October 13, 11:30 a.m. - WV Book Festival - 11:30 a.m., Conference Room 202, Charleston Civic Center - Workshop: "CAPTIVE OR CAPTIVATE? Inspiring Kids to Reach for Books." Info on the WV Book Festival Website.

October 23, 6:30 p.m. - PEN American Center Literary Awards, CUNY Proshansky Auditorium, NYC

November 3, 8:30 a.m. - WV Writers Fall Conference, Graceland Inn and Conference Center, Elkins, WV. Workshops: "Connecting with Young Readers," "Writing and Revising Your Middle Grade Novel." Info on the WV Writers Website.

Sarah Dooley is the 2012 winner of the PEN American Center's Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship! Her winning novel, FREE VERSE, is forthcoming from G.P. Putnam's Sons in Summer 2014. More info is available on the PEN American Center website.

11/13/11 - Body of Water reviewed in New York Times Sunday Book Review

09/15/11 - Body of Water received starred review in Kirkus Reviews