Events

Centralia Regional Library District: Local Author Fair

Saturday, March 21, 2026, Centralia, Illinois

Greensburg Decatur County Public Library’s Local Author Fair

Saturday, April 25, 2026, Greensburg, Indiana

Educator Open House at Anderson’s Bookshop

Thursday, April 28, Downers Grove, Illinois

Dandelion Bookshop author event with Nancy F. Goodfellow, author of SPECIAL

Saturday, May 9, 2026, 2:00 PM, Oak Park, Illinois

Gaithersburg Book Festival

Saturday, May 16, 2026, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Barnes & Noble In-store Event

Saturday, May 23, 2026, Valparaiso, Indiana

Pgh Book Fest, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)

Saturday, May 30, 2026, Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Columbus Book Fest

Saturday and Sunday, July 11-12, 2026, Columbus, Ohio

Publicity

Mother Daughter Book Club

Guest Blog Post: “The Lasting Effects of the Opioid Crisis on Children and Families: Talking About a Stigmatized Topic”

Newspaper article titled 'When should children learn the dangers of opioids?' including a book cover of 'Orphanland' by Lauren Fischer and a photo of the author.

The Times of Northwest Indiana: “When should children learn the dangers of opioids?”

(Click image to download article PDF.)

Book Fairy Registry: Los Amigos Books

I’ve teamed up with Los Amigos Books, a Chicago independent bookstore that specializes in Spanish and bilingual books, to create a Book Fairy gift registry! Book Fairies can purchase books from the registry to support a small, family-owned business and local K-8 schools. They will also be combatting the negative effects of ICE on communities in Chicago.