Upcoming events
July 23-August 1, 2021
Teaching: Regis University MFA program summer residency
Virtual events
August 14, 2021 5:00 pm PT/6:00 pm MT
Discussion with Craig Johnson and Jane Kirkpatrick, Sunriver Books
Virtual event-information here
August 14, 2021 8:30 pm MT/10:30 pm ET
Noir at the Bar Kentucky. Meadowthorpe Taproom in Lexington
Live event, but David is appearing via Zoom.
August 21, 2021
Kweli Literary Festival masterclass: “Strategies for Writing Compelling Dialogue”
Virtual event-information here
August 25-29, 2021
Bouchercon: various panels and book signings
New Orleans, LA
Live event–information forthcoming
September 17, 2021, 7:45 am MT
Rotary Club of Englewood
via Zoom
September 23-25, 2021
High Plains Bookfest
Billings, MT
September 30-October 3, 2021
South Dakota Festival of Books
Rapid City and Deadwood, SD (live, in-person event)
October 14, 2021 6:30 pm CT
Fox Cities Book Festival
Fox Cities, Wisconsin
October 22-23, 2021 5:45 pm MT
Stories on Stage Sacramento
Virtual event–more information here
October 29-31, 2021 (final date and time TBA)
Headliner: Murder in the Mountains Festival
Crested Butte, Colorado Information here
January 9, 2022 12:00 pm MT/2:00 pm ET
Needham Free Public Library talk
Virtual event–more information forthcoming
Past 2021 events
January 9, 2021 7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET
Pub Talk Live: 2020 Debuts
YouTube Live
View the event here
January 21, 2021
Between the Covers interview
South Florida PBS
Information about the event here and here
February 2, 2021
In conversation with Brandon Hobson at Sam Houston State University. Virtual event–register here.
February 9, 2021 4:00 pm MST/6:00 pm EST
Crime Writers of Color panel, with S.A. Cosby and Kelly Garrett. Virtual event–tickets available here.
February 10, 2021 7:00 pm MT
Interviewing Brandon Hobson about THE REMOVED. Virtual event–register here.
February 11, 2021 6:30 pm MT
Guest speaker: “The New Wave of Diverse Voices in Crime Fiction”
Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America meeting
Virtual event–more information here
February 12, 2021 12:00 pm MT/1:00 pm CT/2:00 pm ET
Guest speaker: 7 Gen Live
Sicangu Community Development Corporation
Virtual event–more information here
February 23, 2021 5:00 pm PT/6:00 pm MT
Guest speaker: American Indian Student organization
University of Washington
Virtual event
February 26, 2021 7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET
NOIR AT THE BAR–L.A.
Hosted by Eric Beetner
Virtual event–register here
February 27, 2021 9:45-10:45 am MT/10:45 am CT/11:45 am ET
Lefty Awards Panel for Best Debut Novel
Left Coast Crime
Virtual event–register here
March 6, 2021 9-10:00 am MT/10-11:00 am CT/11-12:00 am ET
AWP panel: “Compelling Plots: from the First Draft to Publishing and Marketing.” With Natalie Jenner, Heather Chavez, Quế Mai Nguyễn Phan, Margarita Montimore. Virtual event–more information here.
March 13, 2021 5:oo pm MT/6:00 pm CT/7:oo pm ET
Native Writers Speak Out, with Erika T. Wurth
Libromobile
Virtual event–register here
March 14, 2021 5:oo pm MT/6:00 pm CT/7:oo pm ET
Virginia Festival of the Book
The Back Room presents: Rural noir. With Shawn Cosby, Chris Harding Thornton, and Heather Young
Virtual event–register here
March 15, 2021
River Styx reading series, with Kelli Jo Ford and Abigail Chabitnoy
March 27, 2021 3:00 pm MT/4:00 pm CT/5:00 pm ET
Virtual course: “Strategies for Writing Compelling Dialogue”
7th Annual Writers’ Digest Mystery and Thriller Virtual Conference
Virtual event–register here
March 31, 2021 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
On the New Native American Literature Renaissance: with Brandon Hobson
Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry–Metropolitan State University of Denver
Virtual event–information at dphi.org/live
April 2, 2021 6:30 pm MT
Douglas County Staff Book Club discussion
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Virtual event
April 10, 2021 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm Et
Lefty Awards Presentation
Virtual event–information forthcoming
April 17, 2021 (time TBA)
Murder and Mayhem in Chicago conference
Virtual event–information here
April 20, 2021 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
“Native American Literature: A Panel Paying Homage to Leslie Marmon Silko”
LA Times Festival of Books
Virtual event–register here
April 21-22, 2021 (date and time TBD)
Crime Writers of Color symposium
Panel discussion
Virtual event–information forthcoming
April 21, 2021 5:00 pm MT
University of Oklahoma
Graduate class visit
Virtual event
April 22, 2021 9:00 am MT
Davidson College
Class visit
Virtual event
April 27, 2021 4:00 pm MT/6:00 pm ET
Reading: Edgar Award Nominees for Best First Novel
Mystery Writers of America and Loyalty Bookstore
Virtual event–register here
April 29, 2021 11:00 am MT/noon CT/1:00 pm ET
Edgar Awards Presentation Ceremony
Mystery Writers of America
Virtual event–register here
May 14, 2021 3:30 pm MT/5:30 pm ET
Vermont College of Fine Arts faculty reading
Writing & Publishing MFA program
Virtual event–register here
May 24, 2021 6:30 pm MT
High Plains Library talk
Weld, Colorado
Virtual event–register here
May 26, 2021 7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET
Colorado Book Awards Finalist Reading–Mystery and Thriller
Denver, Colorado
Virtual event–registration here
June 9, 2021 12:00 pm MT/2:00 pm ET
“Story of a Book: The Agent-Writer Partnership”
Lighthouse Lit Fest panel, with Michelle Brower
Denver, Colorado
Virtual event–information here
June 12, 2021 3:00 pm MT
Grand Encampment Museum talk and book signing
Encampment, Wyoming (live, in-person event); info here
June 14, 2021 7:00 pm MT/8:00 pm CT
Rock and Roll Reading
With Sequ0ia Nagamatsu, Jennifer Wortman, Erika Wurth, and others
Virtual event–information forthcoming
June 17, 2021 9:45 am MT/11:45 am ET
James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art talk
St. Petersburg, FL (live event–information here)
June 17, 2021 5:30 pm PT/6:30 pm MT/8:30 pm ET
Cornerstone Theatre event, with Larissa FastHorse
Virtual event–register here
June 16-19, 2021
Western Writers of America conference
Loveland, Colorado
June 24, 2021 1:30 pm MT/3:30 pm ET
American Library Association conference
Discussion
Virtual event–register here
June 27-July 10, 2021
Teaching: Pan-European MFA program summer residency
Milanville, PA
July 10, 2021 2:oo pm ET
Thriller Award Ceremony
Thrillerfest; International Thriller Writers
Virtual event–streamed on FB Live
July 13, 2021 5:30 pm MT/6:3o pm CT
Writing the American West, American Writers Museum
Virtual event. Register here
July 17, 2021 2:00 pm MT/3:00 pm CT/4:00 pm ET
Malice Domestic/More than Malice virtual conference
Panel with James Lee Burke, C.J. Box, Charlaine Harris, and Michael Koryta
Virtual event–information here
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)
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 24, 2020 6:00 pm PT/7:00 pm MT/9:00 ET
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
Register here
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, followed by readings with Elisa Gabbert and Khadijah Queen
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 1, 2020 9:00 am MT/10:00 am CT
Eye 94 Radio Interview–Chicago
Details forthcoming
September 15, 2020 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
Reads & Company–reading from WINTER COUNTS
Virtual event–register here
September 16, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
Books on the Subway event/reading (via Zoom)
Reading with Asha Lemmie, Finola Austin, A.H. Kim, Madhi Sinha, Diane Zinna
Register here
September 17, 2020 6:00 pm MT/7:00 CT/8:00 pm ET
In conversation with Vanessa Lillie
Best of Books, Edmond, OK (streaming via FacebookLive)
Information about the event here
September 24, 2020 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
In conversation with Stephen Graham Jones
Tattered Cover Books (virtual event)
Information about the event here
September 25, 2020 6:00 pm MT/7:00 CT/8:00 pm ET
Last Call Before Fall: Serving Up the Season’s Best New Mysteries
with S.A. Cosby, Rachel Howzell Hall, Nikki Dolson, and Tori Eldridge
Once Upon a Crime bookstore
Minneapolis, MN (online event)
Register here
September 27, 2020 noon PT/1:00 pm MT/3:00 pm ET
Read a Book! With Kara Brown
Discussing WINTER COUNTS
Virtual event, livestream on Facebook
October 1, 2020 9:30 am MT/11:30 am ET
Inside the Writer’s House
Discussing WINTER COUNTS
October 3, 2020 7:00 pm MT/8:00 pm CT
Keynote panel, with William Kent Krueger, Amy Stewart, and Robert Dugoni
South Dakota Festival of Books
Virtual event–register here
October 7, 2020 4:00 pm MT/6:00 pm ET
Reading Like a Writer event; reading and discussing WINTER COUNTS
Boston Book Festival, with Asha Lemmie, Anna Solomon, Michelle Hoover
Virtual event
October 16, 2020 3:30 pm MT/5:30 pm ET
VCFA Reading: with Frances Cannon, Tavia Gilbert, and Ukamaka Olisakwe
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Virtual event–register here
October 17, 2020 12:00 pm MT/2:00 pm ET
On Native Lands: In conversation with Stephen Graham Jones
Brattleboro Literary Festival
Virtual event–register here
October 28, 2020 4:00 pm MT/6:00 pm ET
Trick or Treat for Democracy: texting and zooming with Steph Cha, Lauren Wilkinson, Sara Sligar, Andrea Bartz, A.H. Kim.
Field Team 6. Virtual event–register here
November 5, 2020 10:00 am MT/12:00 pm ET
Deb Ball interview, with Ehsaneh Sadr
@thedebball IGTV
Details here
November 6, 2020 11:00 am MT/1:00 pm ET
Native America Calling radio show
Details here
November 9, 2020 8:00 pm MT/10:00 pm ET
JLF Colorado Online
Panel: “Writing The Body, Writing The Land” with Rheea Mukherjee
Register here
November 18, 2020 10:30 am MT/12:30 pm ET
Reading and discussion
Coastal Carolina Community College (virtual event)
Information about the event here
November 18, 2020 7:00 pm MT/9:00 pm ET
Reading and discussion with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle and Wesley Browne
Bookbar (virtual event)
Information about the event here
November 19, 2020 10:00 am MT/12:00 pm ET
Before Thnkgvng Festival
Natives Here & Now panel (virtual event)
Information about the event here
November 20, 2020 5:00 pm MT/7:00 pm ET
AWP Virtual Book Club Watch Party for November selection, WINTER COUNTS
YouTube and live virtual craft conversation
Register here
November 30, 2020 7:30 pm MT/9:30 pm ET
In conversation with Marcie Rendon
Glendale Library (virtual event)
Register here
December 9, 2020
Intertribal Agricultural Council event
Masterclass and writing competition judge
December 10, 2020 5:30 pm MT
Brookings Public Library
Virtual event
December 13, 2020 6:00 pm MT/8:00 pm ET
NOIR AT THE BAR reading (virtual event)
Register here
December 20, 2020 11:00 am MT/1:00 pm ET
The Back Room: Join authors Joseph Finder, Heather Gudenkauf, Lisa Unger, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden along with Back Room host Hank Phillippi Ryan for an evening of great conversation! Virtual event–register here.
December 21, 2020 Instagram takeover of HarperCollins account: https://www.instagram.com/harpercollins
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