We will try to keep the calendar as comprehensive and up to date as possible. If you see that Sharon will be signing at your local bookstore or at an event in your community, it gives you the opportunity to plan ahead, grab your friends, stop at a yard sale and then, meet Sharon, show her your finds and buy signed books.
If you see that there is a reading/signing sort-of-kind-of near your area and you have a library or bookstore which might like to host a reading or plan a mystery event, ask your bookseller or librarian to contact Sharon and ask if an additional appearance is possible.
MAY 2011
SATURDAY, MAY 28
Sharon will be teaching a writing workshop at the Barrington Library, Barrington, Illinois
Sunday, May 29, 8:30 .m. cdt
Sharon will be interviewed by Harry Rinker on his nationally syndicated radio show Whatcha Got? Whatcha Got? streams live on www.gcnlive.com. For those readers who do not have an affiliate in their area, they can hear live at 9:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. CDT). Refer to the website to find affiliates and more information about listening to an archived podcast of the show: http://www.harryrinker.com/hear.html.
JUNE 2011
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1:45-2:30 p.m.
Printers Row Literary Festival, Chicago, Illinois
Program: Panel Discussion: The Future of the Mystery Novel: Luisa Buehler, Sharon Fiffer, Andrew Grant and David Heinzmann, moderated by Tasha Alexander
Location: University Center/River Room
After Sharon's panel, she and the panelists will sign their books. Copies of the Jane Wheel mysteries will be available from Barbara's Bookstore and also at the MWA booth from Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore. Sharon plans to visit the MWA booth at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Please come and say hello.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 10-11:30
Sharon will make a guest appearance/booking signing
at the Kankakee Farmers' Market at the gazebo at the corner of Schuyler Avenue and Merchant Street in downtown Kankakee. Market hours are 7 a.m.-noon. Read all about it below ...
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
The Heartland Spa, Gilman, Illinois
Sharon will be the guest speaker Saturday evening for the guests of the Heartland. Her after-dinner talk will be a discussion of her own mysteries and the creative process.
SPETEMBER 2011
SEPTEMBER 15-18
Bouchercon in St. Louis, Missouri
Come to the wonderful fan conference and meet your favorite writers!
Speaking and signing details to come.
The Jane Wheel Vegetable Memorial Weekend
Former Kankakee County resident and mystery author Sharon Fiffer will make a guest appearance at the Kankakee Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 11 from 10 – 11:30 a.m. at the gazebo. The Kankakee Farmers’ Market is held in the parking lot at the corner of Schuyler Avenue and Merchant Street in downtown Kankakee. The market hours are 7am to noon.
Fiffer will be signing copies of her latest release, Backstage Stuff, and distributing recipes of “Nellie’s EZ Way Inn Vegetable Soup” to Market shoppers. Mayor Nina Epstein and Market Manager Bill Yohnka will present Fiffer with a “Key to the Farmers’ Market.” In addition, those attending can register to win a Jane Wheel tote bag, complete with signed copies of previous Wheel mysteries. Copies of Backstage Stuff and various copies of Fiffer’s other books in the same series will be available for sale.
Fiffer’s Jane Wheel Mysteries chronicle the (mis)adventures of antique collector and amateur sleuth Jane Wheel, whose hometown is Kankakee. Each book frequently mentions various landmarks and locations within the Kankakee area, as well as the EZ Way Inn – a tavern fictionally-owned by Wheel’s parents, Don and Nellie, and formerly owned by Fiffer’s parents. Fiffer is a graduate of Bishop McNamara High School. She currently lives in the Chicago area with her husband, Steve, and “depending on the time of year, one, two or three” of her children.
