Upcoming Appearances

  • February 17– Los Angeles, California
    NAACP Image Awards
    Nominee
  • Saturday, March 3– Newburyport, Massachusetts
    Jabberwocky Bookshop
    “Love, Lust, and Loathing” Panel
  • Saturday, March 10– Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson Festival of Books
    10:30am: “Secrets, Lies, and Double Lives” Panel with T. Greenwood, Jillian Cantor, and Laura Fitzgerald
    2:30pm: “Fractured Families in Fiction” Panel with Diana Abu-Jaber and Lisa Tucker
  • Thursday, March 15, 7pm– Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Fayerweather School
    Reading and Signing
  • Friday, March 23, 2:00pm– Charlottesville, Virginia
    Virgina Festival For The Book
    “Fiction: Family Riddles, Secrets, and Stardom” Panel with Jael McHenry and Alan Shapiro
  • Wednesday, March 28, 7:30pm– Atlanta, Georgia
    Georgia State University
    Reading and Signing
    Location: Troy Moore Library, General Classroom Building, Ninth Floor
  • Thursday, March 29– Atlanta, Georgia
    CLA Langston Hughes Society
    Luncheon Speaker
  • Saturday, April 7– Sarasota, Florida
    Paint the Town Read
    Reading and Signing
  • Thursday, April 19, 7:00pm– Los Angeles, California
    Eso Won Bookstore
    Reading and Signing
  • April 21-22– Los Angeles, California
    LA Times Festival of Books
    Panelist
  • May 5-6– Boston, Massachusetts
    Grub Street’s The Muse and the Marketplace
    Presentation
    Location: Park Plaza Hotel
  • Tuesday, May 8, 6:30pm– New York, New York
    Jefferson Market Library
    Reading and Signing
  • Saturday, May 12, 12:00pm– Hackensack, New Jersey
    Sistas Are Reading Book Club
    Luncheon Speaker
    Location: Rudy’s Restaurant, 107 Anderson St.
  • Sunday, May 13, 2:00pm– Huntsville, Alabama
    Huntsville Library
    Reading and Signing
  • Tuesday, May 15, 8:00pm– Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta History Center
    In Conversation with Pearl Cleage
  • Wednesday, May 16, 6:30pm– Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
    Reading and Signing
    Location: 1 Margaret Mitchell Square
  • Wednesday, May 23, 7:00pm– Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Boswell Book Company
    Reading and Signing
  • Thursday, May 24, 7:30pm– Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Magers & Quinn
    Reading and Signing
  • Tuesday, May 29, 7:00pm– Asheville, North Carolina
    Malaprop’s Bookstore
    Reading and Signing
  • Wednesday, May 30, 7:30pm– Raleigh, North Carolina
    Quail Ridge Books
    Reading and Signing
  • Thursday, May 31, 7:00pm– Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    Flyleaf Books
    Reading and Signing
  • Thursday, June 14– Richmond, Virginia
    Chop Suey Books
    Reading and Signing
  • Friday, June 15, 7:00pm– Appomattox, Virginia
    Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology
    Commencement Speaker
  • Tuesday, June 19– New York, New York
    Barnes & Noble 86th St. & Lexington Ave.
    Algonquin Book Club with Judy Blume
  • Friday, July 20, 12:00pm– Seaside, Oregon
    Beach Books
    “Lunch with the Authors” Series
  • July 22-29– St. Helena, California
    Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
    Faculty Member
  • Tuesday, July 24, 5:30pm– San Francisco, California
    Alpha Kappa Alpha Pretty Book Worms Book Club
    Reading and Signing
    Location: Alexander Book Company, 50 Second St.
  • October 19-21– Santa Cruz, California
    Booktopia Weekend Reader Retreat
    Participating Author
  • Thursday, November 8– Nashville, Tennessee
    Vanderbilt University Visiting Writers Series
    Reading and Signing