CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR
Author photo credit: Jessie Salas Photography
Now booking for 2025-26!
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Please contact me for pricing
and book me today!
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Learn more about my programs HERE.
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Speaking Engagements
Please consider me for speaking opportunities.
I am a seasoned speaker and presenter. My public speaking experience includes:
Staff enrichment speaker (schools)
Speaker/ Presenter (SCBWI)
Panel participant (SCBWI)
School Author visits
Library program presenter
Festival author presentations
Mom's group presentations
Girl Scout troop presentations
If you would like to schedule a speaking engagement, school visit, keynote or conference presentation please contact me HERE.
Put me on the calendar:
Upcoming Appearances
Save the Date!
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​​​​March 4, 2025
Nevada Reading Week
9:30 am PST, 12:30 pm EST
Co-presenting SO MANY BOOKS! with co-author Ann Marie Stephens
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April 18, 2025
Ann Marie Stephens and I will join Kwame Alexander's SAY YES book event as his special guests. Say Yes, explores how one word can alter perceptions, open doors, and lead to unimagined possibilities. We will share our book and sign books following the event.
6:30 pm EST, Scrawl Books in Reston, VA
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April 23, 2025
Virtual Pajama Storytime reading of SO MANY BOOKS! with co-author Ann Marie Stephens hosted by Scrawl Books
7 pm EST
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May 8, 2025
Storybook Science program
Sue will present "Fun with STEM" and talk about how her research shows up in her STEM books
4 pm, Brambleton Library, Brambleton, VA
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May 10, 2025
Books In Bloom Book Festival
Columbia, MD
10:45 am, Co-presenting SO MANY BOOKS! with co-author Ann Marie Stephens, and signing
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June 28, 2025
Fairy Tale Engineering program series kickoff
Sue will read a selection of her STEM fractured fairytales. Books will be available for purchase.
3 pm, Ashburn Library, Ashburn, VA​​​​​​​​​​​
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July 31 - August 3, 2025
SCBWI Virtual Summer Conference
August 1, presenting: "Flipping the (Manu)script: How to Experiment with Your Stories--and Career with Sue Fliess"
11am-12pm PDT, 2pm-3pm EST
Virtual Conference - Register here
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October 29-31, 2025
Featured Author at 52nd Annual FAME Conference (Florida Association for Media in Education)
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
Orlando, FL
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November 5-7, 2025
VAASL (Virginia Association of School Librarians) Conference
November 7, presenting with SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA
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2023-24 In-Person & Virtual School Visits
Aldie Elementary, (VA)
Round Hill Elementary (VA)
Belvedere Elementary School (VA)
Wilson Wims Elementary (MD)
Legacy Elementary (VA)
Coman Hill Elementary (NY)
Episcopal School of Jacksonville (FL)
Our Lady of Hope Catholic School (VA)
Empowered Learning Center of Ashburn (VA)
Glenkirk Elementary (VA)
Cool Spring Elementary (VA)
Saint Mark Catholic School (VA)
Thomas Jefferson Middle/Lincoln Elementary (NJ)
Dickerson School (NJ)
Flocktown-Kossman (NJ)
Clermont Elementary School (VA)
Seldens Landing Elementary School (VA)
Chesterbrook Elementary School (VA)
Rolling Ridge Elementary School (VA)
Meadowland Elementary School (VA)
Loudoun Country Day School (VA)
Calverton School (MD)
Albert Harris Elementary (virtual)
Nevada Reading Week (virtual)
Meadowland Elementary (VA)
Harrisonburg VA Young Authors Event
St. David's Episcopal Preschool (VA)
Catapult Learning Parent Workshop (VA)
Radford Reads (VA)
Seesaw Learning (virtual)
Streamable Learning (virtual)
Washington County Free Library - guest author for all-day school visits (MD)
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