Recent & Upcoming Events

2015

Dec. 9, 2015

Featured speaker, Meyer Academy’s 10th Annual Luncheon, sponsored by The Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach, FL

Feb. 4

Featured, Speaker, Center for the Literary Arts at San Jose State University

Feb. 13-15:

I’ll be a featured speaker at the San Francisco Writers Conference, a terrific annual gathering of writers, agents, and publishers at San Francisco’s iconic Mark Hopkins Hotel.

March 12

Regreterature, a Litquake fundraiser at the Verdi Club in San Francisco. Glen David Gold, Matthew Zapruder, Paul Myers, Mary Ladd, Lyzette Wanzer, Peter Hartlaub, and Michelle Richmond! Emceed by Litquake co-founder Jack Boulware, and with the pianistic stylings of Marc Capelle. Doors open at 7 pm. Proceeds to benefit Litquake 2015. Get tickets here.

March 14

Writers with Drinks. Join us for a fun and lively literary brouhaha at the Makeout Room in the Mission

March 25

In conversation with Joyce Carol Oates at Kepler’s in Menlo Park. I can’t wait to talk with Oates about her latest book, The Sacrifice. Get your tickets here.

April 19

In conversation with Kate Mulgrew at The Chapel in San Francisco. Details and tickets here.

We know Kate Mulgrew for the strong women she’s played–Captain Janeway on Star Trek; the tough-as-nails “Red” on Orange is the New Black. Now, we meet the most inspiring and memorable character of all: herself. By turns irreverent and soulful, laugh-out-loud funny and heart-piercingly sad, BORN WITH TEETH is the breathtaking memoir of a woman who dares to live life to the fullest, on her own terms.

2014

October 14, Sacramento

Capital Public Radio Reads broadcast and live event, hosted by Vicki Lorini and host Donna Apidone. 6:30 p.m. at Capitola Public Radio

7055 Folsom Blvd. Sacramento. Get tickets.

October 18, San Francisco

Short story panel, The Art of the Story, a Litquake event. 1:00-2:30

Z Space, 450 Florida Street. Get tickets here.

Oct. 23 & 24, Miami

Celebration of and memorial for Lester Goran, founder of the University of Miami MFA Program in Writing

University of Miami and Books & Books, Coral Gables

Nov. 6, San Francisco, Open Bar & Dirty Stories with Lemony Snickett & Yours Truly at Booksmith’s Shipwreck, 7 pm, 1644 Haight Street

Erotic Shipwreck with Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snickett) at The Booksmith. I can’t really explain Shipwreck. You just have to be there to hear me and other authors read sordid stories we’ve written based on the vile Count Olaf. Lemony Snicket himself will read the stories, and the crowd, hopefully two sheets to the wind, will judge. Did I mention the open bar?

Nov. 7, San Francisco

Reading from Golden State and Hum at CCA Writers Studio, 4:30 PM, 195 Haro Street

Nov. 7, Basement Series, 1590 Bryant Street, San Francisco 7 p.m.

Andrew Sean Greer, Michelle Richmond, and Anthony Marra are going to help us raise money for Lit Camp scholarships. There will be fabulous raffle and auction prizes, cheap admission, and free beer! Plus, come early and you might get to read onstage with our authors.https://www.facebook.com/events/873129219378376/

Previous 2014 Events

February 4, 2014

Book launch for GOLDEN STATE at Green Apple Books in San Francisco. 7:00 pm

Interview on KCBS Radio, hosted by Liz Saint John

Discussing Golden State, secession, and more on Sundays with Liz Saint John. Air date TBA

February 5, 2014

Interview on KVON, hosted by Jeff Schechtman

Peninsula book launch for GOLDEN STATE at Books Inc. Palo Alto, 7:00 p.m.

Feb. 15, 2014

AAUW Annual Luncheon, Palo Alto, to benefit Tech Trek scholarships, which send girls to a STEM based week at Stanford University, with Tracy Guzeman (The Gravity of Birds) and Rhys Bowen (the Molly Murphy series)

February 19

The Gallery Bookshop, Mendocino, 6:00 p.m.

The Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino and Writers Of The Mendocino Coast co-host Michelle at Mendocino Hotel’s Garden Room for an exciting author event with New York Times Bestselling author Michelle Richmond. Michelle will be reading & discussing her new book, GOLDEN STATE, and will be available for book signing after the event.

February 20

Book Passage, Ferry Building, San Francisco, 6:00 PM

Feb. 21

Luncheon and book discussion at Towne Center Books, Pleasanton, CA, 11:30 (tickets required)

February 21

Mrs. Dalloway’s, Berkeley, CA, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 22

West Coast Live at the Ferry Bldg, San Francisco, 10:00 a.m. – noon. Also featuring Anna Quindlen, Ensemble Mik Nawooj, & more

February 27

The Drew School. Featured speaker for Writer’s Week. 7:00 p.m. in the theater. Free and open to the public.

AWP, Seattle

March 4

daytime: Menlo Writers Week

evening: Belmont Public Library, Belmont, CA 7:00 p.m.

March 5

Los Altos High School Writers Week

March 6

Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa, CA – talk and book signing, 6:00 p.m.

March 7

Book Swap at Kepler’s, Menlo Park

March 11

Vroman’s, Pasadena

March 12, San Diego

Warwick’s, La Jolla, CA

March 22, 2014, Lafayette, CA

Lafayette Library Literary Feast

April 1, 2014, Fairhope

Signing at Page & Palette, 1:00-3:00

April 3

Thacker Mountain Radio and Square Books, Oxford, MS

April 9, San Francisco

In conversation with Gina Frangello (A Life in Men) and Kate Milliken (If I’d Known You Were Coming) at Books Inc. in the Marina, San Francisco, 7:30 pm

April 16

Featured speaker, Silicon Valley Capital Club luncheon

May 3, San Francisco

Join me for high tea at Folio Books, a wonderful new indie in San Francisco’s Noe Valley. 3:00 p.m. 3957 24th Street

May 13, San Francisco

In conversation with Kaui Hart Hemmings, author of The Descendants and The Possibilities, at Litquake’s Epicenter.

Listen to the LitCast of the conversation with Kaui here.