To set up a visit or writing workshop contact Kenyette Kilpatrick at Peachtree Publishers: (800) 241-0113. Kenyette is the queen of the calendar—she keeps everything straight! She will be happy to help you arrange a successful visit. For questions about program content feel free to contact me.

If your school or library is outside the Florida/Georgia area please book at least three days of visits. There is no charge for my travel time and for visits in many parts of the country an additional two days are needed to get there and back.

I know that resources for programs in schools are limited. Unfortunately authors are essentially self-employed. Things like health insurance and a retirement plan have to be factored in when I set my fees, but I always do my best to keep the cost of my programs down. For the 2008-2009 school year my rates remain unchanged: $725 per day for up to six programs, $675 for the same day in a school I have visited before. An evening program at the school or nearby library can be added for $100.

Combining your booking with other schools or libraries in your area will allow you to split the cost of transportation, and unless I am traveling with my husband, I am always happy to stay with a school family which eliminates the cost of a hotel. While I’m at your school a cafeteria lunch is fine. Hey, who doesn’t like pizza?

Looking for a cheaper alternative?
As the price of travel has gone up and up I decided I just had to add an option that didn’t involve getting on a plane. This year for the first time (and for a much more modest price) you can book a virtual author visit.

A virtual visit costs $75 an hour.  If you book 3 or more hours, the rate drops to $65 an hour.

And here’s an even better price: free! It may take a while if I am on the road, but I always respond to readers’ emails. Feel free to share my email address with your students: adrianfog@aol.com. If you have a whole class reading one of my titles a single email from the class would be appreciated. It can include multiple questions, but the single piece of correspondence is easier to handle than a raft of individual queries from students. And that way they all get to see the answers to questions they may not have thought of.

Need books for your event?
To order books, contact Lesley Rowe: (800) 241-0113 ext. 112. Peachtree delivers quickly, offers a great discount, and accepts returns! Schools can use the publisher’s discount to help offset the cost of the visit or to offer the books to students below the retail price.