Valerie O. Patterson

May 1, 2010: Panel participant on "Big Truths and Mini Sleuths: Agatha Best Non-Fiction and Children's/​Young Adult Nominees." 1:30 pm. Malice Domestic 22 mystery convention, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia. For more information on the conference, please see www.malicedomestic.org.

April 2, 2010: Barnes and Noble, Pensacola, Florida. Author appearance/​book signing from 5-7 p.m.

January 17, 2010: Barnes and Noble, Reston, Virginia. Book talk and signing beginning at 1 p.m.

November 14: Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference, Arlington, VA

November 7: Chesapeake Chapter, Sisters in Crime event and book signing, Kensington, MD. For more information on the Chesapeake Chapter, please see http:/​/​www.chessiechapter.org/​meetings.htm.

October 2: An Overnight Success (after fifteen years of blood, sweat, tears, and workshops). Northern Virginia Writers, 2009 First Friday Events, Leesburg Town Hall, 25 Market Street, Leesburg, VA 20176. 7:30 p.m.

Debut author Valerie Patterson—and Northern Virginia Writers Steering Committee member, former NVW Co-chair, Writer’s Center workshop alum, and Hollins MFA graduate—will share the stage with her agent, Sarah Davies, founder of Greenhouse Literary, a place “where writers grow,” and discuss the often circuitous path to publication.