Past Events

The Book-a-Palooza at the Corona Public ​Library was great fun!

My table at the Orange County Reading Association annual meeting at Chapman University in Orange, California.

​Authors in Support of Literacy Day
Feldheym Library, San Bernardino, California
As part of the National Literacy Campaign, the Feldheym Library in San Bernardino sponsored "Authors in Support of Literacy." Local authors displayed and signed their books and signed the scroll entitled "Declaration of the Right to Literacy" to be presented at the White House.

The Feldheym Library sponsored a signing for authors who supported the Declaration of the Right to Literacy.

At my table exhibiting my books.

Signing a copy of The Lost Treasure of the Golden Sun for a young fan.

I'm signing the Declaration of                                       Here is the Declaration. It's 
the Right to Literacy.                                                      hard to see, but my name is
                                                                                          the eighth one down on the
                                                                                          right-hand column.

Corona Public Library, Corona, California

For Children's Book Week, I presented "A Tour of the Navajo Nation." The Navajo Nation is the setting of Lost Treasure of the Golden Sun the first novel in my middle-grade mystery series, The Phantom Hunters.

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Autographing a book for a young fan is always fun!

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My display at the presentation.

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California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) Annual Conference, Long Beach, California

I presented "Running a Writers' Critique Group in Your Classroom" to high-school teachers. No PowerPoint projectors were available, so I had to go low-tech with old-fashioned transparencies!

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California Readers Association Annual Meeting, Ontario, California

I presented "Running a Writers' Critique Group in Your Classroom" to elementary and high-school teachers.

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Fellow writer Cheryl Block and I exhibited at this conference. Here's our booth.

California Home School Association Show, Ontario, California

Maria Toth and I exhibiting at the California Homeschool Association show in Ontario, California.

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Other Events

Receiving an award at the Writers' Club of Whittier's annual Author's Tea for two of my books.

I had the pleasure of meeting Robert Picardo of Star Trek: Voyager fame at the Planetary Society in Pasadena, California.

With Ann Camacho at her book launch for Bookmarked.

Having fun with Barbara Jean Hicks' at her booksigning at Barnes & Noble for Frozen: An Amazing Snowman

I will always treasure this photo with the late Dan Poynter, publishing guru.