All dates and times are tentative; please call venue to confirm. Additional appearances to be determined.

JULY

Wednesday, July 1st, 7 PM
Mysterious Galaxy Books
San Diego, CA
Kicking off this summer's series of visits from instructors at the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Workshop. I will be talking about Spiderwick, my young adult novels like Ironside, and my graphic novels including The Good Neighbors: Book One, Kin.

Thursday-Sunday, July 9-12th
American Library Association Conference 2009*
McCormick Place West
Chicago, IL
*please note that this is a ticketed event

Thursday-Tuesday, July 23-28th
Comic-Con 2009 *
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
*please note that this is a ticketed event.

AUGUST

Monday-Friday, August 6-10th
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 38th Annual Summer Conference
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
Los Angeles, CA
I will be hosting a series of workshops throughout the week including How to Be Good Critiquers and Critique Partners and Career Planning: Planning the Unplannable.

SEPTEMBER

September 5-30th
Spiderwick Tour
I'm still working on exact dates and locations. More info to come as soon as it's available.

NOVEMBER

Tuesday-Sunday, November 3-8th
Canadian events (with Cassandra Clare and Scott Westerfeld) to come. I will be talking about the Modern Faerie Tale series mostly.

Saturday-Sunday, November 13-14th
18th Annual Connecticut Children's Book Fair
Rome Hall, South Campus Complex
University of Connecticut, Storrs
I will be presenting and signing books with other authors and illustrators.

APRIL

Wednesday-Saturday, April 28- May 1st
2010 Romantic Times Booklovers Conventions
Hyatt Regency Columbus
Columbus, OH