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.
Past Events
June 20, 2025 || Panelist in LIGHTS, CAMERA, OR ACTION: Filmworthy Writing at Thrillerfest 2025.
August 24, 2025 || Book signing at Fanfare Books in Stratford, Ontario. 12 – 3 PM.
August 20 – 31, 2025 || The Canadian premiere of my play, Apples in Winter, runs at Here for Now Theatre in Stratford, Ontario.
September 5, 2025 || Bouchercon 2025 in New Orleans, LA. Panel: Damaged Heroes: Protagonists with Flaws, 2:30 – 3:25 PM in Galerie 3, New Orleans Marriott Hotel. Book signing to follow. Atria Bouchercon Cocktail Party. 4-6 PM in the Layfayette and Napoleon Rooms (41st floor).
Selected Media Coverage for Beneath the Stairs
“6 Books to Read This Halloween” | The Luxe Magazine (UK)
“4 horror books to fill your summer with thrills and chills” | Toronto Star
“10 Supernatural Reads to Make You Shiver This Summer” | Off The Shelf
“Skidmore professor pens scary story based on childhood terror” | The Times-Union
“One month turns into horror story for former Iowa City playwright Jennifer Fawcett, author of Beneath the Stairs“ | The Gazette
“Beneath the Stairs doesn’t linger, but maybe that’s a good thing” | Michigan Daily
10 of the most anticipated book releases this month| Daily Hive (Vancouver)
July 2022 Dark Side Pick | Kobo Books
“Jennifer Fawcett on Writing Her Debut Thriller Beneath the Stairs” | Novel Suspects
Podcasts
May 2, 2022 || “Setting as Character…” | The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
Apr 1, 2022 || Dennis Green interviews Jennifer Fawcett about “Beneath the Stairs” | Culture Crawl
Mar 24, 2022 || “The book, writing processes, and ghosts.” | Freddy’s Huge ASK Podcast
Mar 4, 2022 || The Story Blender Podcast
Feb 22, 2022 || Top Shelf at Merrick Library
