School Events

Rick is no longer booking school visits.

Rick’s schedule is full through spring of 2009. In order to preserve time to write his books and be with his family, Rick will no longer book school visits or other events after spring 2009 except for those arranged directly by the publisher as part of his yearly book tour. This includes “tag-on” visits to existing bookings, video-conferencing events, public speaking engagements and any other type of event. Also, Rick does not keep a waiting list for the year in progress. Cancellations are extremely rare, and due to his very full schedule, he would not seek new events to replace cancellations. Summer months, June through August, are dedicated to writing, and Rick does not book events during this time.

For information about other great authors who might be able to visit your school, contact Disney-Hyperion school and library marketing: hyperionvisits@aol.com. If you are a bookseller and need information on how to book Rick for an event during a publisher-sponsored tour, or if you need media information, contact Rick’s publicist at Hyperion Books for Children: deborah.bass@disney.com.

For questions about school visits in the United Kingdom, please contact Adele Minchin at adele.minchin@uk.penguingroup.com. UK school visits are arranged as part of the publisher-sponsored tour each year, and may be set up differently than the visits described in the links below. There is usually no fee for British school visits, since the publisher covers all costs. The only trick is getting on the schedule!

To view Rick’s calendar of events, click here. (Some events awaiting confirmation may not yet appear on the calendar. Please remember the “free days” are not free. Those are the days when Rick is writing!)

To see photos from a sample school visit, click here for a scrapbook of Rick’s visit to O Henry Middle School.

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