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STAKED tour

WOOHOO! SEEIN’ PEEPS! I LOVES IT!

I’m so excited to see y’all! I mean, as many of y’all as I can. Very sorry that I can’t come to everyone’s town—it’s math. There are thousands of cities and I can only visit eleven of them. I do have five new cities I’ve never visited before this time, in addition to six old favorites. I hope that you won’t mind coming to see me if the trip’s a doable thing for you. So here’s when and where I’ll be, and I’m including phone numbers for each store because if you call any one of them and preorder, they’ll get me to sign the book while I’m there and then ship it to you!

Jan. 26: Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ. The Poisoned Pen, 7 pm.
(480) 947-2267. My old hometown. I always go here first because they’re really good about  shipping anywhere, including internationally. Plus? I like to go for fish and chips and whiskey at Rúla Búla while I’m in town to start things off right. AW YEAH.
Jan 27: Austin, TX. Book People, 7pm.
(512) 472-5050. This is a new destination for me! I’ve heard good things! I hope people show up! Please, for the love of all the gods: Don’t leave me all alone in there with no barbecue.
Jan 28: Houston, TX. Murder By The Book, 6:30 pm.
(713) 524-8597. Such a great store & great peeps. I keep going back because it’s always a blast.
Jan 29: Orlando, FL. Barnes & Noble, Colonial Plaza Market Center, 7 pm. (407) 894-6024. Also a new destination. I’ve never set foot in Florida before! Looking forward!
Jan 30: Asheville, NC. Malaprop’s Bookstore & Cafe, 7 pm.
(800) 441-9829. My author friends keep telling me this is a turbo cool store so I have to check it out. Asheville got a shout-out in Hammered—both Atticus and Laksha were there, but this will be my first visit. If you’re anywhere nearish, hope to see you there!
Jan 31: Crestview Hills, KY. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 4 pm.
(859) 912-7860. I’ve gone to the Lexington store in the past but I’m heading here in hopes that peeps from Cincinnati and the nearby area can make it. Plus I want to see if it’s as beautiful as the Lexington store.
Feb 1: Lansing, MI.  Schuler Books, Towne Center Blvd.,  7 pm.
(517) 316-7495. For this appearance only, I’ll be joined by audiobook narrator Luke Daniels! It’s gonna be good times. Also, this will be my first visit to Michigan!
Feb 2: Roseville, MN. Barnes & Noble, HarMar Mall, 7 pm.
(651) 639-9256. This is a spiffy store in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. I visited for the Shattered tour and it was so rad that LOOKIT I’M COMING BACK
Feb 3: Beaverton, OR. Powell’s Books, Cedar Hills, 7 pm.
(503) 228-4651. One of my favorite places ever. Always a great crowd of readers!
Feb 4: Ft. Collins, CO. Old Firehouse Books, 6 pm.
(970) 484-7898. Old Firehouse is actually an old firehouse. Super cool building and awesome staff that likes beer. (If you lived in the microbrewing capital of the planet and didn’t like beer that would be kinda tragic.)
Feb 5: Denver, CO. Tattered Cover on 2526 E Colfax Ave, 7 pm. (303) 322-7727. This is the store with The Inscrutable Portrait of Anne Rice in the cafe. I write there a lot. Nice to have a signing there!

Ready for a surprise? Stay tuned over the next couple of months for info on how you can win a free stay at @countryinns to see me in one of these tour cities! And by staying tuned I mean you can check back here, or I will be saying stuff on Twitter and Facebook too.

Very sorry I can’t make it everywhere. I know California’s not here at all this time, but I gave California lots of attention for the Hunted tour, hitting five cities, and I feel like I should always try to visit a few new places each tour. I’ll be at SDCC in 2016, so you can see me there OR have coffee with me at Upstart Crow in San Diego on the Saturday morning of the con. (It’s a free get together—you don’t have to attend the con!—I’ll sign whatever you want and we’ll just chill. I’ve done this in the past and it’s honestly my favorite thing about the con: ESCAPING the con!)

Seattle peeps! I’ll be there April 7-10 for Emerald City Comic Con! So you have to wait a bit longer but hey, I’ll be there four days!

And I’ll try to get to some more eastern cities next time. Here are three places I want to go that I haven’t been to yet as an author:

Washington DC or Baltimore! I know there are lots of readers in those areas but I just haven’t made it yet.

Providence! My wife’s from Rhode Island and still has family there. I used to visit back in the 90s. Del’s lemonade, steamers at the Narragansett shore, NY System Wieners, tons of trees to hug—there’s lots to love in Rhode Island. We were hanging out in West Warwick and Lincoln mostly but I’d like to check out Providence and make that my New England destination.

Pennsylvania! Somewhere! I did a thing at Seton Hill University once but haven’t ever had an event otherwise. Don’t know which city I’d visit but there you go. I’d like to do a gig in Pennsylvania someday.

Hope to see you soon! Peace, love, and tacos~