To schedule an event, email me at -- j.walter@comcast.net

Upcoming Events

NOVEMBER 1 -- SEATTLE -- Cascadia Community College

NOVEMBER 15 -- MOSCOW, IDAHO -- Dirty Realists Literary Basketball Charity Game vs. University of Idaho, 7 p.m., Memorial Gym

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JANUARY 15 -- CANNON BEACH, OR. -- Cannon Beach Reading Series

JANUARY 25 -- WALLA WALLA -- Humanities Washington Reading with Daniel Orozco.

FEB. 1-2 -- BOISE, ID. -- Learning Lab family literacy luncheon, keynote speech.

APRIL 21 -- SPOKANE -- Get Lit Literary Festival, reading/​Q-A with Colson Whitehead.

JUNE 12 -- RELEASE of new novel, 'BEAUTIFUL RUINS'

SEPTEMBER 19 -- Purdue University

SEPTEMBER 20 -- Wabash College

Books

Fiction
The Financial Lives of the Poets (2009)
"Brilliant--and brilliantly funny." -- ESQUIRE
The Zero (2006)
"A brilliant tour de force." KIRKUS REVIEWS
Citizen Vince (2005)
"Immensely entertaining." CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Land of the Blind (2003)
"Funny, philosophical and original." THE LONDON TIMES
Over Tumbled Graves (2001)
"Riveting ... outstanding ... tremendous emotional impact." WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Nonfiction
Every Knee Shall Bow (1995 re-released in 2002 as Ruby Ridge)
"A stunning job of reporting." -- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW