“Would you ever come to [X] on one of your book tours?” I’m often asked by readers. The answer is yes. I love to travel. But there is a method to getting your city on my official itinerary. My publisher has a marketing budget and only adds stops where I’ve been enthusiastically invited by bookstores with histories of successful events. As a reader and customer, you can help by speaking directly with the manager or program coordinator of your local bookseller and being politely insistent that they need to reach out to the publicity department of St. Martin’s Press and request that they schedule an author event with me. I can’t promise anything, but it’s our best bet.
