Upcoming/summer events
July 22, 2020
Guest Instructor (via Zoom)
Western Colorado University MFA program residency
Gunnison, Colorado
July 24, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Hugo House Solitude Social Club with Rob Arnold
Via Zoom
Register here
August 3, 2020 3:00-4:30 pm MT
Craft lecture
Writing in Color Retreat
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
August 10, 2020 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
Rogue Reads series–reading from WINTER COUNTS
Rogue Writers, with Heather Graham, Gary Phillips, and Lisa Black
Details here
August 12, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Quarantine Book Club–discussing WINTER COUNTS
Quarantine Book Club online
Register here
August 22, 2020
Ink Heist podcast with Shane Douglas Keene
August 24, 2020
Interviewed by William Kent Krueger/discussion of WINTER COUNTS
Poisoned Pen Bookstore (online via Facebook Live)
Scottsdale, Arizona
August 25, 2020 10:00-10:45 am MT/12:00-12:45 am ET
Interviewed by Kasey Jernigan, Shelf Life (virtual event)
Virginia Humanities
Registration details forthcoming
August 25, 2020 6:00-7:00 pm MT/8:00-9:00 pm ET
P&P Live! In conversation with S.A. Cosby (virtual event)
Politics & Prose Books
Register here
August 26, 2020 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
Interviewed by Brandon Hobson (virtual event)
Kweli International Literary Festival
Register here
August 29, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
WINTER COUNTS book launch (virtual event via Zoom)
In conversation with Craig Johnson
Lighthouse Writers Workshop; register here
August 30, 2020 2:00-5:00 pm ET
Masterclass: Plot and Narrative Structure: Strategies and Alternatives
Kweli International Literary Festival
Class taught via Zoom; register here
September 16, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Books on the Subway event (via Zoom)
registration forthcoming
September 17, 2020 6:00 pm MT/7:00 CT/8:00 pm ET
In conversation with Vanessa Lillie
Best of Books, Edmond, OK
registration forthcoming
October 1, 2020 time TBA
Discussing and signing SPOTTED TAIL
South Dakota Festival of Books
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
October 2-4, 2020 date and time TBA
Discussing and signing WINTER COUNTS
South Dakota Festival of Books
Brookings, South Dakota
October 15-18, 2020 date and time TBA
Discussing WINTER COUNTS
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Virtual event
October 12-30, 2020
Visiting Faculty
Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing and Publishing program
Montpelier, Vermont
October 24-25, 2020 date and time TBA
Reading Like a Writer event; discussing WINTER COUNTS
Boston Book Festival
Virtual event
Past 2020 events
February 26-28, 2020
Signing books
Public Library Association conference
Nashville, Tennessee
February 26, 2020 7:20-7:55 p.m.
Panel: “School Library Journal: Evening of Dialogue”
Nashville Public Library
Nashville, Tennessee
March 4, 2020 7:00 p.m
Reading: Rock & Roll Reading
Retox Bar
San Antonio, Texas
March, 2020 Details TBA
Reading: 2020 Debuts Reading
AWP conference
San Antonio, Texas
March 26-27, 2020
Visiting Writer
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Montpelier, Vermont
April 9, 2020 11:00-12:15 pm — CANCELED
Panel: Opening Keynote
Mountain and Plains Independent Bookseller Springcon 2020
Origin Hotel, Golden, Colorado
May 27, 2020 4:20-5:00 pm (ET)
Speaker (via Zoom)
School Library Journal Day of Dialog Virtual Event
June 5, 2020 2:00-8:00 pm (MT). My panel: 7:30-8:45 pm (MT)
Reading: Voices for the Navajo Nation fundraising event (via Zoom)
Register here or watch on Facebook Live
June 14, 2020 6:00-7:30 pm (MT)
Panel: Antiracism in a System Built Upon Racism: Diverse Colorado Writers in Conversation (via Zoom). Sponsored by JLF Colorado.
Register here
June 21, 2020
Class (online via Zoom): The Ticking Clock: Using Techniques from Thrillers to Increase the Tension in Your Writing
Lit Fest, Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Denver, Colorado
July 9, 2020 7:00 pm
Virtual Thrillerfest presentation
ITW Facebook page (free–registration not required)
2019 EVENTS
Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:30 -11:45 a.m.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Portland, Oregon
Panel: “Outsiders in Minority Fiction: When You’re From Where You’re Not Supposed to Be.”
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Discussion: Introduction and Discussion with Tommy Orange
Friday, April 12, 2019 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Reading: Fourth Wave Native American Authors, with Brandon Hobson and Erika T. Wurth
Saturday, April 27
Seminar: The Book Project lecture (not open to the public)
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Saturday, May 11, 2019 11-1:00 p.m.
PEN America World Voices Festival
Panel: “Question of Justice”
THE PEOPLE’S FORUM, 320 W. 37TH ST. New York
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 12:30- 1:30 p.m.
Lit Fest Panel: “Launching Your Literary Career”
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 8:15-9:15 p.m.
Reading: Lighthouse Faculty Reading
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2-4:00 pm
Lit Fest seminar: “First Person Blues”
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 4:30-6:30 pm
Lit Fest seminar: “The Ticking Clock: Using Techniques from Thrillers to Increase the Tension in Your Writing”
Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver, CO
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 7:30-9:30 pm
Reading: FBomb Reading Series
Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, Denver, CO
Thursday, July 11, 2019 4:40 pm
Reading: Tin House reading series
Reed College, Portland, OR
Saturday, September 14, 2019 3:00 p.m.
Reading: At the Inkwell Series
Bookbar, Denver, Colorado
September 21, 2019 12:45-1:45 p.m.
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
In Conversation with Kent Nerburn
Boulder Public Library Boulder, Colorado
September 21, 2019 3:15-4:15 p.m.
ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
In Conversation with John Ralston Saul
Boulder Public Library Boulder, Colorado
Starting October 22, 2019
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Class: “Writing the Literary Thriller”
Denver, Colorado
October 31, 2019 11-12:00 p.m.
Bouchercon
Panel: “The Magical McGuffin”
Dallas, Texas
November 9, 2019 6:45-8:30 p.m.
Reading: Death Horse
Bar Max Denver, Colorado
November 20, 2019 4-6:00 p.m.
Native American Heritage Month Reading
MSU Denver