2019, 3:45-4:45 PM, Minnesota Public Radio Stage DETAILS

Redondo Beach, CA — Creating Conversations Bookstore, Inaugural Book Club
May 9, 2019, 7 PM DETAILS

Santa Barbara, CA — Chaucer’s Bookstore
A Conversation with Danielle Swiontek
May 8, 2019, 6-7 PM DETAILS

San Francisco, CA — Bookstore West Portal
A Conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims
May 6, 2019, 7 PM DETAILS

Berkeley, CA — Bay Area Book Festival
A Conversation with Lauren Wilkinson & Chia-Chia Lin (moderated by C Pam Zhang)
May 5, 2019, 1:30-2:45 PM DETAILS

APRIL 2019

Baltimore, MD – CityLit Festival 2019, University of Maryland
April 27, 2019 DETAILS

Catonsville, MD – The Dashiell Hammett Society and CCBC Creative Writing Forum & Reception
April 25, 2019, 7 PM DETAILS

Washington, DC – Women’s National Book Association Dinner 
April 23, 2019, 6-8 PM, Kramerbooks

Austin, TX – Texas Library Association, Austin Public Library
Evening with the Authors: TLA Annual Conference
April 17, 2019, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM DETAILS

Great Falls, VA – Whippourwill
Miracle Creek Publication Day Celebration
April 16, 2019, 7:30 PM DETAILS about Whippourwill.

Winchester, VA – Hadley Library, The Virginia Center for Literary Arts Author Series
Conversation with E.A. Aymar, with Special Performance by Steve Draughn
April 11, 2019, 6-7 PM DETAILS

Great Falls, VA – Great Falls Public Library
Great Falls Friends & Neighbors All-Members Meeting
April 4, 2019, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM DETAILS

JANUARY 2019

SEATTLE, WA – ALA MIDWINTER 2019 CONFERENCE, LIBRARYREADS PANEL
With Kira Jane Buxton, Juliet Grames, Isabella Hammad & Namwali Serpell
January 26, 2019, 3-4 PM, Washington State Convention Center DETAILS

OCTOBER 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NOIR AT THE BAR
October 27, 2018, 5-8 PM, The Wonderland Ballroom DETAILS

BALTIMORE, MD – NAIBA FALL CONFERENCE
October 8, 2018, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM DETAILS