NEWS.....Appearances......Paperback Release.....and more!

UPCOMING APPEARANCES/READINGS

* April 24, 2007: Altoona, PA
Penn State Altoona. Reading & classroom visit. Times TBA

* April 23, 2007: Ashland, OH
Ashland University. Reading & classroom visit. Times TBA

* March 1-3: Atlanta
AWP Conference, panel presentation: Sex & Death in Creative Nonfiction

*October 24, 2006: Salem, OR
Willamette University. 7 pm Reading.

* October 13, 2006: Lakeway, TX
Thirsty Mind Bookstore. 4:30 pm Reading.

NEWS
*French version of Anything You Say forthcoming February 2007.

*Anything You Say optioned by screenwriter Ozzie Cheek, August 2006.

*Winner, Jesse James Best Book of Fiction for 2004, awarded by the Texas Institute of Letters. April 2005.

* Winner, 2005 Edgar Award for Best Short Story, for "Something About a Scar" from Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You. April 2005.

* Finalist, 2005 PEN/Hemingway Award. April 2005. For Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You. (see pic below)

* Best Books of 2004, New Orleans Times Picayune, The Vail Trail, and The San Antonio Express News.

Paperback Release:
January 2005