Recent Presentations
American Library Association Caldecott-Newbery Banquet (Keynote Speaker)
American Booksellers Association Midwinter Meeting (Keynote Speaker)
Pennsylvania Teachers of English Conference (Keynote Speaker)
Syracuse University Department of Education (Guest Speaker)
National Book Festival (Speaker and Featured Author)
Virginia State Reading Association (Keynote Speaker)
Educational Book Media Association Annual Meeting (Keynote Speaker)
Western Washington University (Guest Author)
Tennessee Reading Association (Keynote Speaker)
Harding University Young Adult Conference (Keynote Speaker)
Lacey Loves to Read Festival (Guest Author)
NCTE/ALAN (Featured Speaker)
Long Island Literacy Council (Keynote Speaker)
SCBWI Annual Convention (Keynote Speaker)
Simmons College Children’s Literature Institute (Keynote Speaker)
Scholastic Reading Summit (Keynote Speaker)
Rachel Carson Middle School, Herndon, VA
Parish Episcopal School, Dallas Texas
Lancaster Junior High School, Lancaster, Texas
The Dalton School, NY, NY
Singapore American School, Singapore
Plaza Middle School, Virginia Beach, VA
Ensworth Day School, Nashville, TN
Roosevelt Charter School, NY, NY
Forest Park Middle School, Winston Salem, NC
Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, AK
LSU Lab School, Baton Rouge, LA
Tangipahoa Public Library, Hammond, LA
Toledo Public Library, Toledo, OH
Langston Hughes Public Library, Queens, NY
- VAASL Conference, Chantilly, VA (Keynote)
- People of Color Publishing, NY, NY (Keynote)
- Vermont Reads Institute, Montpelier, VT (Keynote)