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Awards
  Date

  Award

 05.09.2009    Crown Conspiracy Awarded 2009 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist
 02.19.2009     Crown Conspiracy Awarded 2008 ReaderViews Literary Award Finalist
 01.16.2009    Crown Conspiracy Awarded 2008 Fantasy Book Critic Notable Indie
 05.30.2008    Crown Conspiracy Awarded 2007 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for Fantasy
 10.11.2008    Crown Conspiracy Awarded 2008 Adventure Writers Competition, 5th place
 
Author Interviews & Book Reviews
Date Publication

 Notes

 05.12.2009  King of the Nerds Perhaps the best compliment I can pay the book and its author is that immediately upon arrive at work I went and grabbed its sequel, Avempartha off the new book shelf.
 05.10.2009  Speculative Fiction
Junkie
All in all, though, this was an extremely enjoyable read from start to finish. The Crown Conspiracy reminds me why I fell in love with the fantasy genre in the first place.
 05.02.2009  The Deckled Edge Avempartha is a worthy sequel to The Crown Conspiracy. In fact, I’d say it probably surpasses it. I definitely recommend this new series and I look forward to the third book, Nyphron Rising."
 05.01.2009  NovelSpot The Crown Conspiracy is entertaining from beginning to end, edge of your seat moments and conspiracy to spare. The Crown Conspiracy is a must read! I'm looking forward to the next installment.
 04.20.2009  Strange, Weird and Wonderful 5 page interview in the Spring '09 edition covering Michael's writing career and insights on both Avempartha and The Crown Conspiracy
 04.17.2009  The Deckled Edge In many ways, the novel takes all the conventional tropes of a traditional fantasy story, takes what it needs, and throws out the rest. What is left is a quick and entertaining read.
 05.01.2009  Genre Reviews This was a light, engaging read with steady pacing and an uncomplicated plot. It can be read as a standalone, though it also sets up the bigger, over-arching plot-line that will drive the next five books.
 04.02.2009  Story Institute's
Rambling Verser
This half hour podcast features a quote from Abraham Lincoln, poem by Alfred Lloyd Tennyson and an in depth interview with Michael Sullivan author of The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha.
 03.29.2009  Where's my Plan This volume can stand on its own, as the relevant background from The Crown Conspiracy is skillfully shared with the reader without any "What has gone before" prologue.
 03.28.2009  Fantasy Book Critic In short, “Avempartha” is highly, highly recommended and a novel that raises Michael Sullivan’s The Riyria Revelations to “major league” status.
 03.22.2009  American Author's Association  The Crown Conspiracy is a most excellent historical tale full of adventure, heroes to cheer for and villains most devious.
 03.19.2009  Fantasy Debut Michael Sullivan is a gifted storyteller. He comes up with likable characters and twisty plots.
 03.03.2009  Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews Michael J. Sullivan doesn’t waste time and throws the reader into action from the first pages of his novel and keeps him there until the final page is turned.
 02.25.2009  Where's my Plan  On the whole, it felt like watching a pretty good television series: it was entertaining, with an engaging enough plot, snappy dialog, and characters I could enjoy spending time with
 02.16.2009  Fantasy Debut  The Crown Conspiracy is right up my alley, traditional fantasy, "good" bad guys, a large dose of humor, lots of character development and plenty of surprises.
 02.13.2009  The Old Bat's Belfry   Interview: A look inside the mind of Michael Sullivan
 02.09.2009  ReaderViews Reviews Michael J. Sullivan has written a book I will read over and over again and it most definitely will always reside on my favorite’s shelf.
 01.20.2009  Front Street Reviews There is so many layers to this story that to explain it in a few words is nigh impossible. The characters are well fleshed out and the descriptions about the countryside and customs fueled my imagination and I felt that I could hardly wait to read more of this adventure.
 01.14.2009  Books by TJ Baff The world created by Michael J. Sullivan is intriguing and he has subtly interwoven new possibilities that may be coming in future installments of this epic tale. I am hoping that the future books will include more of the characters met along the way and I have already guessed at one of the mysteries. I can't wait to see if I was right.
 01.03.2009  Dave Brendon's Fantasy & Sci-fi weblog This book is a great read; you’ll find that you’ll breeze through it, because Michael’s writing style is so easy to get into; the action, tension and even the funny bits all work well with the style he’s used to great effect here
 01.01.2009  Literary Magic A whirlwind of twists, earth-shattering surprises and deadly betrayal.
 12.10.2008  The Old Bat's Belfry Great characters, delightful misdirection, good world building, and just the right amount of humor. If I had to describe this book with one word, that word would be fun!
 12.10.2008  Cheryl's Book Nook This is the first book I have read by this great new author to me. I can’t wait to read what Mr. Sullivan comes out with next.
 12.05.2008  Reality Bypass   Interview: Questions on fantasy writing
 12.02.2008  Huntress Reviews What we have here is a very well thought out tale of intrigue... regicide, battles over the throne, conspiracy, and two thieves thrown into the mix keep the story line moving at a rapid pace.
 12.01.2008  Midwest Book Review A fast paced and riveting fantasy, "The Crown Conspiracy" is well worth reading.
 11.27.2008  Fantasy Book Critic Highly recommended and another positive surprise for 2008.
 11.19.2008   Odyssey Reviews  "Again I highly recommend this book
 10.30.2008  Renderosity Magazine   Interview: Questions on The Crown Conspiracy and cover design
 09.25.2008   Springfield Connection   Interview: Questions on Author Background and being a writer

Upcoming Author Events

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Date Time Venue Location Address Event Type
Sat 05.23.2009 12:00 PM Baltimore, MD The Power Plant
601 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 385-1709
Author Meet & Signing
Fri 05.29.2009 3:00 PM Charlotte, NC JM Keynes Drive
Charlotte, NC, 28262
704-547-7444
ConCarolinas
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Charlotte, NC, 28262
704-547-7444
ConCarolinas
Sun 05.31.2009 10:00 AM Charlotte, NC JM Keynes Drive
Charlotte, NC, 28262
704-547-7444
ConCarolinas
Sun 05.31.2009 1:30 PM TBD Arlington, VA Fun Fiction, Fun People, Fun Times! Book Club Discussion
Sun 07.19.2009 1:00 PM TBD Fairfax, VA Fairfax Fiction Book Club Book Club Discussion

Recent News
05.10.2009
Crown Conspiracy to be reviewed for 06/15/2009 edition of BookBanter

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05.09.2009
Crown Conspiracy selected as finalist for the 2009 National Indie Excellence Book Award

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05.01.2009
Winner's announced in GoodReads giveaway of Avempartha

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04.28.2009
Winners announced for book giveaway on Fantasy Book Critic

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04.26.2009
Avempartha well received at Ravencon

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04.20.2009
Michael Sullivan interviewed in Strange Wierd and Wonderful Spring 2009 Edition

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04.19.2009
Michael Sullivan featured at Bethesda Literary Festival

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04.02.2009
Story Institute's Rambling Verser PodCast interview with Michael Sullivan

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04.01.2009
Michael Sullivan to Appear at ConCarolinas

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04.01.2009
Avempartha Official Release Day

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03.29.2009
Fantasy Book Critic Free Giveaway of 3 sets of Riyria books (The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha)

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03.28.2009
Avempartha reviewed by Fantasy Book Critic

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03.21.2009
Crown Conspiracy reviewed by American Author's Association

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03.21.2009
Crown Conspiracy at Virginia Festival of the Book

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03.15.2009
Crown Conspiracy big success at Fairfax Fiction Book Club

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03.03.2009
Crown Conspiracy reviewed by Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews

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02.22.2009
Michael to give Fantasy Writing lecture to Arlington Writer's Group on March 1st

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02.16.2009
Crown Conspiracy to be reviewed by Fantasy Debut

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02.13.2009
Michael Interviewed by Old Bat's Belfry

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02.13.2009
Crown Conspiracy review featured in a Meme of "best reviews" of fantasy books

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02.13.2009
Crown Conspiracy selected as finalist for the 2008 ReaderViews Literary Award

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02.09.2009
Crown Conspiracy reviewed by ReaderViews Reviews

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02.01.2009
Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy selected for March read of GoodReads Fantasy Book Club

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01.20.2009
Crown Conspiracy reviewed by Front Street Reviews

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01.18.2009 Crown Conspiracy big success at Marscon in Willimington VA
01.16.2009
Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy makes the Fantasy Book Critic 2008 List for Notable Indie Books

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01.14.2009
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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01.09.2009
Michael Sullivan starts a blog

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01.04.2009
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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01.01.2009
Crown Conspiracy reviewed by at Literary Magic

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12.30.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.24.2008
The Crown Conspiracy added to dailybookshow

 

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12.23.2008
Michael Sullivan to sign at the Marscon in Willimington VA in January

 

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12.22.2008
The Crown Conspiracy mentioned on bNet Business Network

 

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12.22.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.22.2008
The Crown Conspiracy mentioned in Small Press Bookwatch on Entrepreneur.com

 

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12.22.2008
The Crown Conspiracy picked for January Read at Fun Fiction, Fun People, Fun Times

 

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12.20.2008
Michael Sullivan to sign at the Virginia Festival of the Book

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12.19.2008
Michael Sullivan to be reviewed on Talk Radio January 5th, 2009

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12.19.2008
Avempartha (Book 2 of Riyria Revelations) - final reviews approved and sent to AMI - Scheduled Release April 2009  
12.16.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.14.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.10.2008
The Crown Conspiracy reviewed on The Old Bat's Belfry

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12.10.2008
The Crown Conspiracy selected for the January Read of The Sci-fi and Fantasy Book Club

 

12.10.2008
The Crown Conspiracy added to Fun Fiction, Fun People, Fun Times!  Reading Survey

 

12.10.2008
The Crown Conspiracy reviewed on Cheryl's Book Nook

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12.08.2008
The Crown Conspiracy mentioned on Access My Library    

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12.07.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.05.2008
Michael Sullivan interviewed by Reality Bypass

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12.05.2008
4-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.02.2008
The Crown Conspiracy reviewed on Huntress Reviews

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12.01.2008
The Crown Conspiracy mentioned on the Free Library by Farlex

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12.01.2008
4-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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12.01.2008
The Crown Conspiracy reviewed on Midwest Book Review

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11.27.2008
The Crown Conspiracy reviewed on Fantasy Book Critic Reviews Website

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11.26.2008
4.5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.25.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.24.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.22.2008 Fall Book Signing Tour officially ends (though 2 stores have requested revisits for Dec and Jan)
11.22.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.19.2008
The Crown Conspiracy reviewed on Odyssey Reviews Website

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11.18.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.15.2008
Michael Sullivan' Crown Conspiracy Book Signing Sells Out at Fairfax Fair Lakes Mall

 

11.14.2008
The Crown Conspiracy featured on Castle Fiction Website

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11.14.2008
The Crown Conspiracy featured on The Fantasy Guide Website

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11.14.2008
The Crown Conspiracy featured on  Epic Fantasy Website

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11.11.2008
Crown Conspiracy Tour Extended into 2009

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11.11.2008
Pre-order available for Avempartha

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11.10.2008
The Crown Conspiracy mentioned on  SfRevu

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11.09.2008
4-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.08.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.08.2008
Michael Sullivan invited to present at CapClave 2009

 

11.08.2008
Michael Sullivan added to scifan

  

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11.07.2008
Crown Conspiracy Book Tour expanded

  

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11.06.2008
Crown Conspiracy Book Giveaway Announced

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11.04.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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11.02.2008
Michael Sullivan interviewed for Renderosity Magazine

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11.02.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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10.27.2008
Fairfax Borders sells out of first shipment of the Crown Conspiracy, a new order is placed

 

10.26.2008
Kindle Version of Crown Conspiracy released   

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10.25.2008
Waldenbooks requests a second signing for The Crown Conspiracy

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10.24.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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10.21.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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10.20.2008
New Website Released

 

10.19.2008
The Crown Conspiracy voted for March 2009 read for the Fairfax Fiction Book Club

 

10.15.2008
Michael Sullivan added to Fantastic Fiction

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10.15.2008
The Crown Conspiracy added to Fantastic Fiction

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10.12.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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10.03.2008 Avempartha, book 2 in Riyria Revelations sent to publisher - planned release April 2009
10.01.2008 The Crown Conspiracy - official release
09.30.2008
The Crown Conspiracy featured on Fresh Fiction

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09.30.2008
Author Michael Sullivan featured on Fresh Fiction

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09.30.2008
The Crown Conspiracy at Monster Fest at Chesapeake Central Library

 

09.26.2008
Newspaper Article on Michael Sullivan's release of "The Crown Conspiracy"   

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09.25.2008
Barnes & Noble Georgetown, DC added to book signing tour  

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09.24.2008
Banes & Noble Fairfax, VA added to book signing tour

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09.22.2008
The Crown Conspiracy picked for November read by Manassas Book Club

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09.22.2008
4-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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09.21.2008
The Crown Conspiracy added to Fairfax Book Club "What to read in 2009" survey

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09.21.2008
The Crown Conspiracy voted November read by Book Meet & Eat

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09.18.2008
Standing room only at Michael Sullivan's "How to build a novel" seminar

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09.16.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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09.16.2008
Borders, Fairfax, VA added to book signing tour  

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09.14.2008
Michael Sullivan asked to speak at the Arlington Writer's Meet-up

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09.12.2008
5-star Amazon Review for Michael Sullivan's Crown Conspiracy

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09.10.2008
Michael Sullivan sells publishing rights of Avempartha (Book #2 of Riyria Revelations) to AMI

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09.02.2008
Fall book tour for The Crown Conspiracy Announced

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05.30.2008
The Crown Conspiracy wins 2007 Book of the Year Finalist from Foreword Magazine

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11.16.2007
Michael Sullivan sells publishing rights of The Crown Conspiracy (Book #1 of Riyria Revelations to AMI

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Previous Book Club Readings/Discussions

Date

Venue

Location

Club

 05.10.2009 

Alexandria, VA

 The Sci-fi and Fantasy Book Club

04.30.2009

SciFi & Fantasy Book Club  

 GoodReads: Monthly Reading and discussion ends

04.30.2009

Fantasy Book Club

 GoodReads: Monthly Reading and discussion ends

04.01.2009

SciFi & Fantasy Book Club  

 GoodReads: Monthly Reading and discussion begins

04.01.2009

Fantasy Book Club

 GoodReads: Monthly Reading and discussion begins

03.15.2009

Fairfax, VA

 Fairfax Fiction Book Club

03.04.2009

Arlington, VA

 Arlington Writer's Group - Lecture: Fantasy Writing

03.01.2009

Fantasy Book Club

 GoodReads: Monthly Reading begins

01.25.2009

Arlington, VA

 Fun Fiction, Fun People, Fun Times Book Club

 01.11.2009 

Alexandria, VA

 The Sci-fi and Fantasy Book Club

 11.17.2008 

Manassas ,VA

 The Manassas Book Group

 11.05.2008 

Herndon ,VA

 The Herndon Book Club Meetup Group

 10.18.2008 

Arlington ,VA

 Book Meet & Eat

 10.17.2008 

Arlington ,VA

 The Arlington Writers Meetup Group

Previous Book Fair & Convention Appearances
From To Location

Event Type

 04.24.2009   04.26.2009    Richmond, VA    Ravencon 2009
 04.19.2009   04.19.2009    Bethesda, MD    Bethesda Literary Festival
 03.21.2009   03.21.2009    Charlottesville, VA    2009 VA Festival of the Book
 01.16.2009   01.20.2009    Williamsburg, VA    Marscon 2009

Previous Signings
  01.18.Date2009   Venue City State Address
05.09.2009 Bowie MD 4420 Mitchellville Road
05.02.2009 Fairfax VA 11713 Lee Jackson Hwy.
04.25.2009 Richmond VA 11500 Midlothian Tnpk Space
04.19.2009 Bethesda VA 4801 Bethesda Avenue
04.18.2009 Fairfax VA 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade
04.04.2009 Manassas VA 11270 Bulloch Drive
03.21.2009 Charlottesville VA 1621 East Rio Road
  01.18.2009   Williamsburg VA 5101 Main Street
01.10.2009 Manassas VA 11270 Bulloch Drive
12.07.2009 Manassas VA 8300 Sudley Rd
 11.21.2008 Fairfax VA 12193 Fair Lakes
 11.18.2008 Georgetown DC 3040 M Street NW
 11.17.2008 Manassas VA 8117 Sudley Rd
 11.15.2008 Fairfax VA 11713 Lee Jackson Hwy.
 11.08.2008 Manassas VA 11270 Bulloch Drive
 11.01.2008 Gaithersburg MD 8534 N. Frederick Ave.
 10.29.2008 Reston VA 1851 Fountain Drive
 10.25.2008 Manassas VA 8300 Sudley Rd
 10.22.2008 Vienna VA 8027 Leesburg Pike
 10.15.2008 Fairfax VA 11054 Lee Hwy.
 10.01.2008 Arlington VA 2800 Clarendon Blvd. Suite 500