Currently scheduling virtual and in-person events for the 2023-24 school year.
Upcoming events: in 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024 - Harvard Junior High School, Harvard, Illinois
Cooper Middle School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Now booking events for the 2023-2024 school year
To reserve your preferred date, please contact us.
Past Events
Friday, May 19.2023 - Oak Ridge Elementary School, Palos Hills, IL
Friday May 19, 2023 - Glen Oaks Elementary School, Hickory Hills, IL
May 12, 2023 - Virtual presentations - Lionsgate Academy, Minnetonka, Minnesota
May 11, 2023 - Virtual presentations - Lionsgate Academy, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Friday, April 28, 2023 - Harvard Junior High School, Harvard Illinois
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - Jerling Junior High School, Orland Park, Illinois
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - Orland Park Junior High School, Orland Park, Illinois
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, Illinois
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - Hubble Middle School, Warrenville, Illinois
Friday, February 3, 2023 - Glenside Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL
Friday, January, 20, 2023 - Algonquin Middle School, Des Plaines, IL
April 23 -30 - Stevens Point, Wisconsin events, including Mt. Sinai Synagogue, Wausau, Stevens Point Area High School (SPASH), and University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
April 26, 2022 - Central Junior High School and Jerling Middle School, Orland Park, IL
Friday, March 4th - presenter at Wheaton North High School conference - "Celebrating the Language Arts: Reshaping the English Classroom for Today's Learner."
January 25, 2022 - the Book Stall Virtual event. Book Club leader Judy Levin interviews FSC. To register for this free event, please clink on this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sibling-estrangement-and-the-road-to-reconciliation-tickets-235011053387?aff=erelexpmlt
January 21, 2022 - Algonquin Middle School, Des Plaines, IL
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - presentation to Platinum Adventures,Crystal Lake Bank & Trust Company, Grayslake,IL
Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 7:30 pm - Temple Beth Shalom presentation
April 8, 2021, 6 -7 pm - Barbara's Books Zoom launch for Brothers, Sisters, Strangers, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - Glenside Middle School Zoom presentation, Glendale Heights, IL
Sunday, May 23, 2021 - 3 pm - Women of Temple Shalom Zoom presentation, Chicago, IL
Events cancelled due to Coronavirus.
Thursday, November 12, 2020 - Lake Bluff Book Club appearance
Recent media appearances:
Thursday, October 1, 2020 - Lake Forest Book Club appearance
Wednesday, October 14, 2020, 7 pm EST - ORT Special Zoom event to honor organizations 140th anniversary - Check back here for details.
Friday, May 15, 2020 - Saturday, May 16, 2020 - Young Authors Conference, Normal, IL
Monday, May 18, 2020 - morning: Glen Oaks Elementary School, Hickory Hills, IL
Monday, May 18, 2020 - afternoon: Oak Ridge Elementary School, Palos Hills, IL
Recent events:
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - Washington Junior High School, Oglesby, IL
Thursday, March 12, 2020 - Oglesby Public Library, Oglesby, IL
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - Hubble Middle School, Warrenville, IL
Friday, February 28, 2020 - Chatham High School, Chatham, New York
Friday, February 28, 2020 - Chatham Middle School, Chatham, New York
Friday, February 21, 2020 - Jane Addams Junior High School, Schaumburg, IL
Thursday, January 23, 2020 - Friday, January 24, 2020 - Viking Middle School, Gurnee, IL - presentations for All-School Reads Three Stars in the Night Sky
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - Algonquin Middle School, Des Plaines, IL
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - Glenside Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL
Thursday, November 14, 2019 National Louis University class, Skokie, IL
Friday, May 17, 2019 - The Mather Place of Wilmette, Wilmette, IL
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - St. Joseph's Catholic School, Libertyville, IL
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - Westview Hills Middle School, Willowbrook, IL
Friday, May 3, 2019 - Central Middle School, Burlington, IL
Friday, April 26, 2019 - Johnsburg Junior High School, Johnsburg, IL
Monday, April 15, 2019 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Monday, April 15, 2019 - Jerling Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Friday, April 12, 2019 - Glenside Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - Evanston Township High School, (Holocaust Remembrance week) Evanston, IL
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - Gompers Junior High School, Joliet, IL
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 - Hubble Middle School, Warrenville, IL
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - Richland Junior High School, Crest Hill, IL
Friday, February 22, 2019 - Jane Addams Junior High School, Schaumburg, IL
Friday, February 8, 2019 - Albright Middle School, Villa Park, IL
Sunday, February 3, 2019 - Naper Settlement Museum, History Speaks Lecture Series, Naperville IL
Friday, January 25, 2019 - Hannah Beardsley Middle School, Crystal Lake, IL
Thursday, January 17, 2019 - Woodstock Fine Arts Association - Creative Living Speaker Series, Woodstock Opera House, Woodstock, IL
Friday, December 7, 2018 - 8:10 am - Deerfield High School class visit
Friday, November 2, 2108 - 9:30 - 11:30 - Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE) conference, Tinley Park, IL
Thursday, November 1, 2018 - National Louis class, Chicago campus
Friday, October 18, 2018 - Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE) Evening of Authors, Chicago Marriott Hoffman Estates Northwest Hotel, Hoffman Estates, IL
Monday, October 8, 2018 - Zion Public Library presentation, Zion, Illinois
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - Senior Lunch Program, Village of Montgomery, Montgomery, IL
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - Oak Ridge Elementary School, Palos Hills, IL
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - Glen Oaks Elementary School, Hickory Hills, IL
Monday, May 14, 2018 - Westview Hills Middle School, Willowbrook, IL
Friday, May 4, 2018 - Central Middle School, Burlington, IL
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - North Prairie Junior High School, Winthrop Harbor, IL
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - Peotone High School, Peotone, IL
Monday, April 23, 2018 - Johnsburg Middle School, Johnsburg, IL
Thursday, April 19, 2018 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Thursday, April 19, 2018 - Jerling Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Thursday, April 19, 2018 - Orland Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 17, 2018- John Hersey High School, Arlington Heights, IL
Sunday, April 15, 2018 - Congregation Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - Glenside Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL
Sunday, April 8, 2018 - Aspen Drive Library, Vernon Hills, IL (public event)
Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 1 pm, Friendship Village of Schaumburg, Schaumburg, IL
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - Edison Elementary School, Macomb, IL
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - VIT Elementary School, Table Grove, IL
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Warrenville, IL
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 - Hubble Middle School, Warrenville, IL
Friday, Feb. 23, 2018 - Jane Addams Junior High School, Schaumburg, IL
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 - Chillicothe Public Library, Chillicothe, IL - Road Scholars Speakers Bureau event
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 - Vernon Hills High School class visit, Vernon Hills, IL
Tuesday, January 23, 2018- Gompers Junior High School, Joliet, IL
Friday, January 12, 2018 - Algonquin Middle School, Des Plaines, IL
Sunday, November 5, 2017, 1:15 pm - B'Nai Yehuda Beth Shalom, Homewood, IL
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 - ISLMA Conference, Springfield, IL
Sunday, October 8, 2017, 12:30 pm - Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Tuesday, July 18, 2018 - Homewood Public Library, Homewood, IL
Thursday, May 18,2017 - Oak Ridge Elementary School, Palos Hills, IL
Monday, May 10, 2017 - Unity Middle School, Cicero, IL Special Mother's Day Celebration
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 - Northwood Middle School, Woodstock, IL
Friday, May 5, 2017 - Central Middle School, Burlington, IL
Tuesday, April 21, 2017 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 21, 2017 - Jerling Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 21, 2017 - Orland Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 18, 2017 - Evanston Township High School Holocaust Remembrance Week, Evanston, IL
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - John Hersey High School, Arlington Heights, IL
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - Edison Elementary School, Macomb, IL
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - Macomb Junior High School, Macomb, IL
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - West Prairie Middle School, Colchester, IL
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - Glenside Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL
Sunday, March 25, 2017 - After Hours with Rick Kogan, WGN-Radio, 720-AM
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 and Thursday, March 23, 2017 - Two-day Author-In-Residence, Deerpath Middle School, Lake Forest, IL
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - Westview Hills Middle School, Willowbrook, IL
Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 - Highlands Junior High School, LaGrange, IL
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 - Algonquin Middle School, Des Plaines, IL
Monday, January 23, 2017 - North Shore Jewish Author Literary Series, Max and Benny's, 461 Waukegan Road, Northbrook, IL
Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 7-9 pm - Adult Education program, First Presbyterian Church of Libertyville, IL
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - The Chicago Club, Chicago, IL
Saturday, July 23 - Writer's Week Workshops 2116, National Louis University - Chicago Campus
Sunday, June 12 - Teen Book Festival, Barnes & Noble, Oakbrook, IL
Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 5:30 pm - National Louis University, Chicago, IL
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - Zion Middle School, Zion, IL
Friday, May 13, 2016 - Central Middle School, Burlington, IL
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - Madison Junior High School, Naperville, IL
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - Park View Elementary School, Morton Grove, IL
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 - Marquardt Middle School, Glendale Heights, IL
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Jerling Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Thursday, April 14, 2016 - Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Thursday, April 7, 2016 - Elm Place School, Highland Park, IL
Monday, April 4, 2016 - Bourbonnais Upper Grade Center, Bourbonnais, IL; Manteno Middle School, Manteno, IL; Bradley Central Middle School, Bradley, IL; Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
Friday, March 18, 2016 - Manchester Township Middle School, Manchester, NJ
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - Deerpath Middle School, Lake Forest, IL
Sunday, March 13, 2016, 9-10 p.m. - "After Hours" with Rick Kogan, WGN Radio - 720 AM
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - Westview Middle School, Willowbrook, IL
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 - Anderson's Bookshops 14th Annual Children's Literature Breakfast, Signature Room, 6440 Double Eagle Drive, Woodridge, IL
Saturday, November 14, 2015, 2 p.m. - Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, IL. Local launch of LIKE FINDING MY TWIN
Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 6-8 p.m. - Lake Forest Country Day Book Fair, Lake Forest, IL
Sunday, November 8, 2015 - Holocaust Remembrance, Wilmington, Delaware
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - All school presentation, Lake Forest Country Day, Lake Forest, IL
Saturday, October 24, 2015 - A Library State of Mind: 2015 Illinois Academic, Public, School & Special Libraries Conference, Peoria, IL
Saturday, October 3, 2015 - Oswego Literary Festival, Oswego, IL
Friday, October 2, 2015 - Illinois Reading Council conference, Illinois Reads luncheon, Peoria, IL
Thursday, October 1, 2015, 7 p.m. - Glencoe Public Library event, Glencoe, IL
Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - One hour interview on WGTB's Morning Show with Greg Berg, 8-10 a.m.
http://www.wgtd.org/Morning_Show.asp
Friday, June 5, 2015 - Keynote speaker, Women's luncheon, Twin Orchard Country Club, Long Grove, IL
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - Manchester Township High School, Manchester, NJ
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - Morton Freshman Center, Cicero, IL
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 - Morton East and West High School, Cicero, IL
Monday, May 11, 2015 - Zion Central Middle School, Zion, IL
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - School of St. Mary, Lake Forest, IL
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - Central Middle School,Burlington, IL
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - Jerling Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Thursday, April 16, 2015 - Orland Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - Glenside Middle School, 1560 Bloomingdale Rd. Glendale Heights IL
Monday, March 9, 2015 - Bellaggio Book Club, Lake Worth, FL
Sunday, March 8, 2015 - 10:30 a.m. Temple Beth Tikvah, 4550 Jog Road, Greenacres, FL
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 - Tinley Park Junior High School, Tinley Park, IL
Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 - Woodland Middle School, 7000 Washington Street, Gurnee, IL
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 - Anderson's Bookshops 13th Annual Children's Literature Breakfast, Signature Room, 6440 Double Eagle Drive, Woodridge, IL
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - Lake Forest Book Club, 3 p.m.
Friday, November 14, 2014 Schillerschule Gymnasium, Frankfurt am Main
Thursday, November 13, 2014 Albert-Einstein-Schule Schwalbach, Gymnasium, Germany
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 - Mix 'n Mingle, National Louis University, Skokie, IL
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - Lake Forest Book Club, Lake Forest, IL 12 pm
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - Lincolnshire Book Club, Lincolnshire, IL, 7 pm
Monday, July 28, 2014 - Lake Forest Book Club, Lake Forest IL
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - Morton West High School, 9 am; Morton Freshman Center, 12 pm, Cicero, IL
Monday, July 14, 2014 - Lake Forest Book Club, Lake Forest, IL, 10 a.m.
Friday, June 20, 2014 - Conway Farms Book Club - OWN show presentation for local book clubs
Saturday, June 7, 2014 - Printers Row, Chicago - Illinois Women's Press Association Panel
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - Morton West, Cicero, IL and Morton Freshman Center, Cicero, IL
Thursday, May 15 - 11 am Scullen Middle School, Naperville, IL, 1:45 p.m., Gregory Middle School, Naperville, IL
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - Big Hollow Middle School, 26051 W Nippersink Rd, Ingleside, IL
Wednesday, May 6, 2014 - Mather Place of Wilmette, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Suite 1800, Evanston, IL
Friday, May 2, 2014 - Central Middle School, Burlington, IL
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - Holocaust Remembrance Week, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Monday, April 28, 2014 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, ILWednesday, April 23, 2014 - Lincoln Middle School, Berwyn, IL
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - Shepherd Middle School, 701 E. McKinley Road, Ottawa, IL
Thursday, April 3, 3014 - Gavin South Junior High School, Ingleside, IL
March 18, 2014 - Square Fish Press will release the paperback edition of Is It Night or Day?
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - Traughber Junior High School, Oswego, IL
Monday, February 17, 2014 - Attea Middle School, Glenview, IL
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 - Gower Middle School, 7941 S. Madison St., Burr Ridge, IL
Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 - Fremont Middle School, Mundelein, IL
Saturday, Nov, 2, 2014 - Author Showcase, Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA),
Springfield, Illinois Contact: Gayl Dasher Smith or Carolyn Roys, Author Showcase Co-chairs
Wednesday, Oct. 16, DePaul University presentation.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - Wilmette Group of Hadassah North Shore Opening Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - Morton West High School, Cicero, IL Pilot program on Family Stories
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - Morton Freshman Center, Cicero, IL Pilot program on Family Stories
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Kaneland Harter Middle School, Sugar Grove, IL
May 17-18, 2013 - Guest Author, 39th Annual Young Authors Conference, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - OWN rebroadcasts the "Lost and Found" show featuring the reunion of Edith and Gerda called "Miraculous Reunion." Please check your cable listing for the exact time. (Uverse lists it at 6 p.m. Central time.)
Friday, May 3, 2013 - Morton West High School, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - St. Scholastica School and St Joan of Arc School at St. Scholastica, 7720 Janes Ave. Woodridge, IL
Sunday, April 7, 2013, 11:15-12:15 - North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, IL Holocaust Remembrance Day events
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - SKYPE visit with Stratford Hall School, Vancouver, Canada
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - Thompson Middle School, St. Charles, IL
Saturday, March 16, 2013, noon (Central time) - OWN rebroadcast "Lost and Found:" How compassionate 8th graders reunited two 86-year-old Holocaust escapees
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - Illinois Reads launch in Springfield (Is It Night or Day? is a featured title.) www.illinoisreads.org
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - presentation, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - Century Junior High School, Orland Park, IL
Thursday, January 3, 2013, 9 p.m. , a new show, Lost and Found, on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) featured the Edith and Gerda reunion.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - Palos South Middle School, Palos Park, IL
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, Morton Freshman Center, Cicero, IL
Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, Butler Junior High School, Oak Brook, IL
Oct. 31, 2012, 2 - 3 p.m - Lake Bluff Middle School, Lake Bluff, IL Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, 7 - 8:30 p.m. - Teen Writers Workshop, Lake
Villa Public Library, Lake Villa, IL Contact: Jenna Melberg melbergo@aol.com
Saturday morning, Sept. 22, 2012 - Mix 'n Mingle, National Louis University, Skokie, IL