News
I will be presenting Storytime with the Author: How To Build an Insect at Literally a Bookshop in Gilbert, AZ on Sunday June 8, 2025 at noon. It the cutest shop and the nicest people. So excited!
Check the Chandler Spring 2025 Break Time Magazine to register for my upcoming classes. Classes in April include Aquatic Insects (for adults) and three insect-themed classes for children.
Yay! My newest short story “A Killer Job” has been accepted for the most recent SINC Desert Sleuth’s anthology, SOWEST: DANGER AWAITS! Expected publication date is September 20, 2025. Look for more news when the cover is released.
Looking forward to another author visit to the Gilbert Historical Museum on September 14, 2024, featuring How to Build an Insect. Can’t wait to see what the children create this time!
Have a short story featured in the most recent Malice Domestic Anthology #18, Mystery Most Devious, available at Wildside Press, April 26, 2024.
On March 21, 2024 the German translation of our book was nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis) 2024 at the Leipzig Book Fair. Winners will be announced in October.
Looking forward to another author visit to the Gilbert Historical Museum on March 23, 2024, featuring How to Build an Insect.
So thrilled that my short story “Bodyguard of Lies” was picked for the 2024 Malice Domestic anthology: Murder Most Devious in February 2024
December 2023. Had a fun afternoon at the Mesa Books Festival with the SINC Desert Sleuths. Photo by Christina Estes.
Newest mystery anthology has arrived September 2023. Check the short stores page for details.
Thank you to the Gilbert Historical Museum for another fun reading and crafts event on August 19, 2023.
Come visit the Gilbert Historical Museum October 22, 2022, 10:30 a.m. to noon. I will read How to Build an Insect and then we’ll do some hands-on activities. Hope to see you there!
Big, but secret news!!! As of August 2022 there’s another nonfiction picture book in the works. Details to follow.
So thrilled that How to Build an Insect is a nominee for the 2023 North Carolina Children’s Book Awards June 2022.
Guest post: Featured author at Archimedes Notebook blog on May 16, 2022. Thanks, Sue!
April 9, 2022 – Celebrate Mesa Living Green Village, Pioneer Park, Mesa, Arizona, booth and story time. 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m.
Guest post: June 2, 2021 LitLinks: Un-bee-lievable STEAM activities to make students wild about insects at Patricia Newman’s website.
Interviewed at the Summer 2021 SCBWI PAL showcase (How to Build an Insect starts about 9:50) – video
Invited to present a story time and crafts to “Build Your Own Insect” at the Gilbert Historical Museum at 10:30 a.m. on October 23, 2021.
Guest post: September 30, 2020 “LitLinks: Using the Everglades to develop a love of nature” published at Patricia Newman’s Website.
September 19, 2020: Roberta led a virtual dragonfly and butterfly walk at the Chandler Environmental Education Center.