Visits & Events

School Visits

As both a public and school librarian, I have lots of experience talking to classes and groups of kids from ages 0-12. I try to share my love of reading and appreciation for books and writing with every kid I meet! I would love to visit your school, class, or book club.

In my presentation, I will focus on perseverance as I talk about how Daphne in Learning to Fall must embrace her failures in order to become a skater, and how that perseverance relates to my own journey to becoming a published author. I will also talk about my writing process, including working with critique partners and the importance of revising. And I know how much kids like to ask questions, so I will always leave time for that!

In a workshop setting, I can talk about creating fully realized characters and provide students with drawing and writing exercises to help make their characters come alive.

I am available for virtual or in-person events. Please let me know if you are interested in setting something up!

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Events & Interviews

10/21/22 – Podcast interview with Kate Narita on Chalk & Ink: The Podcast for Teachers Who Write & Writers Who Teach

10/1/22 – Guest blog post on Nerdy Book Club: Make It Personal: Finding the Reality in Fiction

9/29/22 – Interview on A Worthy Reader blog

9/11/22 – Learning to Fall book launch event at Mrs. Dalloway’s books with author Lisa Moore Ramée

9/10/22 – Appearance on Books of Wonder virtual panel: Great Middle Grade Reads

9/9/22 – Guest blog post with author Melissa Dassori on School Library Journal‘s Teen Librarian Toolbox: Living in the City: Urban Settings in Middle Grade Novels

9/1/22 – Learning to Fall on the cover of Booklist magazine

8/26/22 – Kidlit411 blog: Author Spotlight: Sally Engelfried

8/24/22 – Kern County Library’s Book Talk Bakersfield podcast: In Conversation with Author Sally Engelfried

7/15/22 – Panelist at WriteOnCon 2022: From Critique to Contract, with authors Lisa Moore Ramée, Katherine Rothschild, and Stacy Stokes