- St Michael Albertville Library author panel and book festival, 2024
- Prior Lake Library author event with Lorna Landvik, 2024
- “Julebyen Christmas Festival”, Knife River MN (2x)
- Chapter 2 Bookstore, author signing, Hudson WI
- Cream & Amber Books, Hopkins MN–readings and book signings (2x)
- City of Montgomery’s “Community Read” author, Montgomery Library event, 3/7/19
- Once Upon a Crime Bookstore, Mpls. MN
- Prior Lake Library, readings and book signings (2x)
- Barnes & Noble, Burnsville MN, reading & author signing
- Rosemount Area Arts Council’s Book Festival
- The Loft’s inaugural WordPlay festival, 1 of 10 local authors, 5/11-12/2019
- Winding Trail Books, St Anthony MN
- Northwoods Art & Book Festival, Hackensack MN
- Featured author, Twin Cities chapter of “Sisters in Crime” (2x)
- Deep Valley Book Fest, Mankato MN (2x)
- Apple Valley library “Sisters in Crime” book event
- Edina Art Center, author talk, Edina MN, 11/9/19
- Pipestone Community Library, author talk, 11/16/19
- Rosemount Area Arts Council, author talk 11/21/19
- Hackensack area book discussion, 1/13/20
- “Morningside at Night” community event, Edina, 1/27/20
- Minnesota Book Awards fiction judge, 1/25/20
- 60 book club events since August 2018
- “MN Monthly” magazine, “Best of MN”, Dec. 2019
- Regular blog, 400+ subscribers
- Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram
- Active membership, TC chapter “Sisters in Crime”
- TCLive KSTP televsion, book mention, 1/7/20
- NPR affiliate radio interview, 12/22/19
“The Witness Tree” has won the following awards:
· IPPY gold for “best regional fiction, Midwest”, New York, May 2019
· MIPA finalist (silver) for “fiction: literary/contemporary/historical”, May 2019
· “Ben Franklin” IPBA finalist (silver) for “best new voice: fiction”, Chicago, April 2019
Related articles published in the Prior Lake American, Dakota County Tribune, Farmington/ Rosemount Independent Town Pages, the Lonsdale Area News-Review, and the DCUE newsletter.