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IOOU Tour: ABA Winter Institute in Seattle, Washington

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 8:00 AM 08:00
Thursday, February 23, 2023 5:00 PM 17:00

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The 18th Annual Winter Institute (Wi2023)

Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, Washington
February 20–23, 2023

ABA is proud to present this 18th annual industry event filled with educational programming for independent bookstores, as well as keynotes, author receptions, and exciting events to be announced!

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2024 2
- Aug 28, 2024 Bouchercon
- May 30, 2024 – Jun 1, 2024 Thrillerfest
2023 20
- May 31, 2023 – Jun 3, 2023 Craftfest/Thrillerfest (New York)
- May 24, 2023 Poisoned Pen and THE WOLVES COME AT NIGHT Virtual Release Event
- May 2, 2023 In Conversation with Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick - THE BRIDE WORE WHITE (Virtual)
- Apr 5, 2023 Williamson County Newcomers Club
- Mar 30, 2023 IOOU Tour: Brenda Novak Book Group (Virtual)
- Mar 29, 2023 SIBA March Madness at Parnassus Books
- Mar 14, 2023 IOOU Tour: Crime Time with Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Mar 14, 2023 IOOU Tour: First Chapter Fun reads Chapter 1 of IOOU (March 14, 2023)
- Mar 6, 2023 IOOU Tour: Writers Block Bookstore, Winter Park, FL
- Mar 3, 2023 IOOU Tour: Litchfield Books Luncheon, Pawley Island, SC (March 3, 2023)
- Mar 2, 2023 IOOU Tour: Books Over Drinks with J.T. Ellison at M. Judson (Greenville SC)
- Mar 1, 2023 IOOU Tour: J.T. Ellison in conversation with Kristen Bird at Murder by the Book
- Feb 28, 2023 IOOU Tour: J.T. Ellison in conversation with Nick Petrie at The Poisoned Pen
- Feb 22, 2023 – Feb 23, 2023 IOOU Tour: ABA Winter Institute in Seattle, Washington
- Feb 21, 2023 IOOU Tour: Mystery and Thriller Mavens
- Feb 20, 2023 IOOU Tour: Parnassus Books Launch Party (February 20, 2023)
- Feb 15, 2023 IOOU Tour: Friends and Fiction
- Feb 12, 2023 IOOU Tour: The Back Room
- Jan 13, 2023 IOOU Tour: Facebook Live with Jayne Ann Krentz
- Jan 10, 2023 IOOU Tour: Killer Author Club with Kimberley Belle, Heather Gudenkauf, Kaira Rouda
2022 1
- Nov 5, 2022 Art Circle Library Author Day
2021 33
- Nov 19, 2021 – Nov 20, 2021 WriterFest Nashville
- Oct 15, 2021 Fox Cities Book Festival 2021
- Oct 2, 2021 IN STORE: Sharon Cameron, YA author of Bluebird, joined by J. T. Ellison
- Sep 18, 2021 Tori Eldridge in conversation with J.T. Ellison
- Aug 19, 2021 – Aug 22, 2021 Killer Nashville 2021
- Jul 16, 2021 Murder By The Book: Helen Ellis in conversation with J.T. Ellison
- Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 10, 2021 Virtual ThrillerFest 2021
- Jun 22, 2021 Middletown Public Township Library Psychological Thriller Fest: J.T. Ellison, Mary Kubica, and Lisa Unger
- May 17, 2021 Detroit Book & Author Society
- May 3, 2021 Page 158 Books: Catherine McKenzie in conversation with J.T. Ellison and Barbara Claypole White
- Apr 28, 2021 John Grisham in Conversation With J. T. Ellison
- Apr 27, 2021 A Mighty Blaze Facebook Live
- Apr 20, 2021 Read With BookClubbish: HER DARK LIES
- Apr 19, 2021 Rogue Reads
- Apr 11, 2021 The Back Room: Damyanti Biswas, Julie Carrick Dalton, JT Ellison, and Riley Sager
- Apr 6, 2021 Murder By The Book: Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell in conversation with J.T. Ellison
- Mar 29, 2021 Poisoned Pen with Allison Brennan for TELL NO LIES
- Mar 29, 2021 Authors on the Air Radio Show with Allison Brennan
- Mar 28, 2021 Instagram Live with Literary Thrilling Book Club
- Mar 14, 2021 Scared Suspense Book Club Instagram Live
- Mar 13, 2021 Page 158 Books virtual event
- Mar 11, 2021 Mysterious Galaxy virtual event
- Mar 10, 2021 Murder By The Book virtual event
- Mar 9, 2021 Writer's Block Bookstore virtual event
- Mar 9, 2021 Literati Live
- Mar 9, 2021 HER DARK LIES releases!
- Mar 8, 2021 HER DARK LIES Virtual Launch Party With Parnassus Books
- Mar 8, 2021 – Mar 11, 2021 HER DARK LIES Bookstore Tour
- Mar 4, 2021 Woolfer Author Series: J.T. Ellison in conversation with Carmen Tanner Slaughter
- Mar 4, 2021 HER DARK LIES on First Chapter Fun with Hannah & Hank
- Feb 28, 2021 Virtual event with YA author Alisha Klapheke, in conversation with J. T. Ellison
- Feb 25, 2021 An Afternoon with J.T. Ellison
- Feb 17, 2021 Beyond The Book Jacket: A conversation with Christina McDonald, Wendy Walker & J.T. Ellison
2020 16
- Nov 18, 2020 Friends & Fiction: J.T. Ellison and Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Sep 10, 2020 GOOD GIRLS LIE on First Chapter Fun with Hannah & Hank
- Jun 25, 2020 A Special Virtual Event with Five Bestselling Authors: Nina Laurin, David Bell, J.T. Ellison, Meg Gardiner, and Heather Gudenkauf
- May 12, 2020 This is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf Virtual Launch Party
- Feb 27, 2020 PLA 2020
- Feb 26, 2020 In Conversation with Mary Kubica at Parnassus Books
- Feb 16, 2020 Suspenseful Tales! Nashville's Best Selling Authors at Gordon Jewish Community Center
- Jan 21, 2020 The Salt Marsh Author Series
- Jan 16, 2020 An Unlikely Story - Plainville, MA
- Jan 16, 2020 Booked For Lunch - Duxbury, MA
- Jan 15, 2020 Solid State Books - Washington, DC
- Jan 14, 2020 Meet The Author at Gwinnett County Public Library - Peachtree Corners, GA
- Jan 14, 2020 The North Atlanta Author Series at Milton Library - Milton, GA
- Jan 13, 2020 The Country Bookshop - Southern Pines, NC
- Jan 13, 2020 Page 158 Books - Wake Forest, NC
- Jan 7, 2020 GOOD GIRLS LIE Launch Party and Signing At Parnassus Books
2019 11
- Dec 30, 2019 GOOD GIRLS LIE releases
- Dec 29, 2019 – Jan 16, 2020 GOOD GIRLS LIE Book Tour
- Oct 31, 2019 – Nov 3, 2019 CANCELED: BoucherCon 2019
- Oct 28, 2019 Brenda Novak's Book Group
- Oct 11, 2019 – Oct 13, 2019 Southern Festival Of Books
- Sep 25, 2019 Author Lisa Unger in conversation with J.T. Ellison at Parnassus Books
- Jul 11, 2019 A Thrilling Evening at Shakespeare & Co
- Jul 11, 2019 – Jul 13, 2019 ThrillerFest 2019
- Mar 26, 2019 THE LAST SECOND releases!
- Feb 22, 2019 – Feb 23, 2019 Southern Voices
- Feb 20, 2019 THE STRANGER INSIDE: Laura Benedict in conversation with J.T. Ellison at Parnassus Books
2018 13
- Nov 8, 2018 Chapel Hill Public Library
- Nov 8, 2018 – Nov 9, 2018 WriterFest Nashville
- Nov 5, 2018 A THOUSAND DOORS releases!
- Oct 15, 2018 National Reading Group Bibliofeast - Charlotte, NC
- Oct 12, 2018 – Oct 14, 2018 Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 13, 2018 Southern Independent Booksellers Association 2018
- Sep 6, 2018 – Sep 9, 2018 Bouchercon 2018
- Aug 30, 2018 Signing at Murder By The Book - Houston
- Aug 29, 2018 TEAR ME APART Launch Party & Signing At Parnassus Books
- Aug 28, 2018 TEAR ME APART releases!
- Mar 3, 2018 Southwest Florida Reading Festival
- Feb 4, 2018 Murder on the Menu
- Feb 3, 2018 Murder in the Magic City
2017 14
- Oct 12, 2017 – Oct 14, 2017 Bouchercon
- Sep 21, 2017 LiveSigning (with special guest, Ariel Lawhon!)
- Sep 12, 2017 Signing at Tattered Cover – Aspen Grove
- Sep 11, 2017 Signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop
- Sep 8, 2017 – Sep 10, 2017 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
- Sep 7, 2017 Literature Lover's Night Out (hosted by Valley Booksellers)
- Sep 6, 2017 Literature Lover's Night Out (hosted by Excelsior Bay Books)
- Sep 5, 2017 LIE TO ME Launch Party & Signing at Parnassus Books
- Sep 5, 2017 LIE TO ME releases
- Sep 3, 2017 Decatur Book Festival – Panel with Tess Gerritsen
- Jun 22, 2017 – Jun 27, 2017 ALA Chicago
- Jun 15, 2017 Author! Author!
- May 31, 2017 – Jun 3, 2017 BookExpo
- Mar 14, 2017 3.14.17 - THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE releases!
2016 23
- Dec 1, 2016 12.1.16 - Friends of the Williamson County Public Library
- Nov 15, 2016 11.15.16 - Modern Mrs. Darcy Online Book Club Chat
- Nov 5, 2016 11.5.16 - Kentucky Book Fair
- Oct 14, 2016 10.14.16 - Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 15, 2016 – Sep 18, 2016 9.15.16 – 9.18.16 - Bouchercon
- Aug 11, 2016 8.11.16 - Signing at Tattered Cover
- Jul 26, 2016 7.26.16 - ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS paperback releases
- Jun 19, 2016 6.19.16 - Signing at Barnes & Noble – Lone Tree, CO (bring your dad!)
- Jun 16, 2016 6.16.16 - Signing at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (with Heather Gudenkauf and Cara Black!)
- Jun 15, 2016 6.15.16 - Signing at The Poisoned Pen (with Heather Gudenkauf!)
- Jun 14, 2016 6.14.16 - Signing at Murder by the Book (with novelist Heather Graham!)
- Jun 14, 2016 6.14.16 - FIELD OF GRAVES (Taylor Jackson #0) releases
- Jun 13, 2016 6.13.16 - Signing (with Heather Graham!) at Nashville's Green Hills Library
- May 12, 2016 5.12.16 – 5.13.16 BEA Chicago 2016
- Apr 23, 2016 4.23.16 - Southern Kentucky Book Fest
- Mar 27, 2016 3.27.16 - Second Sunday Crime with Libby Fischer Hellmann
- Mar 26, 2016 3.26.16 - FoxTale Book Shoppe Signing with Ariel Lawhon
- Mar 22, 2016 3.22.16 - NO ONE KNOWS releases
- Mar 22, 2016 3.22.16 - NO ONE KNOWS Launch Party at Parnassus Books
- Mar 21, 2016 3.21.16 - Suspense Magazine Radio LIVE Interview
- Mar 21, 2016 3.21.16 - Reddit AMA
- Mar 20, 2016 3.20.16 - Writerspace Spring Fling Chat + GIVEAWAY!
- Mar 12, 2016 – Mar 13, 2016 3.12.16 – 3.13.16 - Tucson Festival of Books
2015 21
- Nov 24, 2015 11.24.15 - WHAT LIES BEHIND mass market paperback release
- Nov 15, 2015 11.15.15 - Words & Wine with Dana Chamblee Carpenter
- Nov 1, 2015 11.1.15 - Annotations: Authors at Cheekwood
- Oct 24, 2015 10.24.15 - XOXO Connects
- Sep 30, 2015 – Oct 4, 2015 9.30.15 - 10.4.15 - NINC World Conference
- Sep 26, 2015 9.26.15 - Sisters in Crime presents "Cozies, Cops, & Conspiracies"
- Aug 25, 2015 THE LOST KEY mmpb Releases
- Jul 11, 2015 7.11.15 - Thrillerfest X Panel: Which Side of the Bed Do You Want?
- Jul 9, 2015 7.9.15 - I'm Sleeping with the Lights On: Horror and Thriller Authors Discussion at COMIC-CON San Diego
- Jun 30, 2015 6.30.15 - KILLER YEAR Releases
- Jun 15, 2015 6.15.15 - BASED ON: WORDS, NOTES AND ART FROM NASHVILLE Releases
- Jun 2, 2015 Friends of the Library Luncheon (Keynote and Signing) - Decatur, AL (Ticketed Event)
- May 29, 2015 Signing at Books-A-Million, Nashville West
- May 28, 2015 Signing at Reading Rock Books - Dickson, TN
- May 26, 2015 WHAT LIES BEHIND Launch Party! - Parnassus Books, Nashville
- May 26, 2015 WHAT LIES BEHIND (Samantha Owens #4) Releases
- May 23, 2015 Mystery Writers Symposium - FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA
- May 1, 2015 – Jul 1, 2015 SWEET DREAMS Releases
- Apr 17, 2015 – Apr 18, 2015 Southern Kentucky BookFest
- Mar 24, 2015 THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA COOKBOOK releases!
- Mar 1, 2015 Words & Wine with Erica Spindler and J.T. Ellison
2014 16
- Nov 8, 2014 San Diego - The Veterans Benefit Book Fair
- Oct 10, 2014 – Oct 12, 2014 Nashville - Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 30, 2014 THE LOST KEY Release Day
- Sep 2, 2014 THE FINAL CUT Paperback Release
- Aug 26, 2014 WHEN SHADOWS FALL Paperback Release
- Aug 10, 2014 Writerspace Beach Party Online Chat
- Aug 8, 2014 Annotations at Cheekwood
- Jul 23, 2014 – Jul 26, 2014 San Antonio - Romance Writers of America
- Jul 23, 2014 San Antonio - RWA Literacy for Life Autographing
- Jun 29, 2014 Speaking to the Nashville Writers MeetUp
- Apr 26, 2014 Southern Kentucky Bookfest
- Apr 24, 2014 Alabama Library Association
- Mar 10, 2014 Reading and Signing in Columbia, Tennessee
- Feb 25, 2014 WHEN SHADOWS FALL Reading & Signing
- Jan 18, 2014 Coffee County Library Author Event
- Jan 10, 2014 – Jan 12, 2014 January Jumpstart XIV - Tennessee Mountain Writers
2013 12
- Sep 26, 2013 THE FINAL CUT Signing at Adler's Jewelers of New Orleans
- Sep 21, 2013 THE FINAL CUT Signing at Costco in Danville, CA
- Sep 20, 2013 The Ladies' Literary Club
- Sep 18, 2013 Chat with JT Online at Writerspace
- Sep 16, 2013 THE FINAL CUT Release Day
- Aug 21, 2013 Chat with JT Online at Writerspace
- Jul 10, 2013 – Jul 13, 2013 Craftfest & Thrillerfest
- Jun 27, 2013 Daily News Journal
- Jun 8, 2013 Heart of Dixie Luncheon
- May 28, 2013 East Side Story Book Club
- May 18, 2013 Music City Romance Writers Reception
- Apr 20, 2013 Southern Kentucky Bookfest