Your basic author signing away... See more events photos! hris loves talking to book clubs and other groups. (It gives him a chance to "be on stage" doing improv comedy again!) If you'd like to schedule an event or set up a signing in your book store, contact author AT chrisgrabenstein DOT com. EVENTS Need a signed book? Many of the bookstores Chris visits will be happy to ship them to you. Just call before he gets there! JULY 22 HELL HOLE On sale everywhere! Tuesday, July 22, 7 PM HELL HOLE LAUNCH PARTY To Benefit FDNY Burn Center Foundation http://nyffburncenter.com/ FDNY Engine Company 23 215 West 58th Street New York, NY Food, Reading, Fun...maybe even a run! (HELL HOLE is dedicated to "Captain Dave and Kathy and all the firefighters of Engine Company 23 and those who wait for them to come home.") Thursday, July 24, 7 PM Barnes & Noble Menlo Park Mall Edison, NJ 08837 http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com Tuesday, July 29, 7 PM Murder on the Beach 273 Pineapple Grove Way Del Ray Beach, FL 33444 http://www.murderonthebeach.com/default.asp Thursday, July 31, 7 PM With Jeff Cohen Highland Park Library 31 North 5th Ave. Highland Park, NJ 08904 http://www.hpplnj.org/ Saturday, August 2, 2-4 PM Rock Point Books 401 Broad Street Chattanooga, TN 37402 423-756-2855 www.rockpointbooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp Sunday, August 3, 2 PM Centuries & Sleuths 7419 W. Madison Street Forest Park, IL 60130 708-771-7243 Chicago, IL http://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp Monday, August 4, 2008, 7-9 PM Read Between The Lynes "Jersey Night!" 129 E. Van Buren Street Woodstcok, IL 60098 http://www.readbetweenthelynes.com/ Tuesday, August 5, 6 PM Booked for Murder 2701 University Ave Madison, WI 53705 http://www.bookedformurder.com Wednesday, August 6, 7 PM The Mystery Company 233 2nd Ave SW Carmel, IN 46032 317-705-9711 http://www.themysterycompany.com/ Thursday, August 7, 11 AM The Backspace Writers Conference Radisson Martinique Hotel 32nd Street & Broadway New York, NY http://www.backspacewritersconference.com Saturday, August 9, 10 AM The Mystery Lovers Bookshop 514 Allegheny Blvd Oakmont, PA 15139 888-800-6078 http://www.mysterylovers.com/ Saturday, August 9, 2008, 3:30 - 5 PM Mechanicsburg Mystery 6 Clouser Rd. Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 Deborah Beamer (717) 795-7470 mysterybooks@comcast.net Saturday, August 9, 2008, 7:30 PM Chester County Books & Music 975 Paoli Pike Westchester PA 19380 http://www.ccbmc.com/ Thursday, August 14, 7 PM New Jersey Murder Mysteries with Ken Isaacson & Jeffrey Cohen Mystery Book Club Barnes & Noble 3981 US Hwy 9 Freehold, NJ 07728 http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, August 16, 7.30 PM Down the shore...in the real Sea Haven! Atlantic Books New Location 500 N. Bay Ave (the old post office) Beach Haven, NJ http://www.atlanticbooks.us/index.html Wednesday, August 20, 6.30 PM Murder by the Book 2342 Bissonnet St Houston, TX 77005 (713) 524-8597 Store http://www.murderbooks.com/index.php Thursday, August 21, 3 - 4.30 PM Clues Unlimited 123 South Eastbourne Tucson, AZ 85716 http://www.cluesunlimited.com/ Thursday, August 21, 2007, 7 PM The Poisoned Pen 4014 N Goldwater Blvd Ste 101 Scottsdale, AZ 85251-4335 http://www.poisonedpen.com/ Friday, August 22, 12 - 1 PM Mysterious Galaxy Books 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite 302 San Diego, CA 92111 http://mysteriousgalaxy.booksense.com Friday, August 22 Afternoon Drop By Book'em Mysteries 1118 Mission St South Pasadena, CA 91030-3212 http://www.bookem.com/ Friday, August 22, 7 PM The Mystery Bookstore 1036-C Broxton Ave Los Angeles, CA 90024 http://www.mystery-bookstore.com/blog/ Saturday, August 23, Noon Seattle Mystery Bookshop 117 Cherry Street Seattle, WA 98104 http://www.seattlemystery.com/ Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 7 PM David-Kidd Booksellers 4007 Hillsboro Pike Nashville, TN 37215 http://www.daviskidd.com Wednesday, August 27, 2-5 PM Books A Million 125 S. Hampton Drive Clarksville, TN 37040 931-648-1100 http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?id=4132125784436 Thursday, August 28, 2008, Afternoon Malaprop's Bookstore 55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC http://www.malaprops.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp Thursday, August 28, 7 PM Barnes & Noble #2838 8029 Kingston Pike Knoxville TN 37919 http://storelocator.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, September 6, 1:30 PM "Mystery Comes To Michigan" Authors include Suzanne Arruda, Cordelia Biddle, Chris Grabenstein, Katherine Haines, and Peter Leonard. Romeo District Library 65821 Van Dyke Washington, MI 48095 http://www.libcoop.net/ROMEO/ Sunday, September 7, 2 p.m. Mystery Panel hosted by Aunt Agatha's with Peter Leonard, Theresa Schwegel, & Rob Kantner Kerrytown Book Festv Ann Arbor Farmer's Market Ann Arbor, MI http://www.kerrytownbookfest.org/ http://www.auntagathas.com/about.html Wednesday, September 10 Eastchester Public Library Mystery Club 11 Oakridge Place, Eastchester, New York 10709 (914) 793-5055 http://www.eastchesterlibrary.org October 9-12 Bouchercon 2008:Charmed To Death Sheraton Baltimore City Center 101 West Fayette Street Baltimore , Maryland 21201 http://www.charmedtodeath.com/ November 8 "Murder and Mayhem in Muskego" Among those attending besides me: Sean Chercover, Judy Clemens, Reed Farrel Coleman, Harry Hunsicker, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Charlie Huston, J.A. Konrath, Michael Koryta, Dennis Lehane, Tim Maleeny, Cornelia Read, S.J. Rozan, Marcus Sakey, Tom Schreck, Duane Swierczynski, Simon Wood and others! Muskego Public Library Muskego, Wisconsin http://www.murderandmayheminmuskego.com Besides making appearances, Chris is hard at work on the next books, MIND SCRAMBLER (John Ceepak Mystery #5, scheduled for August, 2009) and THE HANGING HILL (the sequel to THE CROSSROADS, a new middle grades YA ghost story from Random House). Here is his office with MIND SCRAMBLER under construction!