In Person Appearances
Meet me in person!
Romantasy BookCon in LA
February 26-28, 2026.
I’m thrilled to once again be an attending author at Romantasy BookCon in LA in February 2026! This event is such an immersive, joyful experience, with authors signing and selling books and merch, a BALL, and so much more. Check out the website for details, and if you go, please stop by to say hi!
Preorders aren’t up yet, so stay tuned!
Coastal Magic Convention
February 19-22, 2026.
I’m excited to be joining Coastal Magic Convention in Daytona Beach, Florida as a featured author in 2026! This is going to be such a laid-back, community-focused event, with reading challenges, author meet and greets, and more. Check out the website for details, and if you’re in the area I hope you’ll stop by!
I love in-person events and meeting readers! I have a background as a bookstore event coordinator as well as a convention programming coordinator, and I have experience doing all kinds of events including teaching writing craft, book signings, and panels.
If you’re interested in having me appear at event for you, please reach out!
At Powell’s Books after moderating an event for Sarah Andersen and Reza Farazmand.
Romance panel at Brick & Mortar Books with local writers. From left to right: Lauren Dane, Olivia Waite, Somaiya Daud, Jasmine Silvera, A.J. Hackwith, and Casey Blair.
My first book signing! At Barnes & Noble. This was about halfway through the first hour when we realized I was going to sell out of stock and we’d better get a picture fast. 😂
With my official sign before my AMA at r/cozyfantasy!
Joint event with Django Wexler at Browsers Books in Olympia.
Virtual Events and Appearances
Interviews, essays, booklists, and more!
Beventi Romantasy Virtual Signing & Panel with Love on Demand
June 22-28, 2025.
Panel: June 24 at 5pm PT.
I’m one of the selected authors for Beventi’s first Romantasy Virtual Signing event! There will be all kinds of fancy signed books available for one week in June.
I will also be be part of the live panel! Come to learn about all the books and play games live with some of your favorite authors.
Learn more at beventi.co/romantasy!
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HearthCon 2024 Cozy Worldbuilding Panel with Sarah Beth Durst, SL Rowland, Casey Blair, Bree Paulsen, and RK Ashwick. Watch here!
Launching a virtual panel I coordinated called The Choreography of Awe: Evoking Wonder in Prose Battle Scenes with Django Wexler, Fonda Lee, Aimee Kuzenski, Valerie Valdes, and Henry Lien. For a 4th Street Fantasy panel I am actually on, listen to the podcasted panel The Fantasy Feast with Elizabeth Bear, DongWon Song, Fonda Lee, and Ruthanna Emrys.
Love Stories Live:
A Virtual Romance Roundtable
November 24 at 1 PM PST.
I’m thrilled to be one of the panelists at a virtual romance panel celebrating the opening of Lovestruck Books in Cambridge, MA! Moderated by the wonderful Olivia Waite, author of The Feminine Pursuit series, we’ll be joined by:
- Sarah Hogle, author of Old Flames and New Fortunes
- Hannah Whitten, author of the series: The Nightshade Crown
- Amanda Bouchet, author of the series: The Kingmaker Chronicles
- Lish McBride, author of the series: Uncanny Romance
- Lana Harper, author of the series: The Witches of Thistle Grove
- and last but not least: Casey Blair, author of the series: Diamond Universe!
The event is free, but you do need to register to get the Zoom link!
Panels
“Love Stories Live” through Lovestruck Books with Olivia Waite (moderator), Casey Blair, Amanda Bouchet, Hannah Whitten, Sarah Hogle, Lana Harper, and Lish McBride.
“Cozy Worldbuilding” at HearthCon with Casey Blair, Sarah Beth Durst, SL Rowland, RK Ashwick, and Bree Paulsen (2024).
“Cozy Fantasy’s Rise—Grimdark’s Demise?” at TBRCon with Casey Blair, Olivia Atwater, Dyrk Ashton, Kian N. Ardalan, Anna Smith Spark, and Mihir Wanchoo (2024).
“The Fantasy Feast, or the Same Old Magic Immediate Road Stew” at 4th Street Fantasy’s special edition of panel-style podcasts with Casey Blair, Fonda Lee, Elizabeth Bear, DongWon Song, and Ruthanna Emrys (2020).
Interviews
Interview in Indie Bites‘ Royals & Rogues issue (2024).
AMA (ask-me-anything) on r/CozyFantasy (2023).
Interview on Tea Princess Chronicles (2023).
Interview on The Sorceress Transcendent (2023).
Exclusive Interview as Sirens Workshop Instructor (2020).
Essays
“Cozy fantasy Starts with Narrative Outlook” on what cozy fantasy is and how to write it (Campfire, 2024).
“Women Are Already Powerful: The Problem of Privileging Masculine Modes of Power in Fantasy” (Sirens, 2019).
- Video recording for Sirens 2020 available here.
“Making Society Uncomfortable: Why Monsters Matter” in Sirens: Collected Papers 2009–2011.
Selection of Reviews
- Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri (2019)
- The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi (2019)
- The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis (2017)
Selection of Book Lists
- Tea Princess Chronicles Read-Alikes (2022)
- Women in SFF Who Dream Big Dreams and Don’t Let Anyone Stop Them (2020)
- Fantasy Romance (2020)
- Six Contemporary Twists on Non-Western Myths (2019)
- World Guide to Non-Western Fantasy (2019)
- Six Secondary World Urban Fantasies (2015)