Rachel reads at Open Books in the Tuesday Funk series at the Chicago Writers Conference. Photo by Kevin Swallow.
EVENTS
Saturday, April 23, 2016
2nd Annual Chicago Young Adult Festival
Panels at Everybody's Coffee
10am-5pm
935 W. Wilson Ave.
Chicago, IL
Reception at The Book Cellar
5-6:30pm
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL
2nd Annual Chicago Young Adult Festival
Panels at Everybody's Coffee
10am-5pm
935 W. Wilson Ave.
Chicago, IL
Reception at The Book Cellar
5-6:30pm
4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago, IL
SCHEDULING EVENTS, SCHOOL VISITS, AND SKYPE VISITS
Rachel loves working with students of all ages. In more than a decade as an arts educator and artist in residence, she has taught writing and drama programming all over Chicago with Barrel of Monkeys, After School Matters, Pegasus Players, and other programs. She served as the Co-Director of the Literacy Department for STAR Education in Culver City, CA, and as a Barrel of Monkeys Lead Teacher and After-School Program Coordinator.
Rachel has been proud to serve as a visiting author and mentor to student winners of the Write On! competition across Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) schools.
Rachel will be happy to visit with students (and adults) who have read Don't Touch. Please email Rachel to discuss in-person appearances and Skype visits!
Rachel has been proud to serve as a visiting author and mentor to student winners of the Write On! competition across Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) schools.
Rachel will be happy to visit with students (and adults) who have read Don't Touch. Please email Rachel to discuss in-person appearances and Skype visits!
Past Events & Special Days
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Imagine Your Future Author Visit
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & NW Indiana
Thursday, September 24-Monday, September 28th, 2015
S3Q2 & Friends Retreat
Beverly Shores, IN
September-October, 2015
#YAAwesome Reads Tour
with Lindsay N. Currie (Creed, Hardwired, Sweet Madness), Michelle Falkoff (Playlist for the Dead), Stefanie Lyons (Dating Down) and Natalie Tilgman (A 52-Hertz Whale)
Tour Stops:
1. Saturday, September 12, 2015
High School Book Fair
Barnes and Noble
Valparaiso, IN
2-4pm
2. Saturday, September 19, 2015
Open Books
Chicago, IL
3pm
3. Sunday, October 18, 2015
The Book Stall
Winnetka IL
2pm
Friday, July 3, 2015
Anderson's Bookshop's YA All Access Camp Visit
Thursday, June 25-Sunday, June 28, 2015
InGen Productions Presents Die Young, my adaptation of your favorite scary movie
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Camp CEO Visit with Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & NW Indiana
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Barrel of Monkeys Celebration of Authors
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
University of Chicago
Thursday, April 23, 2015
SCBWI-IL Presentation
"Writing and Adapting Stories for Children's Theater" with Joseph Schupbach of Barrel of Monkeys
7pm
Wednesday, April 8-Sunday, April 12, 2015
Minneapolis Retreat circa AWP & VCFA Reception
Saturday, March 14, 2015
YA Panel at Lori M. Lee's Launch of The Infinite
with Liz Czukas (Ask Again Later, Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless, When Joss Met Matt) and Erica O’Rourke (Torn trilogy, Dissonance, Resonance)
Barnes & Noble, Appleton, WI
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Express Yourself! Interview Airs on VoiceAmerica Kids Channel
2pm Central
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Anderson's Children's Literature Breakfast
Friday, November 14, 2014
YA Panel
with Lindsay N. Currie & Trisha Leaver, co-authors of Creed,
and Natalie C. Parker, author of Beware the Wild
7pm-8pm
Anderson's Bookshop
Friday, November 14, 2014
Lake Park High Schools Visit
with Lindsay N. Currie & Trisha Leaver, co-authors of Creed,
and Natalie C. Parker, author of Beware the Wild
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Zion-Benton Library Teen Book Discussion Group
Saturday, November 8, 2014
#ReadOn Crossroad Reviews's Live Author Interview Show
with Romina Garber, Sara B. Larson, Rebecca Serle, Lori M Lee, and me!
4pm Eastern/3pm Central
On your computer!
Friday, November 7, 2014
ISLMA
Tinley Park, IL
Signing at SCBWI Booth #102 1-3pm
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Vegas Valley Book Festival
PANEL: "More Than a Love Story" with Lucy Collins, Kelly Fiore, Carrie Mesrobian, Louise Rozett, Lisa Schroeder, Angie Stanton, Sarah Tregay, and myself! Moderated by Michelle Malone
2-3pm
YA Tent 2
SIGNING:
3-4pm
YA Signing Tent 2
Friday, October 17, 2014
Indian Springs School Visit
with Maureen Goo
Indian Springs, NV
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
"THE GAME OF BOYS AND MONSTERS" Release Day
A digital short from HarperTeen Impulse
Saturday, September 27, 2014
SCBWI IL Mix 'N Mingle with Librarians
9-11am
National Louis University
September 17-21, 2014
Fourth Annual S3Q2 & Friends Retreat in Beverly Shores, IN.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Chicago Launch Party
7-8pm
The Book Cellar
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Birmingham Launch Party
6-7pm
Little Professor Book Center
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Debut Day for Rachel and Don't Touch!
March 21-23, 2014
Rachel gave a talk at the Writing Novels for Young People Retreat at Vermont College of Fine Arts, "Permission to Play"
February 13, 2014
Cover reveal for Don't Touch and the launch of this site, with help from Icey Books, I Read Banned Books, Me, My Shelf & I, The Compulsive Reader, and Mundie Moms
September 25-28, 2013
Third Annual S3Q2 and Friends Retreat in Beverly Shores, IN
September 15, 2013
Reading at Sarah Aronson's book launch for Believe at Curt's Cafe in Evanston, IL
June 3, 2013
Rachel competed in Write Club - Chapter 46: Beach Blanket Bloodbath at Space in Evanston, IL
September 27-30, 2012
Second annual S3Q2 and Friends Retreat in Beverly Shores, IN
September 14, 2012
Reading at the Chicago Writers Conference's special edition of Tuesday Funk, at Open Books in Chicago, IL
September 14-17, 2012
Chicago Writers Conference
March 1, 2012
Don't Touch deal with HarperTeen announced in Publisher's Weekly!
February 29-March 3, 2012
AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair in Chicago, IL
September 22-25, 2011
First annual S3S2 and Friends Retreat in Brooklyn, MI
August 30, 2011
Signed with agent Sara Crowe!
July 16-July 18, 2010
VCFA Alumni Mini-Res, where Rachel read from a draft of Don't Touch and met future agent, Sara Crowe
July 20, 2009
Rachel graduated from Vermont College of Fine Arts's MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults
July 19, 2009
Graduate reading from my creative thesis
July 15, 2009
Graduate lecture in Noble Hall, VCFA: "Fantastic Wonder: A Balancing Act"
January 9, 2009
Scholarship Award Reading in Noble Hall, VCFA for the Critical Thesis Prize: "Growing Up Marvelous: Coming of Age and the Fantastic in Novels for Young Readers"
July 2007
First residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts
Imagine Your Future Author Visit
Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & NW Indiana
Thursday, September 24-Monday, September 28th, 2015
S3Q2 & Friends Retreat
Beverly Shores, IN
September-October, 2015
#YAAwesome Reads Tour
with Lindsay N. Currie (Creed, Hardwired, Sweet Madness), Michelle Falkoff (Playlist for the Dead), Stefanie Lyons (Dating Down) and Natalie Tilgman (A 52-Hertz Whale)
Tour Stops:
1. Saturday, September 12, 2015
High School Book Fair
Barnes and Noble
Valparaiso, IN
2-4pm
2. Saturday, September 19, 2015
Open Books
Chicago, IL
3pm
3. Sunday, October 18, 2015
The Book Stall
Winnetka IL
2pm
Friday, July 3, 2015
Anderson's Bookshop's YA All Access Camp Visit
Thursday, June 25-Sunday, June 28, 2015
InGen Productions Presents Die Young, my adaptation of your favorite scary movie
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Camp CEO Visit with Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & NW Indiana
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Barrel of Monkeys Celebration of Authors
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
University of Chicago
Thursday, April 23, 2015
SCBWI-IL Presentation
"Writing and Adapting Stories for Children's Theater" with Joseph Schupbach of Barrel of Monkeys
7pm
Wednesday, April 8-Sunday, April 12, 2015
Minneapolis Retreat circa AWP & VCFA Reception
Saturday, March 14, 2015
YA Panel at Lori M. Lee's Launch of The Infinite
with Liz Czukas (Ask Again Later, Top Ten Clues You’re Clueless, When Joss Met Matt) and Erica O’Rourke (Torn trilogy, Dissonance, Resonance)
Barnes & Noble, Appleton, WI
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Express Yourself! Interview Airs on VoiceAmerica Kids Channel
2pm Central
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Anderson's Children's Literature Breakfast
Friday, November 14, 2014
YA Panel
with Lindsay N. Currie & Trisha Leaver, co-authors of Creed,
and Natalie C. Parker, author of Beware the Wild
7pm-8pm
Anderson's Bookshop
Friday, November 14, 2014
Lake Park High Schools Visit
with Lindsay N. Currie & Trisha Leaver, co-authors of Creed,
and Natalie C. Parker, author of Beware the Wild
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Zion-Benton Library Teen Book Discussion Group
Saturday, November 8, 2014
#ReadOn Crossroad Reviews's Live Author Interview Show
with Romina Garber, Sara B. Larson, Rebecca Serle, Lori M Lee, and me!
4pm Eastern/3pm Central
On your computer!
Friday, November 7, 2014
ISLMA
Tinley Park, IL
Signing at SCBWI Booth #102 1-3pm
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Vegas Valley Book Festival
PANEL: "More Than a Love Story" with Lucy Collins, Kelly Fiore, Carrie Mesrobian, Louise Rozett, Lisa Schroeder, Angie Stanton, Sarah Tregay, and myself! Moderated by Michelle Malone
2-3pm
YA Tent 2
SIGNING:
3-4pm
YA Signing Tent 2
Friday, October 17, 2014
Indian Springs School Visit
with Maureen Goo
Indian Springs, NV
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
"THE GAME OF BOYS AND MONSTERS" Release Day
A digital short from HarperTeen Impulse
Saturday, September 27, 2014
SCBWI IL Mix 'N Mingle with Librarians
9-11am
National Louis University
September 17-21, 2014
Fourth Annual S3Q2 & Friends Retreat in Beverly Shores, IN.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Chicago Launch Party
7-8pm
The Book Cellar
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Birmingham Launch Party
6-7pm
Little Professor Book Center
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Debut Day for Rachel and Don't Touch!
March 21-23, 2014
Rachel gave a talk at the Writing Novels for Young People Retreat at Vermont College of Fine Arts, "Permission to Play"
February 13, 2014
Cover reveal for Don't Touch and the launch of this site, with help from Icey Books, I Read Banned Books, Me, My Shelf & I, The Compulsive Reader, and Mundie Moms
September 25-28, 2013
Third Annual S3Q2 and Friends Retreat in Beverly Shores, IN
September 15, 2013
Reading at Sarah Aronson's book launch for Believe at Curt's Cafe in Evanston, IL
June 3, 2013
Rachel competed in Write Club - Chapter 46: Beach Blanket Bloodbath at Space in Evanston, IL
September 27-30, 2012
Second annual S3Q2 and Friends Retreat in Beverly Shores, IN
September 14, 2012
Reading at the Chicago Writers Conference's special edition of Tuesday Funk, at Open Books in Chicago, IL
September 14-17, 2012
Chicago Writers Conference
March 1, 2012
Don't Touch deal with HarperTeen announced in Publisher's Weekly!
February 29-March 3, 2012
AWP Annual Conference & Bookfair in Chicago, IL
September 22-25, 2011
First annual S3S2 and Friends Retreat in Brooklyn, MI
August 30, 2011
Signed with agent Sara Crowe!
July 16-July 18, 2010
VCFA Alumni Mini-Res, where Rachel read from a draft of Don't Touch and met future agent, Sara Crowe
July 20, 2009
Rachel graduated from Vermont College of Fine Arts's MFA program in Writing for Children & Young Adults
July 19, 2009
Graduate reading from my creative thesis
July 15, 2009
Graduate lecture in Noble Hall, VCFA: "Fantastic Wonder: A Balancing Act"
January 9, 2009
Scholarship Award Reading in Noble Hall, VCFA for the Critical Thesis Prize: "Growing Up Marvelous: Coming of Age and the Fantastic in Novels for Young Readers"
July 2007
First residency at Vermont College of Fine Arts
