Upcoming Events

Sun Valley Writers Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho. July 20-22, 2024.

Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Aug. 23-24, 2024.

Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico.  October 12-19, 2024.

Reston Community Center, Reston, Virginia.  February 8, 2025.

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Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California. November 27, 2023.

VIRTUAL: Berlin Pain Management Conference, Berlin, Germany. November 27, 2023.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. April 6, 2023.

Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico.  Storytelling workshops. December 24-December 31, 2022.

Iolani School, Honolulu, Hawaii. November 1-5, 2022.

Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico.  Storytelling workshops. November 27-December 10, 2021.

VIRTUAL: Miami-Dade College, November 16, 2021.

Sun Valley Writers Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho. July 16-20, 2021.

Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico.  Storytelling workshops. May 8-22, 2021.

VIRTUAL: Educational Collective for International Schools – London, England, April 8, 2021.

VIRTUAL: The International School of Bologna, June 17, 2020.

Association for the Advancement of International Education, New York, Feb. 4-5, 2020.

Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico.  Creativity workshops. January 11-18.

Sonoma County Library, August 3, 2019.

Harvard Iranian Summit, April 5-6, 2019.

New-York Historical Society,  April 29, 2018.

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, New Jersey.  April 23, 2018.

PAAIA, Beverly, Hills, California. Oct. 7, 2017.

University of Wisconsin, Madison,  Oct. 3, 2017.

Hawai’i Preparatory Academy, Kamuela, Hawai’i, Sept. 26-27, 2017.

Texas Christian University, Sept. 21-22, 2017.

Munich International School, April 24-25, 2017.

Iranian American Women Federation, March 4, 2017.

Mission College, in Santa Clara, California. March 6, 2017 at 11:00am and 7:00pm

Library Galleria at Sacramento Central Library, March 7 at 6:00pm

All Community Read and Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California. March 8, 2017

Educators workshop. California Reading and Literature Project at UCI, March 9, 2017.

Koltata Literary Meet in Kolkata, India. January 21-30 2017

Penn State University. Oct. 16-18, 2016

Capital University, Ohio. Oct. 20, 2016

The Community Library (Children’s Library) Sun Valley, Idaho.  July 11, 5-7pm

Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. July 12-15, 2016

Kepler’s Bookstore. July 19, 2016

Vroman’s Bookstore, Los Angeles.  July 23, 1:00pm

University of South Florida Humanities Institute, September 24, 2015

Ball State University, Emens Auditorium., September 22, 2015

Stanford University, May 14, 2015

Charleston Library Society, May 07, 2015

Charleston Collegiate School, May 06, 2015

Sun Valley Writers Conference, August 23, 2013

Narrative4 Advisory Committee Meeting, Chicago, Illinois., June 19, 2013

Anti-Defamation League & Central High School, Pheonix, Arizona., April 24, 2013

Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA., April 18, 2013

The Cabin, A Literary Center for Idaho., March 12, 2013

Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! (National Public Radio) Chicago, Illinois., March 09, 2013

Colorado College., February 05, 2013

Whittier Public Library, Gala celebrating the newly remodeled Whittwood Branch, November 30, 2012

Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! (National Public Radio) Chicago, Illinois., November 03, 2012

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee., September 26, 2012

University of Southern Indiana., September 25, 2012

Iranian American Women’s Conference. Irvine, California., September 23, 2012

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., September 05, 2012

Willamette University, Salem, Oregon., August 24, 2012

Aspen Literary Summit, June 21, 2012

Head-Royce School Alumni luncheon at Claremont Hotel. Lunchtime talk, Q&A and book signing., May 05, 2012

Texas A & M (where my father was a Fulbright Scholar in 1953!), April 23, 2012

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, January 26, 2012

Agnes Irwin School., January 18, 2012

Council of Graduate Schools Annual Meeting, LaPidus Luncheon Lecture., December 09, 2011

UC Berkeley. Delta Phi Epsilon, a foreign service fraternity., December 02, 2011

2011 Pathways to Success: Second Annual Iranian American Women’s Conference SOLD OUT, October 23, 2011

Hilbert College, Hamburg, New York., October 13, 2011

Williams College, Williamstown, MA., October 11, 2011

Southern Utah University., September 22, 2011

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., September 12, 2011

Oklahoma Christian University, Four Star Debate Program, July 11, 2011

Aspen Summer Words, June 19, 2011

Munich International School, Munich, Germany., February 18, 2011

Iranian American Leadership Conference for Women: Pathways to Success., January 30, 2011

Horace Mann Middle School, Bronx, New York., January 28, 2011

National Council of Teachers of English National Conference (NCTE) in Orlando, Florida., November 20, 2010

The University of Tampa in Florida., November 19, 2010

Meet the Author Series., November 17, 2010

Virginia Tech., November 16, 2010

University of Northern Colorado, October 26, 2010

Concord Reads! Concord, New Hampshire., October 21, 2010

Sage Hill School, Newport Beach. 10:45am in auditorium. Free and open to the public., October 15, 2010

Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas., September 11, 2010

Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan., March 24, 2010

International Women’s Day, Iowa State University., March 08, 2010

University of Minnesota, Duluth., March 02, 2010

Write to Learn Teachers Conference, Osage Beach, Missouri, February 26, 2010

13th Annual Aspen Winter Words, February 04, 2010

Women’s Club of Palo Alto, 12:00 noon., January 20, 2010

Brentwood City Read Author Program, Brentwood, CA. (Contra Costa County NOT southern California!), December 05, 2009

European Council of International Schools Conference., November 21, 2009

Chicago Humanities Festival., November 15, 2009

Matters of the Mind luncheon speaker, Gateway High School Annual Fundraiser, San Francisco., November 03, 2009

Texas Council for the Social Studies Conference in Dallas, Texas., October 30, 2009

Texas Social Studies Supervisors Association in Dallas, Texas., October 29, 2009

Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico., October 27, 2009

New York State English Council Conference in Albany, New York., October 22, 2009

Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, New York., October 21, 2009

Florida International University., October 19, 2009

Onondaga Central Library, Syracuse, New York. Interview with Khaled Hosseini., October 06, 2009

Interview with Khaled Hosseini, Syracuse University., October 05, 2009

Interview with Khaled Hosseini at UCLA Live!, September 30, 2009

Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas., September 23, 2009

Reston Community Center, Virginia., September 21, 2009

Commonwealth Club, San Francisco., September 10, 2009

Fairfax County Schools History and Social Science in-service meeting. Fairfax, Virginia., September 03, 2009

Sun Valley Writers Conference, August 21, 2009

College Board/ Advanced Placement Programs Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas., July 16, 2009

Carlsbad Reads Together!, April 23, 2009

Library Laureates 2009, San Francisco Public Library., April 17, 2009

International House Alumni of the Year Ceremony, UC Berkeley., April 07, 2009

Wheaton College, (Norton, MA.), March 26, 2009

University of Southern California, Levan Institute of Humanities and Ethics., March 24, 2009

Cleveland Public Library, March 15, 2009

Palo Alto Public Library…it’s FREE!, March 06, 2009

Western Michigan University., February 26, 2009

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