Deborah's Calendar
Conferences & Author Visits
Please contact me if you're interested in having me present at your school or conference. Now booking for 2020 and beyond!
SPRING 2020 (Now Booking)
May 6 Jacksonville Elementary
Jacksonville, OR
Mar 27 Texas Library Association
Houston, TX
Mar 26 Mahanay Elementary
Houston, TX
Mar 2 East Olympia Elementary
Olympia, WA
Mar 3 Tukwila Elementary
Tukwila, WA
Jan 24 Findley Elementary
Portland, OR
Jan 11 Ooligan Press Write to Publish Conference
Portland State University
Portland, OR
Fall 2019
Nov 23 NCSS
Austin, TX
Nov 21-22 Georgetown ISD
Georgetown, TX
Oct 8 Hesston USD
Hesston, Kansas
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spring 2019 THANK YOU EVERYONE!
June 20 Picturing History, Georgia Council of Social Studies
June 6 Port Orchard, WA
May 6-7 Charleston, SC schools
Apr 29-May 3 Westport, CT schools
April 4 Austin Creek Elem, Santa Rosa, CA
April 3 Sonoma County Library Family Event
Mar 26-27 Tehama County Writing Celebration, CA
Mar 23 Calvacade of Authors, Tri-Cities, WA
Mar 19-22 Tri-Cities, WA schools
Mar 6-8 Homewood, AL schools
Mar 4-5 Indiana schools
Feb 26 Riverview Elem, Lebanon, OR
Feb 1 Writing Workshop, Corvallis, OR
2018
December 7 Barnes & Noble, Vancouver, WA
Benefiting Henry Lacks High School
Nov 26-Nov 29 Denver schools
Nov 20 ALAN Workshop, Houston
June 23 American Library Association
New Orleans, LA
May 8 Willamette Primary
West Linn, OR
Apr 30 Long Island
Apr 25-27 Atlanta, GA and vicinity
April 10 Massachusetts Reading Association
April 3-5 Texas Library Association
March 28 Daves Avenue, Monte Sereno, CA
March 23 Chinook Middle School, Kennewick, WA
Feb 20-Mar 8 Liberty and Kearney, Missouri
January 30 Riverdale School, Portland, OR
2017
June 22/23 All Write Summer Institute
Indiana
June 7 Author Panel
2017 Children's Defense Fund
Freedom Schools National Training
Alex Haley Farm, Clinton, TN
May 9 Release of INDEPENDENCE CAKE
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Schwartz & Wade
May 6 Calvacade of Authors, West
Tacoma, WA
April 21-28 Author visits, Cleveland, OH
April 4 Release of A LETTER to MY TEACHER
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Schwartz & Wade
Release of GUYS READ: Heroes & Villains
My selection in Jon Scieszka's newest anthology,
entitled "HOW I BECAME STINK DALEY," recounts
the swill milk scandal of 19th century NYC.
March 31-Apr 1 Kutztown University Children's Literature Conference
Kutztown, PA
March 28-31 School Visits, North Carolina
March 11-12 Tucson Festival of Books
Tucson, AR
March 1 Trillium Creek Primary
West Linn, OR (right around the corner!)
February 10 Pulaski Academy
Little Rock, AR
February 9 Educators' Night
Federal Reserve Bank of S. Louis,
Little Rock Branch
February 1 Sacred Heart School
Bellevue, WA
2016
Dec 2-4 NCSS
Washington, DC
Nov 30 Duxbury Middle School
Duxbury, MA
Nov 18-20 NCTE
Atlanta, GA
Nov 17 Whispering Meadows Elementary
Fort Wayne, IN
October 23-26 Highlights Foundation Nonfiction Workshop
September 27 Release of DIVE!
PAST EVENTS 2016
July 11-12 nErDCamp and nErDCamp, Jr.
Parma, MI
June 7 Release of STEAMBOAT SCHOOL
May 5 Winterhaven School
Portland, OR
April 29-30 Allen County Young Authors’ Celebration
Iola, KS
April 28 New Franklin Elementary School
New Franklin, MO
April 27 Root Elementary
Fayetteville, Arkansas
April 26 Vandergriff Elementary
Fayetteville, Arkansas
April 14 Meadow View School
Eugene, OR
April 12 Pine Ridge Elementary
Bend, OR
April 11 Three Rivers School
Sunriver, OR
April 9 Book Launch Event - 4pm
A Children's Place, Portland OR
April 5 Release of A Bandit’s Tale,
The Muddled Misadventures of a Pickpocket
March 29 Release of Follow the Moon Home, A Tale of One Idea,
Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles
March 22 Canyon Creek Elementary School
Bothell, WA
March 21 University Child Development School
Seattle, WA
March 11 Louisville Collegiate School
Louisville, KY
March 10 Gilmore Lane Elementary School
Louisville, KY
March 9 St. Matthews Elementary
Louisville, KY
March 8 Lowe Elementary
Louisville, KY
March 5 Guest Speaker, Oregon Battle of the Books
Region 4NW Regionals
February 13 Powells, Cedar Hills Crossing
2pm Launch Event
Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
February 12 Kalapuya Elementary School
Salem, OR
February 5 Vanderlyn Elementary School
Dunwoody, GA
February 4 Kittredge Magnet School
Atlanta, GA
February 2 Release of Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale
of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
January 12-13 Author visits in Edmonds, WA School District
January 5 Young Willamette Writers Workshop
Portland, OR
2015
Dec 15 Middle School visits in Corvallis, OR
Dec 5 Opening of Young Charles Dickens
New York City Children's Theater
Nov 19 NCTE panel
Responsible Citizens, Workers and Activists
Minneapolis, MN
Nov 16-17 Presenter
Lesley University:
Literacy for All Conference
Providence, RI
Nov 10 John Tuck/Tumalo Elementary
Redmond, OR
Oct 26 Author Presentation
Catlin Gabel School
Portland, OR
Oct 18-21 Faculty
Creating Page-Turning Nonfiction for
Middle Schoolers and Above
Highlights Foundation
Honesdale, PA
Oct 2 The Fay School
Houston, TX
Oct 1 The Shlenker School
Houston, TX
Sept 30 St. John’s School
Houston, TX
Sept 29 River Oaks Baptist School
Houston, TX
Sept 28 St. Mark’s Episcopal School
Houston, TX