CNY Downtown Writers Workshop -
Unraveling the Past into Fiction January 25th-March 14th Thursday nights weekly 6-8 PM $$ 

Guest Speaker: May 29th, Monday Evening Club Skaneateles Country Club Invite only.

Authors' Night, The Wild Center (Adirondacks) August 13th 7-9 pm  Tupper Lake, NY

September 7th - Parthenon Books, Syracuse, NY 1-4 pm

September 19th for six weeks online Thursday evenings  - Historical Fiction Writing for beginners - Writers in the Mountains $$

2025 - January 29th Wednesday Morning Club - Rome NY 

Please reach out to me via my contact page to book an event, book club talk, podcast or conference. Thanks for your interest! 





April 18th Karen Osborne - What Are You Reading? What Are You Writing? Youtube
May 25th 6 pm Seymour Library Author Night Event
June 28th, 6 pm Sodus Bay Library 
June 2-8, 2023 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference
July 19-August 23 Wednesdays 10-noon - Writers in the Mountains Workshop Historical Fiction Writing Series Summer '23
About This Writing Thing Podcast 
​Friends of Seymour Library Author Expo October 14th 11-3 Sacred Heart Church Auburn, NY
November 3-5 Writers in the Mountains Writers Retreat 

April 28th Based on a True Story Podcast 

May 2nd History Author Show podcast 

​May 17 Now, Appalachia podcast

June 23rd 6 p.m. Seymour Library Auburn, NY Historical Fiction Book Club 

​June 29 6:30 p.m. Skaneateles Library Skaneateles, NY Book Club 

​July 15th 1455 Summer Literary Festival - Historical Fiction Panel Discussion 

July 13- August 24th - Writers in the Mountains Historical Fiction Class 

September 13th   Charlotte Readers Podcast 

October 3, 4 pm Cayuga Community College Cultural Heritage Series

October 12, 6 pm  The Writing Wall Podcast 

November 7, 4 pm Cayuga Community College Cultural Heritage Series

​December 6th 1 pm EST Bookish Roadtrip Facebook Chat

I'll be a featured guest on the History Channel's Engineering That Built the World in the first episode, which airs October 10th at 9 pm. I'll speak about the role Thomas Durant played in building the Transcontinental Railroad and the scandals that ensued. 

March 13th 7:00 PM - CNY Downtown Writers Center - YMCA Syracuse NY - Stone Canoe Literary Magazine Launch Party

April 20- May 6th Historical Fiction Virtual Blog Tour

April 22nd - Annie P. Ainsworth Memorial Library - At Home with the Author Next Door - Facebook Live event 4:30-6pm

May 21st 1-2 pm - Copper City Community Connection Rome, NY 

​June 18th 7 PM ET- Women Fiction Writers Association Webinar

November 12th 6:30 pm  - Guest Speaker of the CNY National League of American Pen Women - Virtual meeting.

I've had the great pleasure to interview on podcasts, speak at a numerous book clubs, museums, and libraries. I speak about the writing process, research and my historical novels the Durant Family Saga series. A Gilded Age family drama which follows the lives of the Durants from the Adirondack Wilderness, to New York City, and England.

I also give talks about the ecology of the Finger Lakes region and the inspiration for my novel Ephemeral Summer. A coming of age love story which follows a woman scientist from the shores of Canandaigua Lake to Lake Erie and tracking moose in Algonquin Provincial Park.

Contact me for a book signing, to speak or Zoom, Skype at your event/webinar.

I've had the great pleasure to interview on podcasts, speak at a numerous book clubs, museums, and libraries. I speak about the writing process, research and my historical novels the Durant Family Saga series. A Gilded Age family drama which follows the lives of the Durants from the Adirondack Wilderness, to New York City, and England.

I also give talks about the ecology of the Finger Lakes region and the inspiration for my novel Ephemeral Summer. A coming of age love story which follows a woman scientist from the shores of Canandaigua Lake to Lake Erie and tracking moose in Algonquin Provincial Park.

Contact me for a book signing, to speak or Zoom, Skype at your event/webinar.

May 15th and 22, 2019 10-11 am - Skaneateles Library  - Speaking to BookWomen - BooksAFoot Travelers about the Finger Lakes region and my book Ephemeral Summer
Free and open to the public.

July 7-14th, 2019 Forever Wild National Endowment for the Arts Landmarks and Culture Event for Teachers  (Teachers recieve a stipend for attending)

July 24th - 6-7:30 pm -  Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum
History Alive Series - Book signing and talk

Roads Scholar Program - Great Camp Sagamore - July-October

Annual Conference, Association of Public Historians NYS September 11, 2019. Albany, NY

CNY Literary Festival - October 4th Reading @6:30 pm Dewitt Library  

Researching NY Annual Conference University of Albany Nov 21-23, 2019

Please contact me here for more information or to request a speaking engagement.

6/26/18  - Great Camp Sagamore Road Scholar Program
8/3/18 - ADK Experience (Museum) 11 a.m.
8/3/18 - ADK Reader Book signing event. 3-5 p.m.
8/14/18 - Great Camp Sagamore Road Scholar Program
8/14/18  - Author's Night Book Event Hoss's Country Corner 7-9 p.m.
8/21/18 - Old Forge Library 7:30 p.m.
9/18/18 - Great Camp Sagamore Road Scholar Program
10/15/18 Cayuga Community College Cultural Heritage Series 4-5 pm
11/14/18 National Novel Writing Month Seymour Library Auburn, NY Evening 6-7 pm
11/30/18 CNY Literary Festival Dewitt-Jamesville Library 6:30 PM Book signing and sales
12/12/18 Northstone Country Club Christmas Luncheon
Huntersville NC