Amy Rogers
Speaker & Panelist
Amy is an experienced and engaging public speaker, offering a wide variety of topics and expertise on the coronavirus pandemic, the writing life, the craft of writing, independent publishing, microbiology (especially the human microbiome), ecology, and any science in her books. She would love to speak to your group in person or say hello to your book club or class via digital media.
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To contact Amy about an appearance, please use the following form or email amy@AmyRogers.com
Ask Amy about your event:
Featured speaker:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Employee Services Association Author Speaker series. Topic: Science communication in an anti-science age
- Rotary Club of Sacramento, featured speaker. Topic: The coronavirus pandemic and prospects for a vaccine. VIEW HERE
- Silicon Valley Romance Writers of America, monthly meeting via Zoom.
- South Bay Writers (California Writers Club), Santa Clara, CA. Monthly dinner meeting. “Tips and Tricks for Writing Science Thriller Fiction”
- Conference on Creative Writing at University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. Keynote speaker. “Celebrate the Small Stuff: Let shameless, out-of-proportion joy drive you to success in your writing career”
- Conference on Creative Writing at University of the Pacific. Workshop presentations on “How to do a book launch” and “Ten things to know about writing thriller fiction”
- Stanford University Energy Resources Engineering weekly seminar. Topic: the science in Petroplague
- Renaissance Society Forum, California State University, Sacramento. Topic: the human microbiome
- Placerville Shakespeare Society
- California Writers Club-Sacramento branch, First Friday breakfast meeting. Topic: Tips and tricks for pre-launch marketing
- Northern California Publishers and Authors monthly meetings (various topics)
- Sacramento Suburban Writers Club. Topic: audiobooks
- On behalf of California Writers Club for CA Writers Week: “Ten steps to becoming a successful writer” Nicholson’s Cafe, Folsom, CA
- Nor-Cal Editorial Freelancers Association
- Sacramento Petroleum Association. Topic: the science in Petroplague
- Sons in Retirement chapter meeting. Topic: American River salmon
- Kiwanis Club chapter meeting
- P.E.O. chapter meeting. Topic: the human microbiome
- Sacramento Unitarian-Universalist Church education series. Topic: the human microbiome
- New Ulm Public Library, SciFi interest group. Joint appearance with poet Richard Meyer; listen to audio below.
- Tuleyome Lecture Series Topic: the human microbiome. Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library, Davis, CA
Panelist:
- International Thriller Writers’ ThrillerFest, New York. Various panels on science in thriller fiction. Buy a recording from VW Tapes (Science in Thrillers, Boyd Morrison & Panel CTFC-16-069-M)
- Elk Grove Writers Conference, panel discussions on publishing
- Left Coast Crime mystery & thriller conference. Panel moderator.
- Great Valley Bookfest, panelist on publishing, Manteca, CA
- In, Out, and About Sacramento (Van Gordon Productions) Access Sacramento TV channel 17. Panel from California Writers Club-Sacramento branch. Watch excerpts in video links below.
- Guest host with Steven James on Internet radio talk show The Story Blender, episodes featuring Grant Blackwood and David Corbett
Other events and appearances:
- Powerhouse Science Center (Discovery Campus), 3615 Auburn Blvd. Museum members only summer solstice event.
- California State Fair, Meet the California Authors booth
- Writers on the Air-Sacramento. Radio interview and featured reader at Sacramento Poetry Center meeting. Watch Amy read excerpts of her books at this event in videos below.
- Walk on the Wildside nature expo, Freeport, CA
- St. Ignatius School Family Science Night, Sacramento, CA
- Harvard Commencement, 25th Reunion Class Book Fair organized by Harvard Coop Bookstore.
- Benjamin Franklin Awards at Publishing University, Independent Book Publishers Association, Salt Lake City, UT. One of the books my company ScienceThrillers Media published was a silver medalist for a major award.
- Sacramento Book Collectors Club
- Sacramento Public Library Local Author Festival
- Science Olympiad Invitational, Churchill Middle School, Carmichael, CA
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