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April 22, 2024 

  • Sinclair Community College, Dayton OH. Keynote Speaker for Annual Writers’ Workshop.

August 9, 2023

  • Columbus Metropolitan Library, South High Branch – “A Doggone Good Time,” featuring Ohioana award-winning picture book BARK PARK

June 8, 2023

  • Writing Workshop: Thinking Anew with Point of View – Upper Arlington Public Library

March 7, 2023

  • Writing Workshop: The Art of Writing a Memoir – Upper Arlington Public Library

November 6, 2022

  • Pen and Tell It at Thurber House, Columbus OH. Writing workshop

March 3, 2022

  • A Celebration of Women. Kickoff for Women’s History Month, Upper Arlington Public Library

March 1, 2022

  • A Celebration of Women. Kickoff for Women’s History Month, Grandview Heights Public Library

February 26, 2022

  • A Celebration of Women. Kickoff for Women’s History Month, Woodbourne-Centerville Library, Dayton OH

February 19, 2022

  • A Celebration of Women. Gal’s Guide to the Galaxy, Nickel Plate Arts, Noblesville, IN.

March 4 and 5, 2020 – Visiting Author

  • Burbank Early Childhood Education Center

April 27, 2019

  • Ohioana Library Conference – Bark Park – Choose To Read Ohio Award

February 1, 2019

  • Skype Presentation – Pembrooke Elementary School, Troy, Michigan – Celebration of World Read Aloud Day

November 17, 2018

  • Cover-to-Cover Children’s Bookstore, Upper Arlington, Ohio – Featured Author.

October 3, 2018

  • Buckeye Book Fair.  Wooster, Ohio.

October 1, 2018

  • PBS’s The Great American Read. Dayton Metro Library Main Branch. 7:00 PM.

September 29, 2018

  • Murphy’s Used Books & Media – Kids and Books.  11:00 AM.

September 20, 2018

  • Sinclair Community College Writers’ Workshop – Keynote Speaker.  11:00 AM.

September 10, 2018

  • Washington-Centerville Public Library Second Monday Authors’ Series.  1:00 – 3:00 PM.

June 6, 2018

  • A discussion of Fanny Seward:  A Life as part of the Booked for Life series.  Washington-Centerville Public Library. 11:30 – 12:30 PM.

May 26, 2018

  • Author Event.  Preble County Library.

April 21, 2018

  • Bark Park reading, book signing, games, and songs.  Books & Company at The Greene at 2:00 PM, Beavercreek, Ohio.

April 3, 2018

  • Bark Park, children’s book released!

February 22, 2018

  • ThinkTV is sponsoring an awards ceremony for Dayton-area young writers. Trudy Krisher will be presenting the awards from 5:00 – 7:00 PM, Main Library, Downtown Dayton.

January 3, 2018

  • A discussion of Fanny Seward: A Life featured for Booked for Lunch, Washington-Centerville Public Library, Smith House, Bill Yeck Park. From 11:30 am – 12:30 pm.
May 2008
  • Visiting Author and Book Day Presenter. Tuscarawas School District Gifted Program. New Philadelphia, OH.
November 2007
  • Visiting Author and Author Day Presenter, Bowling Green School District.
    Bowling Green, OH,
March, 2000
  • Featured Speaker. National Conference of Teachers of English (NCTE.)
November, 1999
  • Featured Speaker as part of the Dayton Literary Peace Accords Ceremony. Teenage exchange students from Sarajevo read Spite Fences as part of an international peace program between Sarajevo and Dayton, OH.

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