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Author Visits

This school year, Neal will be visiting
• Florida ( Ft. Walton Beach, Pensacola, Ft. Lauderdale)
• Texas (Frisco, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston)
• Indianapolis, Indiana
• Ohio (various locations)
• Illinois (Chicago area)
• North Carolina ( Charlotte, Raleigh)
• Richmond, VA
• Italy (various locations)
• New York ( Scarsdale, NYC)
• Westport, CT
• Northern California (Bay Area)

Neal is booked solid for this school year, and is currently booking school visits for January through December 2009. If you're interested in booking Neal during that time frame, let us know ASAP, as his schedule is filling quickly.

Mr. Shusterman's fee ranges from $2,400 per day, to $3,000 depending on how many days are booked in your area. The fee INCLUDES all hotel and travel expenses from Southern California. For a full day at a school, he will do up to four large group sessions, plus a small group work-shop (or three larger sessions, and two smaller workshops). He is also occasionally asked to do late afternoon, or evening sessions that include parents, for an additional fee. He also can divide his day between two schools.

His large group presentations are question driven, as he find the kids tend to be more tuned-in when the presentation is interactive. Mr. Shusterman tailors his answers to make sure he hits the following topics:

• When he first began writing, and the positive influence of school and teachers.
• The various forms of writing he does -- books, games, film and TV.
• The importance of creativity and imagination in all aspects of life
• The process of writing, and more importantly rewriting.
• How the publishing and entertainment industries work -- the process of creating a book, TV show or film, from the writer's perspective.
• The practical aspects of a career as a writer
• Where ideas come from, using some of his own stories as examples.
• Using a combination of experience, imagination, and research when writing.

The smaller workshops are brainstorming sessions, where Mr. Shusterman works with the kids to come up with their own stories. He also likes to set aside some time for autographing books. Please contact us if you'd like references.