News & Events
Upcoming Events
October 4, 2025 || Saratoga Book Festival in Saratoga Springs, NY. Ties that Bind: Fiction Panel with Saratoga Shaefer (Serial Killer Support Group) and Cleyvis Natera (The Grand Paloma Resort), 10 – 11 AM in the Saratoga Springs Public Library’s Dutcher Room. Signing to follow.
October 7, 2025 || Fall for the Book Festival, at George Mason University, Fairfax VA. Panel: Kill or Be Killed: Serial Killer Tales, with Marie Still (My Darlings), 7 PM at Kings Park Library.
October 8, 2025 || Mom Noir: Motherhood, Madness, and Suspense, an author talk with Allison Buccola (The Ascent) at Head House Books in Philadelphia, PA. 6:30 PM. Note: this is a ticketed event.
October 9, 2025 || Keep This for Me book launch with Cynthia Weiner (A Gorgeous Excitement) at Stanza Books in Beacon, NY. 7 PM.
October 11, 2025 || Guest at the Iowa City Book Festival. 1 PM at Prairie Lights Bookstore in conversation with actor, Tim Budd. And on the panel A Sense of Place in the auditorium of the Masonic Building at 2:30PM.
October 18, 2025 || In conversation with comic book writer/screenwriter Sean Lewis at the Seniors Center in Goshen, NY, at 5PM. Books will be available for sale.
October 24, 2025 || Crafting a Killer Opening, Author Talk with Allison Buccola (The Ascent) and Mandy McHugh (Chloe Cates is Missing) at the Barnes & Noble Colonie Center, Albany. 6 PM. This is a ticketed event.
October 29, 2025 || In conversation with author Susannah Mintz, at Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, NY.
November 12, 2025 || Author talk and book signing at the Edwardsburg Community Library, Spencerville, Ontario, Canada. Books will be available for sale.
November 16, 2025 || I’m teaching a class called What Happens Next? Writing Suspense Fiction for Beacon Litworks, from 2-4PM at That Creative Space in Beacon, NY.
Podcasts
Bookwild || Jennifer Fawcett’s Keep This For Me: A Serial Killer, Generational Trauma and Motherhood
This week, Gare and I got to talk with Jennifer Fawcett about her serial killer thriller Keep This For Me! We dive into her inspiration for the story, how she was drawn to writing about the aftermath of a serial killer’s actions, and how grief and trauma effect families for generations.
Top Shelf with Carol Ann Tack || E169: Interview with Jennifer Fawcett, author of Keep This For Me
Just in time for thrill-season, I sat down with author Jennifer Fawcett to talk about her second thriller, Keep This For Me. For this episode we discuss generational trauma, serial killers, ghost ships, and so much more.
The Story Blender Podcast || Ep. 37 – 2025: Jennifer Fawcett
This week, Jennifer Fawcett joins me to talk about how playwriting and novel writing intersect and inform each other. We explore what a scene is and why scenes in plays are longer than they often are in novels. We also talk about the importance of surprise, the difference between motivation and intention and her latest thriller Keep This For Me.
AuthorLink || How a Bumpy Draft Becomes The Hit Novel, Keep This for Me
In this chat with Authorlink’s Doris Booth, Jennifer talks abut maintaining courage and persistence on the bumpy road to publication, and her joy of finding a home for her novels.
Articles & Reviews
Oprah Daily || Nobody Warns You About the Identity Crisis of Motherhood
The Nerd Daily || Q&A: Jennifer Fawcett author of Keep This for Me
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing || Rejection ≠ Death
