May 5, 2013
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Spring Conference in New England
"Bringing Nonfiction to Life"

March 15, 2012
The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
"Creating a Biographical Portrait of Jane Austen"

October 16, 2011                
Southern Festival of Books
Nashville, TN
“The Biographer at  Work”

August 21, 2011                 
Jane Austen Society of North America
Washington, DC
“Creating a Biographical Portrait of Jane Austen”
 
July 16–17, 2011                
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, MD/DE/WV Region
Workshop Coordinator, Nonfiction Writing Retreat
 
May 21, 2011                     
Biographers International Organization 
Washington, DC
“Writing the Young Adult Biography”
 
March 28, 2008                  
Virginia Festival of the Book                                                 
Charlottesville, VA                                                 
"Capturing a Life"
 
April 29, 2006                     
Society for Humanistic Judaism                                                 
Cambridge, MA                                                 
“Sigmund Freud: A Biographical Portrait”
 
March 17, 2006                  
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library                                                 
Boston, MA                                                 
“The Stories Behind Their Words: Poets and Authors in American  History”