I’ll be attending ALA 2011 in New Orleans from June 24th-26th. If you’re coming, here’s where I’ll be:
Friday, June 24th:
4pm YALSA Pre-Conference panel with Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler at the JW Marriott on Canal Street. (SO looking forward to this!)
Saturday, June 25th
10am-11am: Signing at Penguin booth, #1416
11:30-12:30: Signing at Baker and Taylor booth, #2049
1pm-2pm: Octavia Books In-Store Autographing
513 Octavia Street, New Orleans
Sunday, June 26th
9am: YALSA Coffee Klatch, J.W. Marriott on Canal Street
Then I go home, unplug, and disappear for awhile. Or try to, anyway……
still waiting for the day you come to Vegas *dreams*
Cant wait I’ve always wanted to write a book reading and English are my fav sub you r my idol. I hoPe when I grow up I will be hat like you. Your books have made me feel better when I’m Down thank you !
I can’t wait to see you in NOLA!
still hoping for you to come to minnesota. it’s a nice place to visit, really. (:
Ah yes, I fully concur!
Hi, I’m Ashleigh and Along For The Ride is my absolute FAVORITE book ever!!!! I think you should definatley make someone make it into a movie! Just suggestions! :*)
Proud Supporter, Ash <3
i know right before i jot to the ending i started crying and i loved that
Please come to Austrila you will love it down under, i think you will love it the most in Queensland
See you there!
Gah!!! I can’t believe you came to Maryland and I MISSED it!!! I’m kinda annoyed now… Can you make a round trip back over here? Pretty please with a cherry on top?
I’m kicking myself for the same thing except that it’s for this weekend! Naturally, my first weekend in a long time with no free time has to come the weekend Sarah comes an hour away from where I live! ahh! Sarah, PLEASE try to come back to New Orleans again, too!
Cool, I hope tons of people turn out for you!
Have fun “disappear[ing] for a while,” I just hope that doesn’t mean you won’t post anymore blogs. I, and all your other fans, love to hear from you!
I am so excited that you will be in New Orleans. I am finally getting to attend ALA, so I plan to make the most of it (even though I will have a 2 month old along) We read What Happened to Goodbye together and can’t wait to see you. I hope you enjoy your time in New Orleans. The city is all about taking it easy, so don’t stress while you are here.
I really hope you come to Toronto ! (ONT.CANADA)
Me and my friends read all your books. As soon as “what happened to goodbye” came out, I bought it ! My favorite book of yours is “Just Listen”. It really relates to my life and I have read that book 3 times now ! Currently, I am reading “dreamland”. That book is so sad ! I cried !
I also just looked at the video about “what happened to goodbye”. I wish those boys were real ! But when I’m reading that book, I believe they are truly real and I put myself in the narrators story. But anyway, I love you and your books soo much so please consider coming to Toronto.
Awww…foohy. Is it so much to ask to go to New Orleans?!?!
New Orleans?! I live in Texas!!! Come on, just come to my house…please?!?!
Wish you could come to Colorado. Despite all the crazies that live here its a beautiful state with AMAZING mountains you can’t see anywhere else.
Hi I’m reading “along for the ride” at the moment and what really happened between Auden and Jake because it makes no sense all he did was ask her if she wanted a beer :/ can some one please help me xxx
one thing led to another, and they ended up hooking up. which she regrets.
i love your books!!!
Please come to Connecticut!! I love your books, and I want to meet you sooo badly! I would just love to have that chance, and I would get all the books I own of yours signed. I’ve been awaiting you for a long time!!!
I highly LOVE your books, Dreamland is my favorite book EVER!!
Will you ever be in Missouri at all by any chance? I would love to meet you and get an autograph maybe?
I haven’t read you’re newest book yet but I am so looking forward to buying it and reading it!
You’re books are amazing, you are such a great author!!:)
i love your books so much. i think your should make a movie about lock and or along for the ride.i’ve read four of your books(along for the ride, lock and key, just listen, the truth about foreve). it would be amzing if you came to scotland.i thinking about getting today what happened to goodbye, this Lullaby or keeping the moon. i adore all the boys in the books:)(i wish they we’re real). lots of love from your number fan georgia:)<3x
Hey Sarah Dessen!
Congrats on all your success! Come to NYC sometime!
are any of your books going to ever get made into movies.
if so i think they would be incredible just like the books
OK so i just recently started reading your books and i LOVE them! Im a big fan! I really hope you can come to California soon! I would absolutely die f excitement!
Can’t wait to read all of them! 
You have just resently became my Favorite Author ever! I wish one day i could meet you. It would be a honor to see you and acctually talk to you! To get some thing signed from you would be a dream come true. I wish some time you would come to Desplaines, Illinoise it would be so great to see you! “The truth about forever” Is my favorite book ever! I borrowed it from my sister. I couldn’t put the book down and i was sad when the book ended because it was such a wonderful book. And beautifully written! I wish to become a writer myself! It would be a privlege for you to give me some tips! Thank you so much for listening to what i have to say!
Love, Your absolute number one fan!
Nicole
Em…. Ever thinking of maybe… taking a little visit to Ireland
You should come to pennsylvania!! Somewhere close to Erie! Your my favorite author and your NEVER in pa!!
COME to New Zealand !!!!
you should come to nj in Blaistown I’m sure so many people will enjoy seeing you.
aww no august!!!
You r one of my favorite authors! Ive read all of ur books and i love them:) my favorite one is this lullaby..whenever i wanna read something but dont have a new book i reread ur books i swear ive read them 100 times and theyre still amazing:) i wanna b an author because of u:) anyway u shud come to irvine, CA!
Dear Sarah Dessen,
Your blog says “I am Sarah and I write.”
Well, I am Amy Claire and I don’t write. In fact, I never write creepy fan mail, but I thought I would. Mostly because I can.
Here’s a little about me. I am Amy Claire and I read. I am from Houston and currently live in Austin. My sister first introduced me to you in your masterpiece, The Truth About Forever. We are both runners and absolutely loved it. Plus, she lived in Durham when she went to school so we obviously feel a connection to you. Duh.
As luck would have it, I was chilling in a bookstore yesterday and saw a poster saying What Happened to Goodbye had just been released in paperback. Wahoo! That’s what I like to see. Then, I kept reading and saw that you would be signing your book at that book store in just a few weeks. Yep. That’s right. I was in Book People in Austin. Naturally, like any teenage girl, I got super excited and started making mental plans to come back to the bookstore on April 23 at 7 pm. Basically because you are my hero.
Then, I remembered that of course, I have plans. See, I am involved with Young Life at the University of Texas and recently got assigned to be a leader at a junior high school in the Austin area. Which is great. and awesome. and I am so excited. Once placed at a school, there are weekly hang outs called “club.” Or at least there are supposed to be weekly hang outs. However, Young life is new to my school and after being around for a whole school year, we have yet to have “club.” But now, after much prayer and planning, we will be hosting our first ever club on, you guessed it, Tuesday April 23 at 7 pm. Which is kind of a big deal.
So while you will be a mere 15 minute walk from where I live. I will not be able to meet you. Which makes me sad. But there sacrifices you make when you want to love people God has called you to love.
Once I saw the scheduling conflict, I got online to see if you will be in Houston at any time I will be in Houston. As luck would have it you will be with The Moon and More. Naturally I will be there.
Yay!
All this to say, I really wish I could be at both events. But I can’t . I also really wish that I could meet you, have coffee, and talk with you. You free Tuesday April 22 around 4? or 5? or 9? I am kind of kidding, but not really. But I guess, what I really want is for you to write a book about me. Not really me. Just use my name. Which is Amy Claire. It is a double first name. I guess it is a southern thing( which coincidentally would make a great book title–just think about it)
Anyway, I hope you have a great night. And I hope you enjoy your visits to the great state of Texas.