Valerie O. Patterson

June 30, 2010: Guest Speaker at Hollins University. Valerie Patterson M.F.A. '08, reads and talks about the craft and the road to publication of her debut YA novel, The Other Side of Blue.
June 30, 7:30 p.m., Hollins Room, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia

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.