PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR AND DO NOT YET KNOW WHEN I WILL RETURN. THEREFORE, I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT AUTHOR VISIT APPOINTMENTS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP UP WITH MY ADVENTURES, FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY BLOG.
If you are interested in arranging an author visit to a school, library, troop, or club, you may use this form to contact me. Or you may email me: claredunkle at gmail.com. Because of an aggressive writing schedule, I can accept only two visit requests per month. I keep my calendar on the front page of this section, so you can consult it to see which months are available. When you contact me, please suggest the days that will work best for you; my writing work is more fluid than your curriculum or work schedule, so chances are good that I will be able to work with your date.
My normal speaking fee is $500 plus travel expenses for a one-day visit, or $800 plus travel expenses for a two-day visit. Beyond that, I charge $300 plus travel expenses for each additional day.
My travel expenses consist of a per-mile charge of thirty cents a mile if I drive to your venue or the cost of the airplane tickets if I fly to your venue. They also include a $25-a-day charge for meals. If I have to stay in a hotel, I pass on that hotel cost to you.
You are welcome to use any material from this website for publicity purposes in promoting a signing or event, provided such material is properly credited. If you need a publicity photo of me, you may find one on any of my About the Author webpages. Simply click on the small image of me in the left-hand navigation bar, and a high-resolution photo will pop up; you may then save it to your own computer.
Many readers contact me in order to ask a question about one of my books, such as whether or not the book is being made into a movie. I have posted questions and answers on the following pages:
The Hollow Kingdom
Close Kin
By These Ten Bones
In the Coils of the Snake
The Sky Inside
The Walls Have Eyes
The House of Dead Maids
I also have posted general questions and answers about my career on this webpage. And I have put my very best writing and publishing advice in this separate section.
Before contacting me, please take a look at these pages to see if I've answered your question already.
Unfortunately, I can no longer answer all of the reader
mail I receive. I could put together a form letter to send
to you, but I have a lot of respect for my readers, and I think
that if you take the time to write to me, you are hoping that I
will take the time to write a personal message back to you. A form
letter isn't personal, so it just won't do.
I still intend to answer as much reader mail as I can, but if I can't find the time
to reply to yours, please remember that I was very happy to hear from you and that I would have written you back if I could.
Unfortunately,
I cannot read your written work, such as a story, poem, or
manuscript. To find out why, please
read this page.
To request a signed bookplate, please follow the directions on this page.
Please note that I cannot advise you on whether or not you should use a particular agent, publishing house, or editor. I cannot give further advice on self publishing, subsidy publishing, or book marketing, either. And I cannot advise you on legal or contract questions. You need to speak to a lawyer.
WHY HAVEN'T I ANSWERED YOUR EMAIL?
I still intend to answer as many readers as I can, but if you have not received an answer within two weeks of writing me, then I'm afraid that one of the following things has happened:
If you haven't received a reply, please email me again from a different account and let me know it is the second time you are trying to reach me. Perhaps another email address will not be so picky.
Or you may write to me at the following address:
P.O. Box 680284
San Antonio, TX 78268
This is a United States address.
Photo copyright 2004 by Joseph R. Dunkle. Special thanks to AAFES and PMG International for setting up the above event at the Heidelberg Mega Bookmark.