EVENTS

All of the events below are free and in Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. 

Interested in booking an event? See my Visits & Talks page for available programs, guidelines, and pricing.

Currently booking 2025 events for three new releases: ROLL FOR LOVE, ALL FIRED UP, and WHY ON EARTH?

2024

(I am taking on fewer events in 2023 & 2024, especially in-person, but please still feel free to reach out if you are interested in booking.)

Futurescapes Author Conference
May 25-26, 2024
Virtual
“Join us for an immersive experience at the Author’s Conference! Over two enriching days, ten esteemed authors will lead engaging craft courses, each packed into one hour sessions. From mastering character development to honing plot twists, immerse yourself in a world of literary wisdom and expertise. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to refine your writing skills and connect with fellow authors. Get ready to elevate your craft to new heights!” – I’ll be teaching a 1-hour course on planning and executing a strong revision. $99 gets you access to all ten courses with recordings available for 60 days.

SabreCon 2024: Publishing and Game Design Chat with MK England, Alex Kingsley, and Sam Leigh
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 12:00–1:15pm
Sabre Games & Cards in Charlottesville, VA
Join us for a panel discussion all about writing for games, various paths to publishing, and our backgrounds as gamers!

Bookstore Romance Day – Virginia Author Panel
Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 1:00–2:15
Sam Miller’s Restaurant in Richmond, VA
Sponsored by Fountain Bookstore
“What better way to celebrate one of our favorite holidays than with a panel of YA Romance authors – who are also all from Virginia! Amanda Quain, Lauren Blackwood, Jenna, Voris and MK England will be talking about all thinngs love and writing at Sam Miller’s. You’ll have plenty of time to visit the store for the BRD activities before and after the panel. We’ve got fun things planned all day.”
Free registration is required!

Bookish Festival with Bluebird & Co.
Friday and Saturday, October 25 & 26
Crozet, VA
Details to come!

(More events to be announced soon! Interested in booking a visit? See here.)

Past Appearances

2024

VA Festival of the Book: Sapphic Romance Panel (moderator)
Friday, March 22nd at 2:30–4:00pm
Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, VA
In-person event, no tickets required.
Two award-winning romance authors explore queer love, hometown ties, and the magic that makes all these relationships work. In Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date, Ashley Herring Blake depicts a fake-dating relationship turned real romance in the third of a trilogy of books centered on a group of friends. Lana Harper, in her fourth installment of the Witches of Thistle Grove, takes an unlikely pair from enemies to lovers with In Charm’s Way. I’ll be moderating this discussion, and book sales will be provided by one of the Charlottesville-area bookstores.

Scottsvilliterary Festival
April 20, 2024 at 1:45pm
Victory Hall/Town Council Chamber in Scottsville, VA
Join me for a conversation with Andi Cumbo-Floyd as part of this local author festival!

 

2023


Class: Self-Editing for Writers
Thursday, January 19 at 6:30pm
Bluebird & Co., Crozet, VA
In-person event. Registration required. Cost: $40
Fiction writers, don’t skip this step! Join me for an interactive editing workshop, including strategies for analyzing what you’ve written and planning a strong and productive revision. A great class for National Novel Writing Month participants. Class will run approximately 90 minutes with plenty of time for individual questions and book signing afterward.

Player vs. Player Book 2 Release Party!
Thursday, June 15th at 4:30pm
Bluebird & Co., Crozet, VA
In-person event, no registration required.
Book sales and ice cream provided by Bluebird Bookstop. Preorder to ensure an available copy! Both book 1 and 2 are available.

Launch Party: GONE WOLF by Amber McBride
Saturday, October 7th at 5pm
Baine’s Books & Coffee, Scottville, VA
In-person event, no registration required.
Book sales provided by Baine’s Books & Coffee.
Come meet National Book Award finalist and CSK John Steptoe Award-winning author Amber McBride, one of the most talented people I know! Her middle grade debut is an incredible, moving, political work and I wholeheartedly recommend it. Let’s chat about it!

Fandom Party!
Saturday, October 28 at 1:00pm
Baine’s Books & Coffee, Scottville, VA
In-person event, no registration required.
Book sales provided by Baine’s Books & Coffee.
Come celebrate the release of the Star Wars and Disney anthologies that feature new stories from me and talk about the process of writing for popular brands!

 

2022

THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU Launch Party with E. K. Thiede (This Vicious Grace)
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022, 6:30pm
Crozet Library, Crozet, VA
In-person event, free and open to the public. Registration requested.
Masks required. In the event of a local covid spike, the event will go virtual.
Book sales provided by Bluebird Bookstop. Preorder to ensure an available copy!

THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU Chat with Author/Agent Eric Smith
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022, 6:30pm
Virtual event hosted by Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA
FREE, but tickets required so you get the crowdcast link.
Book sales provided by Fountain Bookstore. Preorder to ensure an available copy!

THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU Virtual School Visit (VA Festival of the Book)
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022, 1:00pm
Virtual event hosted by the VA Festival of the Book
FREE, but registration required. 

Mysterious Galaxy Panel with Britta Lundin (Like Other Girls)
Friday, March 11th, 2022, 7:00pm Pacific Time***
Virtual event hosted by Mysterious Galaxy
Details to come! 

Instagram Live Celebration with Amanda Quain (Accomplished) and One More Page Books
Saturday, March 12th, 2022, 4:00pm
Virtual event hosted by One More Page Books on Instagram
Free. Visit One More Page to get a copy of TOTMY or Amanda’s book, ACCOMPLISHED

Instagram Live for International Readers with Jamie Pacton
Saturday, March 19th, 2022, 9:30am EST / 1:30pm GMT
Virtual event hosted on Instagram
All are welcome, we just chose this time specifically to be available to international folks!

Family, Friends, and First Loves: YA Fiction Panel (VA Festival of the Book)
Saturday, March 19th, 2022, 12:00pm
JMRL Central Library, Charlottesville, VA
In-person event, free and open to the public
Masks required. Early arrival recommended.

Steinfirst Lecture: “Magic, Spaceships, and Beauty Pageants: Pushing Through Fear and Anxiety to Save the World”
Sunday, March 27th, 2022, 7:00pm
Hosted by the UNC School of Information and Library Science
Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, NC
In-person event, free and open to the public. Free copies of my books will be available!
Masks required. Check the Morehead Planetarium’s website for evolving guidelines.

James River High School River Writers Conference
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

Richmond Tweed Regional Library (Australia) Book Club Chat
Friday, April 15th at 7:30pm ET / Saturday, April 16th at 11:30am AEDT

Young Adult Virginia Author Awards Event
Saturday, April 23rd at 2:00pm ET
Richmond Library – Main Branch, Richmond, VA
In-person event, free and open to the public

Summer YA Romance Panel (with Adib Khorram, Sarah Henning, Kristina Forest, and Lyla Lee)
Sunday, June 5th at 3pm ET
Hosted by Utopia State of Mind
Virtual event on YouTube

PLAYER VS. PLAYER Launch Event
Tuesday, June 7th at 4:30pm
Bluebird & Co, Crozet, VA
Book sales provided by Bluebird Bookstop – preorder to ensure an available copy!

Crozet Library Cosplay Night
Friday, June 10th at 6:30pm
Crozet Library, Crozet, VA
I’ll be guest judging the contest, and Bluebird Bookstop will be there to provide book sales! 

THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU Chat & Signing, in conversation with E. K. Thiede (This Vicious Grace)
Saturday, June 25th at 2:00–3:00pm ET
New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, VA
In-person event, free and open to the public
Books can be preordered via the form on their website here!

Staunton Public Library Middle Grade Book Club – Player vs. Player
Wednesday, June 29th at 2:30pm
Staunton Public Library, Staunton, VA
In-person outdoor event

Teens Write On: Building a Book
Wednesday, July 13th at 3:00–4:00pm
Spartanburg County Public Libraries
Virtual event. For teens 12-18 or entering grades 7-12. Registration required.
Learn the entire process of writing and publishing a book from YA author MK England! The first 50 teens to sign up and attend will receive a Write On Pick Me Up that includes writing supplies, prompts, and other bookish goodies.

nErD Camp PA Panel (Writing the Real Through Fantasy and More: #mglit Authors Take on the World)
Friday, July 15th, 1pm
Virtual event; register at the nErD Camp PA site.

Launch Event for Heat Wave by TJ Klune (in conversation)
Tuesday, July 19th at 7pm
C. Burr Artz Public Library, Frederick, MD
Sponsored by Curious Iguana Bookstore
In-person indoor event, free and open to the public

BookTalk Panel: Breaking the Binary panel with Kacen Callendar and Mason Deaver
Saturday, July 23rd at 8pm
Virtual event; RSVP at the BookTalk site

Belmont Public Library – Worldbuilding Workshop
Monday, July 25th at 10:30am
Virtual event. Registration required.
A worldbuilding workshop for teens! Each participant will walk away with their own fantastical world built from the ground up, plus several idea seeds for stories they can write within their new worlds. We talk about the many different elements of building a new fictional world: environment, culture, flora and fauna, climate, technology/magic, and more.

James River Writers Conference
Saturday and Sunday, October 8 & 9
In-person event. Paid registration required.
Panel: Queer Writing in 2022 (Saturday, 10:45 am – 11:45 am)
Breakout Session: Storytelling in the Modern World (Sunday, 1:30-2:30 pm)
Signing (Sunday, 2:35pm)

Class: Start Your Novel!
Thursday, October 13 at 6:30pm
Bluebird & Co., Crozet, VA
In-person event. Registration required. Cost: $40
Always dreamed of writing a novel but don’t know where to start? Join me for a workshop to get motivated and moving. Generate book ideas, learn about the writing process, and set yourself up for novel writing success! A perfect National Novel Writing Month prep class. Class will run approximately 90 minutes with plenty of time for individual questions and book signing afterward.

Tampa Bay Teen Lit Fest
Saturday, October 21 at 11am & 3:40pm
Virtual event. Free registration required.
Presentation: How Books are Built at 11:00 am
Author Panel Discussion at 3:40 pm 

Charlottesville Fantasy Fest
Saturday, October 29 at 12:30-6pm
In-person event. Admission tickets are free, but I’d encourage you to pay the suggested donation of $15 if able, as this is a fundraising event for the IX Art Park.
I’ll have a table in the vendor hall to sell and sign books, and it sounds like there’s a local authors panel in the works for the evening. Should be a ton of fun for a great cause!

Class: The Business of Being an Author
Thursday, November 17 at 6:30pm
Bluebird & Co., Crozet, VA
In-person event. Registration required. Cost: $40
Curious about how the book business works? Not sure whether self-publishing or traditional publishing is the right path for you? Join me for a deep dive into the entire book publishing process, including how authors get their work out into the world, get paid, and manage their careers. Class will run approximately 90 minutes with plenty of time for individual questions and book signing afterward.

 

2021

Girl Power Book Club Panel
Thursday, May 20, 2021, 7:00pm
Hosted by Scrawl Books in Reston, VA
Other panelist: Jamie Pacton
Virtual

Longwood Summer Literacy Institute Author Panel
Thursday, July 22, 2021, 1:45pm
Hosted by Longwood University
Other panelists: Theodore Taylor III and Linda Budzinski
Virtual

Panel: The Future of Speculative Fiction
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 6:30pm
Hosted by James River Writers
Other panelists: Nghi Vo and Stephanie Toliver
Virtual

Spoilers for Days: Marvel’s What If…? episode 8
Thursday, September 30th, 8:00pm
Hosted by Queens Gaming Collective talent BlackKrystel, MaidofMight, and Jacki Jing
Virtual – on the QueensGG Twitch channel

 

 

2020

SPELLHACKER Launch Party: Fountain Bookstore
Sunday, January 19, 12:00pm
Fountain Bookstore
1312 E Cary St, Richmond, VA 23219
Signed copies can be preordered through Fountain to be shipped!

SPELLHACKER Launch Party: Crozet Library
Tuesday, January 21, 6:30pm
Crozet Library
2020 Library Avenue, Crozet, VA 22932
Signed copies can be preordered through Over the Moon!

SPELLHACKER Launch Party: Baine’s Book & Coffee
in conversation with Amber McBride of SCAN
Saturday, January 25, 2:00pm
Baine’s Books and Coffee
485 Valley St., Scottsville, Virginia 24590

Virginia Kidlit Author Panel
Saturday, March 7, 2-3:30p
The Book Dragon
Staunton, VA 24401

NoVa Teen Book Festival (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)
Saturday, March 14, 9:30a–5:00p
Marshall High School
Falls Church, VA 23219
Registration is completely FREE! You can preorder books to be signed here.

Virginia Festival of the Book (CANCELLED DUE TO COVID)
Moderator: Identity in Contemporary Appalachian Fiction
Friday, March 20, 2:00pm
UVa Bookstore
400 Emmet Street S, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Steinfirst Community Lecture + Signing (POSTPONED DUE TO COVID)
“Magic, Spaceships, and Explosions: Pushing Through Fear and Anxiety to Save the World”
Sunday, April 5 at 3:30pm
Chapel Hill Public Library
100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514

 

2019

Discussion & Signing with Beth Revis
Friday, January 18, 6–7:30pm
Malprop’s Bookstore & Cafe, Asheville, NC
I’ll be fulfilling a major #authorgoal by doing an event with Beth Revis!

Book Club Discussion & Signing with the Flyleaf Teen Advisory Group
Saturday, January 19, 2pm
Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Hosted by Flyleaf’s TAB, but all are welcome!

Discussion & Signing with Brendan Reichs
Sunday, January 20, 2–4pm
Barnes & Noble Arboretum, Charlotte, NC
I’m so lucky to have the amazing and hilarious Brendan Reichs as my discussion partner!

WriteOnCon: An Online Kidlit Conference
February 8–10
Virtual
I’ll be recording a podcast and participating in a few other things. More details coming soon!

Conversation and Signing
Saturday, February 23rd, 3–4pm
One More Page Books, Arlington, VA
Details TBD!

Book Club Discussion
Thursday, February 28, 6–7pm
Staunton Public Library, Staunton, VA
Join me for a spoiler-free chat about THE DISASTERS and writing in general. Teens who haven’t read the book are welcome!

Panel: Fantastic Feats in YA Fiction
with V.E. Schwab and Shelley Sackier
Saturday, March 23, 10–11:30am
Virginia Festival of the Book
The Village School, Charlottesville, VA

Signing/Meet & Greet
Saturday, April 6, 10am–1pm
Baines Books and Coffee, Scottsville, VA
Details forthcoming, but it’ll be chill!

Signing/Meet & Greet
Saturday, May 18, 10am–12pm
Scottsville Library, Scottsville, VA

Panel: Fierce! Why We Can’t Get Enough Empowering Female Characters in YA
Sunday, June 23, 10am
American Library Association Annual Conference
Washington, D.C.

Signing: The Disasters
Saturday, November 23, 2pm–3pm
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Ivy Bookshop Booth
Baltimore, MD

Panel: Opening the Door for Mental Health
Inquiry Through Literature
Saturday, November 23, 4:15pm–5:30 pm
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Baltimore, MD

 

2018

WriteOnCon: An Online Kidlit Conference
February 9–11
Virtual
I’ll be recording a podcast on things authors should know about how libraries work, plus doing some query and first page critiques on the forums. Details at writeoncon.org.

NoVA Teen Book Fest
March 10
Arlington, VA
I’ll be floating around as a volunteer as well as attending panels. Learn more at novateenbookfestival.com.

Virginia Festival of the Book
March 21–25
Charlottesville, VA
I’ll be moderating two panels:

I’ll also be floating around as an attendee at as many YA and SFF panels as possible! Learn more at vabook.org

American Library Association Annual Conference
June 21–26
New Orleans, LA
I’ll be at the HarperCollins Childrens Books annual Librarian Breakfast on the Saturday of the conference, and there will be ARCs at the HarperCollins Children’s booth. Registration is required. There’s an exhibits only registration level that gives you access to signings, swag, and free books if you have no interest in attending panels. Learn more at 2018.alaannual.org.

Debut Author Panel: Stop the Summer Slide
June 23, 3:00 PM
New Orleans Public Library (Branch TBD), New Orleans, LA
Final details forthcoming, but I’ll be on a panel with several other 2018 debut authors talking about how reading changed our lives. Can’t wait to meet my fellow Electric 18s! I’ll have stickers and postcards up for grabs, and maybe even an ARC to give away!

PBS Great American Read Discussion Series
September 19, 6–8pm
Cville Coffee, Charlottesville, VA
Details forthcoming, but this’ll be a discussion of THE DISASTERS and the YA/Coming-of-age selections for PBS’s Great American Read.

Virginia Library Association Conference
September 26–28, Williamsburg, VA
10:30–11:15am
Re-Thinking Author/Library Collaborations: Now With 50% Less Frustration! Attendance requires conference registration. Learn more about the VLA conference here.

NaNoWriMo Local Author Panel
Sunday, November 4, 2–3pm
Central Library, 201 E. Market Street, Charlottesville, VA
I’ll be hanging out with a few other local authors (TBD) talking about writing process, National Novel Writing Month, and your questions. Hope to see you there!

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference
Saturday, November 17, 2:45-4:00 p.m.
Houston, TX
I’ll be presenting with my local high school librarian and two teens on how school and public libraries can support teen writers. Catch our presentation at the time above, or find me anytime on Friday or Saturday for some DISASTERS swag. Conference registration required, details here.

THE DISASTERS Launch Party!
Tuesday, December 18, 6:30–8pm
Crozet Library, 2020 Library Avenue, Crozet, VA
I’ll be in conversation with Sarah Glenn Marsh, author of Reign of the Fallen and Fear the Drowning Deep! Join us spacey snacks and swag, a photobooth, a Q&A, and signing! Book sales will be provided on site by Over the Moon Bookstore.

YA Author Panel & Signing
Wednesday, December 19, 6–8pm
Books of Wonder, NYC, NY
I’ll be chatting with the most on-point discussion partner of all time: Barry Lyga, author of many books, his most recent being THANOS: TITAN CONSUMED. That’s right… a Guardians of the Galaxy tie-in novel. How perfect, right?

Meet & Greet + Signing
Thursday, December 20, 12–8pm
Books-a-Million, Vineland, NJ
Come meet me and get a personalized copy of THE DISASTERS, along with some swag!

Q&A + Signing
Friday, December 21, 7–9pm
Books-a-Million, Mays Landing, NJ
I seriously wrote THE DISASTERS in the cafe here during NaNoWriMo 2014! Come ask questions and get a personalized book & swag where it all started.

Signing with Katherine Locke
Saturday, December 22, 2–4pm
Oxford Valley Barnes & Noble, Philadelphia-ish, PA
I’ll be signing and handing out swag with fellow YA author Katherine Locke (check out their new book, The Spy with the Red Balloon!)