Arranging an Author Visit
Interested in inviting Lucinda Landon
to your school or library? Clue in to these important facts:
The
presentation:
A Mystery Writing How-to for Young Authors. A lively
talk about how to plot out a story, plant clues, and create
a detective. A PowerPoint presentation shows the stages of book design
and production.
Most appropriate audience:
Grades 2-5
Length of presentation:
1 hour, approximately
Maximum number of presentations per
day:
2
Book
signings:
Can be scheduled before, between, or after
presentation. (Important tip: each book to be autographed should
come
with a slip of
paper that gives the correct spelling of the name
or names to be inscribed.)
Book ordering:
Books may be ordered directly
from the author to be sent ahead of time or can be brought
by the author
on the day of
the talk. The retail price of each paperback
is $5.95, but school groups earn an approximately 17% discount,
$5.00 per
book.
Schools
can pass along the discount to the students
or charge
$6.00 per book and use the extra $1.00 for fund raising.
Size
of group:
All
sizes,
from individual classes to groups of
classes.
Settings:
Classrooms,
libraries, cafeterias, or gyms
are all fine, but it must be possible for the room to be made dark
enough for
the PowerPoint presentation
to be seen by all.
Fees:
range
from
$500
to $1200.
Please
email for further information.
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