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LISA M. BOLT SIMONS

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    • Children's Nonfiction
    • Children's Fiction
    • STEM Books
    • MG/Adult
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EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

Writing Fiction for Children (online)

Tuesdays

January 24 - April 11, 2023

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Private writing class


"Help Me Communicate!" Writing to Boost Your Business

Saturday, March 25, 2023

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Loft Literary Center

Open Book 

Minneapolis

https://loft.org/classes/help-me-communicate-writing-boost-your-business


Research and Writing: Children's Nonfiction for Education

Two Thursdays

April 6 and April 13, 2023

12:00 - 4:00 PM

The Loft Literary Center

Open Book 

Minneapolis

https://loft.org/classes/research-and-writing-childrens-nonfiction-education-7


Book Signing

WASP Homecoming and Fly-In

30th Anniversary of Women in Combat

National WASP World War II Museum

Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, 2023

Sweetwater, Texas

https://www.waspmuseum.org/upcoming-events/


Co-Planner and Co-Presenter at the SCBWI MN/IA Conference "Together at Last!"

May 5 - 7, 2023

St. Paul College

St. Paul, MN

https://iowa.scbwi.org/


Presenter at the Young Authors Young Artists (YAYA) Student Conference

May 17 - 19, 2023

9:00 - 2:30 PM

College of Saint Benedict's 

St. Joseph, MN


Wow! Bumpy! Gross! The Senses in Writing (in-person)

Grades 1 - 3

July 18 - July 21, 2023 (T - Th)

in tandem with Nancy Carlson's class in the morning

The Loft Literary Center

Minneapolis

https://loft.org/classes/write-your-world-imagination-everything-around-you


Get Out of Here! Writing "Out-of-This-World" Fiction (in-person)

Grades 4 - 6

July 25 - 28, 2023 (T-Th)

in tandem with Stephanie Surles & Madelyn Dietz's class in the morning

The Loft Literary Center

Minneapolis

https://loft.org/classes/fun-fiction


Deep Valley Book Festival

Saturday, October 7, 2023

10:00AM - 4:00 PM

Country Inn & Suites Conference Center

Mankato, MN 

https://www.deepvalleybookfestival.com/

https://www.deepvalleybookfestival.com/team/lisa-m.-bolt-simons



PAST EVENTS 

Conferences

SCBWI New York (Winter) Conference 2023

Attended as the new Regional Advisor for Minnesota


Retreat

Grieving: Shadows and Sunlight

Big Raven Farm

https://bigravenyoga.com/pages/big-raven-farm


International School Visit 

*Ta Meun Primary School; Ta Meun Commune (suburb), Cambodia  


School Visits 

*World Read Aloud Day 2023 (virtual); elementary schools in IA, MA, MD, MN, NJ, PA, TX, WA, and WI

*Valentine Hills Elementary; Arden Hills, MN; 4th grade

*World Read Aloud Day 2022 (virtual); elementary schools in MI and TX 

*Notre Dame Academy; Los Angeles, CA; 2 - 8 

*Dakota Hills Middle School; Eagan, MN  

*Year of the Reader; Faribault School District, MN; public, private, and charter schools; K-8  

*Shattuck-St.Mary's; Faribault, MN


Keynote and Presenter 

*Young Writers & Authors Conference; grades 3 - 9;  Mankato, MN

*Conference for Young Writers; grades 3 - 8; Marshall, MN   

*Young Authors, Young Artists Conference; grades 3 - 5; Rochester, MN 


Presenter

*(Virtual) Something Borrowed: 

MN/IA Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) 

Nonfiction Writing Conference

*Young Writers & Authors Conference; Mankato, MN 

*Virtual Young Authors, Young Artists; Rochester, MN

*Virtual Conference for Young Writers; Marshall, MN

*Conference for Young Writers; Marshall, MN 

*Young Authors, Young Artists Conference; Rochester, MN 

*Young Authors/Young Artists Conference; St. Cloud, MN  


Book Signings/Readings

*Faribault Woolen Mill Holiday Open House; Faribault, MN

*Jackpine Writers' Bloc Talking Stick 31  Book Release Party (anthology reading)

*National WASP World War II Museum; Sweetwater, Texas

*Barnes & Noble Woodbury, MN

*Barnes & Noble Mankato, MN

*Twin Cities Book Festival 

*Wordplay, Minneapolis 

*Author Fest; Park Rapids, MN 

*Content Bookstore; Northfield, MN 

*Addendum Books; St. Paul, MN


Library Visit 

*Penrose Library; Colorado Springs, CO  

*St. Peter Public Library; St. Peter, MN

*Buckham Memorial Library; Faribault, MN


Classes Taught at The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis

*A Place at the Desk: Writing for Children  (adults)

*Shadows and Sunshine: Writing and Reading about Grief (adults)

*Research and Writing: Children's Nonfiction for Education (adults) 

*Wow! Bumpy! Gross! The Senses in Writing (adults and children) 

*Learn to Lie...and NOT Get Grounded: Writing Fiction (children) 

*Get Real: Writing Realistic Fiction (children and teens)

*Get Out! Writing "Out of This World" Fiction (children and teens)

*Strengthen Your Vocabulary Muscle (children) 

*Writing the World (adults and children) 


Classes Taught Offsite through The Loft Literary Center

*The ABCs of Children's Books (online) 

Lake Agassiz Regional Library/Traverse des Sioux Library System

*Writing Children's and Young Adult Literature

Galaxie Library; Apple Valley, MN


Various presentations and author events

*Wordsmith Deconstructed Conference/Let's Talk About Your Writing Career

*Wings and Writing: Using Aviation as a Theme; Rice County Historical Society 

(virtual presentation)

*Twin Cities Book Festivals

*Alphabet Forest, Minnesota State Fair

*ITEM (Information and Technology Educators of MN) Fall Conferences 

*Faribault Woolen Mill store at Mall of America 

*Deep Valley Book Festival 

*Faribault Rotary

*Spotlight on Books Conference 

*Delta Kappa Gamma 

*Somali Center of Service 

*The Hockey Lodge, Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota Wild games


Faribault Woolen Mill: Loomed in the Land of Lakes Book Tour

*Rockrimmon Library; Colorado Springs, CO 

*Tattered Cover; Littleton, CO 

*Weller Book Works; Salt Lake City, UT 

*The Bookshelf; Truckee (Lake Tahoe), CA 

*Chico Branch of the Butte County Library; Chico, CA 

*Multnomah County Central Library; Portland, OR 

*Newport Way Library; Seattle, WA  


Faribault Woolen Mill: Loomed in the Land of Lakes book release

*Northfield Library; Northfield, MN 

*Eat My Words Bookstore, Minneapolis 

*Beagle and Wolf Books & Bindery; Park Rapids, MN 

*Lanesboro Library; Lanesboro, MN 

*Subtext Books, St. Paul 

*Magers & Quinn Booksellers, Minneapolis 

*Content Bookstore; Northfield, MN 

*Mill Store, Faribault Woolen Mill; Faribault, MN   



National WASP WW II Museum in TX with "Blaze" Jensen, former F-16/USAF Thunderbirds pilot (4/2022)

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