Appearances

Click here for information about Kate’s programs for schools, libraries, educators, and conferences.

Click here to fill out Kate’s author appearance request form if you’d like to inquire about booking her for a conference keynote, community-wide read, book festival, library appearance, or school visit.

*Please note that Kate only participates in panels, festivals, and conferences that offer meaningful representation of people of color and voices from other historically underrepresented groups. She’d love to talk with you about your event, and one of the first questions she’ll ask is “Who else is invited?” On top of fairness and equity issues, diverse events are simply better and richer for everyone, so please be sure to consider this in your planning!

Kate’s Upcoming Events:

**starred events are open to the public**

2026

March 2-6 – Andover, MA school visits

March 7 – North Texas Teen Book Festival – Dallas **

March 9 – Baltimore City Schools with Enoch Pratt Free Library

March 17 – Dublin, OH school visit

March 19 – Birdie Books, Westerville, OH – Monster Makers Graphic Novel Workshop for Kids 4-5pm **

March 18-20 – New Albany, OH school visits

March 29-31 – Texas Library Association Conference – Houston, TX

April 13-14 – West Bloomfield & Bloomfield, MI Community-wide Read

May 28 – The Curtis School, Los Angeles, CA

June 1- LitWorld Gala – NYC

October 14 – Greenwich, CT school visit

November 12-13 – Norfolk, VA school visits

2027

February 23-March 4 – Book Tour for KEEP THE GHOST LIGHT ON (cities TK)

March 5-6 – Charlotte Huck Conference – Redlands, CA

Selected past appearances – A small sampling of other venues that have hosted Kate for keynotes, workshops, and school/library visits…

2012

March 1-5            TED 2012 Conference – Long Beach, CA

Apr 30-May 1    International Reading Association, Chicago

2013 

Feb. 8-9               Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention, Milwaukee, WI

April 11                Maine State Library Reading Round-Up Keynote & workshops – Augusta, ME

June 28                Penn State York Summer Institute – York, PA

2014

Feb. 21-23           SCBWI Winter Conference in NY –  Keynote & Plot Intensive

Nov. 15                Rochester Children’s Book Festival **

2015

Mar. 25               Kennesaw State University Children’s & YA Literature Conference

May 16                Gaithersburg Book Festival – Gaithersburg, MD **

2016

January 10        ALA Midwinter Convention – Boston

April 18-22 – Authors in April – Rochester, MI

2017

February 4 – CCIRA – Denver, CO

February 22-25 – American Embassy School – New Delhi, India

2018 

January 18-Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference, Chicago, IL

June 12 – Greenwich Academy Writing Camp

2019

February 4-5 – OES Reads Community-Wide Read of The Seventh Wish – Oxford, ME

March 15- Virginia Reading Association Conference Keynote

October 24 – Mill Valley Middle School, CA – all-school read of BREAKOUT

November 6-7 – FAME Conference – Orlando, FL

2022

September 16-17 – University of Wyoming Literacy Conference keynote – Laramie, WY

October 27-28 – American School of Guatemala – Guatemala City

November 1-2 – North Broward Preparatory School – Coconut Creek, FL

2023

March 1-3 – Cayman International School – Grand Cayman

April 3-6 – Cairo American College – Cairo, Egypt

May 22-26 – Westport elementary schools – Westport, CT

2024

February 9-11 – SCBWI Winter Conference – New York, NY

April 16-19 – Singapore American School

2025

September 6 – National Book Festival – Washington, DC **

September 10 – NEIBA Fall Conference Children’s Breakfast Speaker- Manchester, NH