Photo Essay 2: Oleander Girl, The Book Tour

Tours have their challenges.

You wake up at dawn to catch flights.

You stand in long security lines at the airports.

You go to cities where you are unknown and three people show up at your reading.

You find out at the last minute that your media interview has been cancelled.

You eat on the run, whatever you can find, and then you come home and discover that you've gained ten pounds.

BUT

Tours are also where you meet warm and supportive readers you would never have met otherwise. And that makes it all worthwhile.

Thumbnail image for at copperfield's.jpgAt Copperfield's Books, Petaluma, CA

evergreen valley group photo.jpgAt Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA

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At Diesel Books, Los Angeles, CA

at vromans.jpgAt Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, CA.

My deepest thanks to all who came out to support me!

On to Detroit, Portland, Seattle, San Antonio, Austin, New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago!

Photo Essay: Oleander Girl Book Tour

These are some photos of places where I read from Oleander Girl, my new novel, and Grandma and the Great Gourd, my children's book.

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At Asia Society Texas, in Houston, the national launch, on-stage interview with St. John Flynn of KUHF.

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At Google, with Regina Sawhney, who invited me to present at Authors at Google.

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At Books Inc., a wonderful independent bookstore in Mountain View, CA.

More to come. . . .