Out and About
News about Upcoming Appearances and Events
Upcoming Appearances Spring 2012
on the West Coast.Upcoming Appearances Spring 2012
on the East Coast.Thank You Youngstown State University
I had a wonderful time!Thank you to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
A wonderful audience and energizing evening.
Pen on Fire Wrap Up
A great evening with Danzy Senna and host Barbara DeMarco-Barrett.
CNN Dialogues Wrap-Up
Wolf Blitzer, talking "black", colorism and a hair straightening confession.
Dirty Laundry Lit
A special evening of words and music hosted by PEN Center USA.
CNN Dialogue with Wolf Blitzer
A special panel discussion on race.
Afro Vikings Unite
A very fun time with my peeps!
"Skype"-ing with Book Clubs
Video Skype makes the world comfortably small.
Indivisible Exhibit & Panel Talk at the California African American Museum
A great panel.
Miami Herald Features The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
A fabulous profile that ran in the Miami Herald on Sunday.
Clark College Commencement Video
A small snippet of my Keynote address.
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is in Danish
Pigen der faldt ned fra himlen (Forlaget Punktum) is in stores now.
Q & A Video: On Discouragement as a Writer
How do you handle discouragement as a writer?
Best Introduction Ever Video
A wonderful video of the best introduction from the whole book tour.
New Appearance: Literary Women
Another wonderful new stop on the tour in Long Beach, CA.
New Book Tour Stop: Beverly Hills Literary Escape
A wonderful new stop on the tour.
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is a 2010 Great Group Read
Endorsed for Book Clubs Nationwide.
Hedgebrook: A Writer's Retreat
What is a writer's retreat?
Michigan Book Tour Stops
I'm in Michigan this week: Suttons Bay & Petoskey.
Norman Mailer Writers Colony & Meeting Sonia Sanchez
Some photos & a squeal of delight to meet poet Sonia Sanchez.
My First American Library Association Conference
I really heart librarians.
Clark College Commencement Address: A Wonderful Night
The story of my first Commencement Address.
Book Tour Footage
Book Tour Video
Fun & Feasting with SCIBA Awards Dinner
Tons of Fun at the SCIBA Feast of Authors Awards Dinner.
2009 Authors Feast with Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association: My First Author Event!
The lovely book people of my native Pacific Northwest host a great Author Feast.Heidi Heads to Bread Loaf August 2009
The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is one of twelve summer programs offered at Middlebury College in Vermont.
