Location: Scottsdale, Arizona

7PM MONDAY, MAY 20 Peter Heller: The dog stars A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR ATLANTIC MONTHLY, iTUNES, GUARDIAN, AMAZON, HUDSON BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, FLAVORWIRE, & SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Peter Heller visits with his fiction debut and staff favorite The dog stars.

"Extraordinary... one of those books that makes you happy for literature." — Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz

Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. Now he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog and a gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. But when a random transmission beams through his radio, a hope ignites deep inside him that a better life exists somewhere. Risking everything, he follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could have hoped for.

A personal invitation from Changing Hands co-owner Gayle Shanks »

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Peter Heller is an award-winning adventure writer and long-time contributor to NPR. He is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and National Geographic Adventure and the author of The whale warriors. He lives in Denver, Colorado. He can be reached at peterheller.net.

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Annalee Newitz (Scatter, Adapt, and Remember)

Annalee Newitz is the founding editor of the science Web site io9.com and a journalist with a decade’s experience in writing about science, culture, and the future for such publications as Wired, Popular Science, and The Washington Post. She is the editor of the anthology She’s Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Geeky Stuff and was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She lives in San Francisco. (added from Random House)… (more)

6:30-8:30PM WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Writing Workshop with Amira de la Garza: Finding Our Writing in Our Shadows ASU Associate Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar Amira de la Garza shares practices and writing exercises "to open spaces that can seem closed to your writing."

Drawing inspiration from the shadows in our lives and our blocked memories is not only possible, but those spaces can also be a rich source of material. Using her studies of Jungian work on the shadow, dreams, and embodied methodologies, de la Garza teaches shadow-work techniques to help you work out of your "blocked" or "triggered" spaces.

WORKSHOP DETAILS COST: $25 Registration and pre-payment at 480-730-0205. ABOUT THE AUTHOR AMIRA DE LA GARZA (formerly María Christina González) is an Associate Professor and Southwest Borderlands Scholar at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. She has held two Fulbright scholarships to Mexico, where she was inspired to create the Four Seasons of Ethnography. She directs the Innovative Inquiry Project at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at ASU, including the launch of a local press to publish and distribute innovative methodologies. She is working on her second book, and several collections of poetry. More »

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6PM THURSDAY, MAY 23 Summer Lovin' Tour: 5 Teen Authors, 1 Night! Five authors, one night!

Changing Hands is proud to be an official stop for the Summer Lovin' Tour with SARAH OCKLER (Book of Broken Hearts), KIMBERLY DERTING (Dead Silence), JESSI KIRBY (Golden), MORGAN MATSON (Second Chance Summer), and SHANNON MESSENGER (Let the Sky Fall), who present their newest teen novels.

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7PM THURSDAY, MAY 23 Summer Lovin' Tour: 5 Teen Authors, 1 Night! Five authors, one night!

Changing Hands is proud to be an official stop for the Summer Lovin' Tour with SARAH OCKLER (Book of Broken Hearts), KIMBERLY DERTING (Dead Silence), JESSI KIRBY (Golden), MORGAN MATSON (Second Chance Summer), and SHANNON MESSENGER (Let the Sky Fall), who present their newest teen novels.

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Shannon Messenger graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she learned—among other things—that she liked watching movies much better than making them. She’s studied art, screenwriting, and television production, but realized her real passion was writing for kids and teens. She is the author of the middle grade novel Keeper of the Lost Cities and the young adult novel Let the Sky Fall. She is also one of the founders and organizers of WriteOnCon, a free online Writer’s Conference for kidlit writers held annually in August. She lives in Southern California with her husband and an embarrassing number of cats. Find her online at... Read full bio
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7PM FRIDAY, MAY 24 K. L. Armstrong and M. A. Marr: Loki's Wolves New York Times bestselling teen authors Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong present their debut novel for middle readers, Loki's Wolves, the first installment of the Blackwell Pages series.

Norse myths once predicted Ragnarök, the end of the world, that only the gods can stop. But those gods died a long time ago. Matt Thorsen, along with most people in the modern-day town of Blackwell, is a direct descendant of the dead gods. So when the rune-readers reveal that Ragnarök is coming, and kids—led by Matt—will stand in for the dead gods in the final battle, he can hardly believe it. Now he and his friends must race to put together an unstoppable team to prevent the end of the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Kelley Armstrong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworld paranormal suspense series, Darkest Powers YA urban fantasy trilogy, and the Nadia Stafford crime series. Melissa Marr is the author of the New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series, Carnival of Souls, and Graveminder, as well as a manga series (Wicked Lovely: Desert Tales) and various short stories. She is also coeditor with Kelley Armstrong of the Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions and Shards and Ashes Anthologies. When not writing, editing, or traveling, Melissa is buried under a plethora of books, dogs, and children in Virginia.

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2-3:30PM SATURDAY, MAY 25 Chanting Workshop with Pinna Joseph: Purifying Chants and Medicine Melodies Chants from many world cultures can be purifying in nature. Additionally, we can create our own personal medicine melodies to aid in our healing journeys. At this workshop, we will develop our repertoire in these areas and deepen our own practice of chant. Chantress, sound artist, Yoga of the Voice™ instructor, and Somatic Sounding™ co-founder Pinna Joseph will conduct this workshop.

WORKSHOP DETAILS COST: $20 No previous singing experience required. Registration and pre-payment at 480-730-0205.

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Janni Lee Simner (Bones of Faerie, Thief Eyes, Faerie Winter, Faerie After)

Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where the plants know how to bite and even the dandelions have thorns. In spite of these things--or perhaps because of them--she's convinced she lives in one of the most stunning places on Earth. Janni has written the three books of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy--Bones of Faerie, Faerie Winter, and Faerie After--as well as a contemporary Icelandic fantasy, Thief Eyes. She's also published four books for younger readers and more than thirty short stories, including one in the Welcome to Bordertown anthology. (added from Random House)… (more)

6PM TUESDAY, MAY 28 Janni Lee Simner: Faerie After Bestselling novelist Janni Lee Simner visits to launch Faerie After, the final book in her Bones of Faerie fantasy trilogy.

After a devastating war between humanity and Faerie, the world was changed. Plants and trees became angry, and children, such as Liza, were discovered to have magical powers. Now there are signs of sickness in the forest, piles of ash left where living creatures once stood. Liza discovers that the Faerie realm is slowly turning to dust, and that its fate is inexorably linked to that of the human realm. To find a solution, Liza must risk crossing over, putting her life and all she cares about at risk.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where the plants know how to bite and even the dandelions have thorns. In spite of these things--or perhaps because of them--she's convinced she lives in one of the most stunning places on Earth. Janni has written the three books of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy as well as a contemporary Icelandic fantasy, Thief Eyes. She's also published four books for younger readers and more than thirty short stories, including one in the Welcome to Bordertown anthology.

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7PM TUESDAY, MAY 28 Janni Lee Simner: Faerie After Bestselling novelist Janni Lee Simner visits to launch Faerie After, the final book in her Bones of Faerie fantasy trilogy.

After a devastating war between humanity and Faerie, the world was changed. Plants and trees became angry, and children, such as Liza, were discovered to have magical powers. Now there are signs of sickness in the forest, piles of ash left where living creatures once stood. Liza discovers that the Faerie realm is slowly turning to dust, and that its fate is inexorably linked to that of the human realm. To find a solution, Liza must risk crossing over, putting her life and all she cares about at risk.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Janni Lee Simner lives in the Arizona desert, where the plants know how to bite and even the dandelions have thorns. In spite of these things--or perhaps because of them--she's convinced she lives in one of the most stunning places on Earth. Janni has written the three books of the Bones of Faerie Trilogy as well as a contemporary Icelandic fantasy, Thief Eyes. She's also published four books for younger readers and more than thirty short stories, including one in the Welcome to Bordertown anthology.

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7PM FRIDAY, MAY 31 Jen Sincero: You Are a Badass Advice columnist, success coach, and national bestseller Jen Sincero presents her new book You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.

Sincero cuts through the din of the self-help genre with her own verbal meat cleaver. Full of blunt humor, advice, and the occasional swear word, You Are a Badass offers readers new opportunities for growth through 35 chapters of exercises, suggestions, and hilariously inspiring stories. From "Fear is for Suckers" to "Your Brain is Your Bitch," these chapters show you how to stop doubting your greatness, love what you don't love about yourself, and tap into "source energy" to live a bigger life than you've ever imagined.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jen Sincero is a musician, comedienne, and the author of the novel Don't sleep with your drummer. At the moment she lives in California and can be found on the web at jensincero.com.

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