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June 4, 2011 - Chicago, IL

Speaking at event for UIC College Prep High School
VIP dinner at MOTO
Party continues at Catalyst Ranch
with special guests Moto's Homaro Cantu
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June 5, 2011 - Chicago, IL

Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Stage: Lil' Lit Park Neverland




June 6, 2011 - Chicago, IL

Women and Words: a literary evening in support of Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Featured author, along with Elizabeth Berg and Sara Paretsky (panel discussion and book signing)
Harold Washington Library




September 23-24, 2011 - South Bend, IN
Open Book Lit Festival
Author panel, family presentation and book signing




December 7, 2011 - Plaistow, NH

Pollard School
Author Event




March 19-21, 2012 - Batesville, IN

Batesville Public Schools
Author Event



Thank You

Lost and Found
The Chicago, Boston and San Francisco installments of the Lost and Found Project are now complete. 150 books were "intentionally left" around each city by a team of 20 friends/Book Hiding Specialists. They left them in places like the freezer at grocery store, shelf at Blockbuster, in the arms of a statue. Quite a few people wrote in to share their (often serendipitous) story of where & when they found the book. Filmmaker Steve Delahoyde documented the hiding of the first batch of Chicago books in this two-minute short film.
Did you find this book?
Notes from those who found a book
Watch the Lost and Found video

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All illustrations by Jeffrey Middleton