Clare B. Dunkle
Book signings, author visits & special projects

MARCH 14-27—Simon & Schuster Pulse Blogfest event (online)
I’m one of a number of young adult authors who will be participating in this event. Among other things, we authors are responding to questions submitted by teen readers and writers. For more information about the event, visit this website.

APRIL 16—Author Panel Discussion at Borders Bookstore in Dallas (7 PM)
I’ll be joining authors Dan Gutman and Coleen Paratore to discuss our books and also writing for young people at the Borders Bookstore at Preston & Royal. (10720 Preston Rd., Suite 1018, Dallas, Texas—214-363-1977)

APRIL 17-18—Texas Library Association Convention, Dallas, Texas
I’ll be signing books at the Simon & Schuster booth (#1221) from 3-4 PM on Thursday afternoon.
I’ll be attending the TLA Joint Publishers Reception at the Hyatt Regency from 5:30-7:00 PM on Thursday evening, and I’ll be at the Simon & Schuster Author Dinner that begins at 7:00 PM on Thursday evening.
I have some free time on Friday at the Convention, so if you’ll be there and would like to discuss an author visit or my books, just let me know.

JUNE 14—Author visit to Grand Prairie Memorial Library, Grand Prairie, Texas (2:00 PM)
I’ll be giving a talk on books and writing, as well as talking about how I went from freaky middle-school misfit to successful, reasonably well-adjusted author. (901 Conover Dr., Grand Prairie, Texas—972-237-5713)

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MARCH—Author visit to Saint Mary's Hall, San Antonio, Texas (week of the 23rd)

With our transatlantic move behind us, I’m opening up my schedule to accept new author visit requests. My normal speaking fee is $1000 plus travel expenses for a visit of up to two days. Of course, I don’t require that the visit be for two days. I’ll come for one hour if that's all you want. But since the price doesn’t change whether I come for one hour or two days, you get a bargain if you engage me for a longer visit . This also allows you to split the cost between schools or send me to more than one branch of your library if you would like to do so.

Extrovert that I am, I’m happy to hold as many engagements within that two days as you and your neighboring libraries/schools can arrange. (My personal record at one school was giving twenty-minute sessions all day long with five-minute breaks in between, as well as a “Meet the Author” lunch.) A two-day visit gives me enough time to host a fiction-writing workshop if I can meet with the same classes both days.

Because of an aggressive writing schedule, I can accept only one visit request per month. If you would like to request a visit during an available month, please click on the Contact the Author button at the right or email me at claredunkle.com (my email name is clare). Or you can contact Laura Antonacci, who handles author visits and publicity at Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing at 212-698-2713 or author.appearances at simonandschuster.com.

When you contact us, please suggest the days that will work best for you; my writing work is more fluid than your curriculum, so chances are good that I will be able to work with your date.