Winner of the 2022 Louisiana Writer Award
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Past Events and Appearances:
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, October 28, 2023.
East Bank Regional Library. Metairie, LA. Saturday, September 16, 2023.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The Roy House. Lafayette, LA. Thursday, April 20, 2023.
The Far Horizons Art Gallery. Folsom, LA. Sunday, April 2, 2023.
Tennessee Williams Festival. Sunday, March 26, 2023. Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, LA.
Cavalier House Books. Denham Springs, LA. Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, October 29, 2022.
Southern Festival of Books. Nashville, TN. October 14-16, 2022.
Sims Memorial Library. Southeastern Louisiana University. Hammond, LA. Saturday, April 9, 2022.
Louisiana Library Association Conference. Crowne Plaza. Baton Rouge, LA.
Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Words and Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans. Saturday, November 17, 2018.
Tangipahoa Parish Library. Hammond Branch. Wednesday, November 14, 2018.
PBS Great American Read Event. Mandeville, LA. September 8, 2018.
Berries, Bridges, & Books Writers Conference. Ponchatoula, LA. June 23, 2018.
Southeastern Louisiana University Writing Center. Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
Southeastern Louisiana University. Sims Memorial Library. April 10, 2018.
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, October 28, 2017.
Tangipahoa Parish Library. Panel on Southern Gothic Literature. Thursday, September 14, 2017.
Sewanee Writers' Conference.
The University of the South. Sewanee, TN. July 18, 2017 - July 30, 2017.
East Bank Regional Library. Metairie, LA. Thursday, June 8, 2017.
James Madison University. Harrisonburg, VA. Monday-Tuesday, November 14-15, 2016.
Words & Music Literary Festival. New Orleans, LA. November 9-13, 2016.
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, October 29, 2016.
Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium. Mississippi University for Women. Columbus, MS. Oct. 20-22, 2016.
Southern Festival of Books. Nashville, TN. Oct. 14-16, 2016.
Tangipahoa Parish Library Free Book Festival. Hammond, LA. Saturday, October 8, 2016.
Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA. Friday, September 30, 2016.
Shippensburg University (via Skype). Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Monday, September 26, 2016.
Mid-South Book Festival. Memphis, TN. Saturday, September 10, 2016.
Mississippi Writers Guild Conference. Natchez, MS. August 5-6, 2016.
Southeast Missouri State University. Cape Girardeau, MO. Saturday, July 16, 2016.
Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Mandeville, LA. Sunday, June 12, 2016.
Southeastern Louisiana University Writing Center. Hammond, LA. Tuesday, April 5, 2016.
Tangipahoa Parish Library. Hammond Branch Writer's Nook. Wednesday, January 13, 2016.
Adult Writers' Group. Denham Springs-Walker Branch Library. Thursday, December 3, 2015.
Southeastern Louisiana University Bookstore. Hammond, LA. Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Hammond Regional Arts Center. Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Livingston Parish Library Book Festival. Livingston, LA. Saturday, November 7, 2015.
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, October 31, 2015.
Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop. Book Launch Party for The Gorge. Friday, October 23, 2015.
Tangipahoa Parish Library Free Book Festival. Hammond, LA. Saturday, October 10, 2015.
Pearl Wine Company. New Orleans, LA. October 7, 2015.
Celebration of the Written Word. Hammond Regional Arts Center. Hammond, LA. March 7, 2015.
Livingston Parish Book Club. Albany Branch. January 5, 2015.
Livingston Parish Library Book Festival. Livingston, LA. November 15, 2014.
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, November 1, 2014.
Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Bookshop. 631 N. Carrollton Ave. New Orleans, LA. Sunday, November 2, 2014.
Eudora Welty Writers' Symposium.
The Mississippi University for Women. Columbus, MS. October 23-25, 2014.
Hammond Writers' Group. Tangipahoa Parish Library, Hammond Branch. Thursday, October 9, 2014.
Tangipahoa Parish Library Free Book Festival. Hammond Branch. Saturday, October 11, 2014.
Southeast Missouri State University. Visiting Writer. Cape Girardeau, MO. September 16-18, 2014.
Barnes & Noble. Book Signing. Cape Girardeau, MO. Thursday, September 18, 2014.
Sewanee Writers' Conference.
The University of the South. Sewanee, TN. July 22, 2014 - August 3, 2014.
St Tammany Parish Library. Causeway Branch. Mandeville, LA. Saturday, July 19, 2014.
Baton Rouge Writers' Group. Bluebonnet Library. Baton Rouge, LA. Monday, July 14, 2014.
The Art Station. Ponchatoula, LA. Thursday, March 27, 2014.
Book Talk. Tangipahoa Parish Library. Hammond, LA. Wednesday, March 26, 2014.
Jane Austen Festival. Mandeville, LA. Sunday, March 23, 2014. Lafitte House.
Tennessee Williams Festival. New Orleans, LA. Friday, March 21, 2014. Hotel Monteleone. New Orleans.
Hammond Regional Arts Center. Hammond, LA. Literary Festival. Saturday, March 15, 2014.
East Bank Regional Library. Metairie, LA. Monday, January 13, 2014.
William Faulkner Society's Words & Music Festival. New Orleans, LA. Thursday, December 5, 2013.
Books-A-Million. Hammond, LA. Sunday, November 17, 2013.
Livingston Parish Library Book Festival. Livingston, LA. Saturday, November 16, 2013.
Pearl Wine Company. New Orleans, LA. Wednesday, November 6, 2013.
Louisiana Book Festival. Baton Rouge, LA. Saturday, November 2, 2013.
Southern Festival of Books. Nashville, TN. Saturday, October 12, 2013.
Livingston Parish Library, Walker, LA. Sunday, September 29, 2013.
Louisiana Humanities Center. New Orleans, LA. Wednesday, September 25, 2013. 6PM.
Octavia Books. New Orleans, LA. Tuesday, September 24, 2013.
Hammond Regional Arts Center. Hammond, LA. Thursday, September 12, 2013.
Presentation on Contemporary Fiction and Publishing. Berries, Bridges, and Books Writers Conference. Woodland Park Baptist Church. Hammond, LA. (July 2013).
Keynote Speaker, Southeastern Louisiana University English Day Luncheon (November 2012).
Panel Participant, Words and Music Festival, New Orleans, LA (November 2012).
Fiction Reading, Southeastern Louisiana University Writing Center, Hammond LA (October 2012).
Fiction Reading, Tangipahoa Parish Library Free Book Festival, Downtown Hammond LA (October 2012).
Fiction Reading, Cabildo, New Orleans LA (September2012).
Fiction Reading and Book Club Discussion, Tangipahoa Parish Library, Downtown Hammond LA (September 2012).
Book Club Discussion, Amite Book Club, Amite LA (May 2012).
Fiction Reading, Christwood Retirement Community, Covington LA (March 2012).
Fiction Reading, Tangipahoa Parish Library, Downtown Hammond LA (March 2012).
Fiction Reading, Garden District Book Shop, New Orleans LA (March 2012).
Fiction Reading, Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Arts Gallery, Hammond LA, 2011.
Fiction Reading, Christwood Retirement Community, Covington LA, 2011.
Fiction Reading, Tangipahoa Parish Library Free Book Festival, Downtown Hammond LA, 2011.
Debut Novelists Panel, Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge LA, 2011.
Publishing Panel, Berries, Bridges and Books Writer’s Conference, Hammond LA, 2011.
Book Club Discussion, Hammond, LA (December 2010)
Fiction Reading, Southeastern Louisiana University Writing Center, Hammond LA, 2007.
Fiction Reading, Southeastern Louisiana University, National Library Week, Hammond LA, 2005.
Fiction Reading, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers Conference, Fairhope AL, 2005.