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Sunday, October 18, 2026 5:00 PM 17:00

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2026 11
- Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026 Bouchercon Calgary
- Oct 17, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 30, 2026 Landmark Booksellers
- Sep 19, 2026 Linebaugh Library Murfreesboro
- Sep 4, 2026 Naughty Dog Books (Nashville, Indiana)
- Sep 3, 2026 Poisoned Pen with Jennifer Herrera
- Aug 31, 2026 The Reading Beauty Blog IG live
- Aug 27, 2026 Angela's Literary Cafe
- Aug 24, 2026 YOU KNOW WHY Release Party at Parnassus In Convo with Ariel Lawhon
- Aug 22, 2026 Killer Nashville Awards Ceremony
- Aug 3, 2026 Poisoned Pen for Lauren Nosset, with Ashley Winstead
2025 4
- Sep 4, 2025 – Sep 5, 2025 Bouchercon New Orleans
- Sep 3, 2025 Stacy Willingham In Conversation at Parnassus
- Aug 7, 2025 Poisoned Pen with Megan Miranda
- Aug 1, 2025 LAST SEEN Release Event at Parnassus Books
2024 2
- Aug 28, 2024 Bouchercon
- May 30, 2024 – Jun 1, 2024 Thrillerfest
2023 20
- May 31, 2023 – Jun 3, 2023 Craftfest/Thrillerfest (New York)
- May 24, 2023 Poisoned Pen and THE WOLVES COME AT NIGHT Virtual Release Event
- May 2, 2023 In Conversation with Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick - THE BRIDE WORE WHITE (Virtual)
- Apr 5, 2023 Williamson County Newcomers Club
- Mar 30, 2023 IOOU Tour: Brenda Novak Book Group (Virtual)
- Mar 29, 2023 SIBA March Madness at Parnassus Books
- Mar 14, 2023 IOOU Tour: Crime Time with Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Mar 14, 2023 IOOU Tour: First Chapter Fun reads Chapter 1 of IOOU (March 14, 2023)
- Mar 6, 2023 IOOU Tour: Writers Block Bookstore, Winter Park, FL
- Mar 3, 2023 IOOU Tour: Litchfield Books Luncheon, Pawley Island, SC (March 3, 2023)
- Mar 2, 2023 IOOU Tour: Books Over Drinks with J.T. Ellison at M. Judson (Greenville SC)
- Mar 1, 2023 IOOU Tour: J.T. Ellison in conversation with Kristen Bird at Murder by the Book
- Feb 28, 2023 IOOU Tour: J.T. Ellison in conversation with Nick Petrie at The Poisoned Pen
- Feb 22, 2023 – Feb 23, 2023 IOOU Tour: ABA Winter Institute in Seattle, Washington
- Feb 21, 2023 IOOU Tour: Mystery and Thriller Mavens
- Feb 20, 2023 IOOU Tour: Parnassus Books Launch Party (February 20, 2023)
- Feb 15, 2023 IOOU Tour: Friends and Fiction
- Feb 12, 2023 IOOU Tour: The Back Room
- Jan 13, 2023 IOOU Tour: Facebook Live with Jayne Ann Krentz
- Jan 10, 2023 IOOU Tour: Killer Author Club with Kimberley Belle, Heather Gudenkauf, Kaira Rouda
2022 1
- Nov 5, 2022 Art Circle Library Author Day
2021 33
- Nov 19, 2021 – Nov 20, 2021 WriterFest Nashville
- Oct 15, 2021 Fox Cities Book Festival 2021
- Oct 2, 2021 IN STORE: Sharon Cameron, YA author of Bluebird, joined by J. T. Ellison
- Sep 18, 2021 Tori Eldridge in conversation with J.T. Ellison
- Aug 19, 2021 – Aug 22, 2021 Killer Nashville 2021
- Jul 16, 2021 Murder By The Book: Helen Ellis in conversation with J.T. Ellison
- Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 10, 2021 Virtual ThrillerFest 2021
- Jun 22, 2021 Middletown Public Township Library Psychological Thriller Fest: J.T. Ellison, Mary Kubica, and Lisa Unger
- May 17, 2021 Detroit Book & Author Society
- May 3, 2021 Page 158 Books: Catherine McKenzie in conversation with J.T. Ellison and Barbara Claypole White
- Apr 28, 2021 John Grisham in Conversation With J. T. Ellison
- Apr 27, 2021 A Mighty Blaze Facebook Live
- Apr 20, 2021 Read With BookClubbish: HER DARK LIES
- Apr 19, 2021 Rogue Reads
- Apr 11, 2021 The Back Room: Damyanti Biswas, Julie Carrick Dalton, JT Ellison, and Riley Sager
- Apr 6, 2021 Murder By The Book: Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell in conversation with J.T. Ellison
- Mar 29, 2021 Poisoned Pen with Allison Brennan for TELL NO LIES
- Mar 29, 2021 Authors on the Air Radio Show with Allison Brennan
- Mar 28, 2021 Instagram Live with Literary Thrilling Book Club
- Mar 14, 2021 Scared Suspense Book Club Instagram Live
- Mar 13, 2021 Page 158 Books virtual event
- Mar 11, 2021 Mysterious Galaxy virtual event
- Mar 10, 2021 Murder By The Book virtual event
- Mar 9, 2021 Writer's Block Bookstore virtual event
- Mar 9, 2021 Literati Live
- Mar 9, 2021 HER DARK LIES releases!
- Mar 8, 2021 HER DARK LIES Virtual Launch Party With Parnassus Books
- Mar 8, 2021 – Mar 11, 2021 HER DARK LIES Bookstore Tour
- Mar 4, 2021 Woolfer Author Series: J.T. Ellison in conversation with Carmen Tanner Slaughter
- Mar 4, 2021 HER DARK LIES on First Chapter Fun with Hannah & Hank
- Feb 28, 2021 Virtual event with YA author Alisha Klapheke, in conversation with J. T. Ellison
- Feb 25, 2021 An Afternoon with J.T. Ellison
- Feb 17, 2021 Beyond The Book Jacket: A conversation with Christina McDonald, Wendy Walker & J.T. Ellison
2020 16
- Nov 18, 2020 Friends & Fiction: J.T. Ellison and Hank Phillippi Ryan
- Sep 10, 2020 GOOD GIRLS LIE on First Chapter Fun with Hannah & Hank
- Jun 25, 2020 A Special Virtual Event with Five Bestselling Authors: Nina Laurin, David Bell, J.T. Ellison, Meg Gardiner, and Heather Gudenkauf
- May 12, 2020 This is How I Lied by Heather Gudenkauf Virtual Launch Party
- Feb 27, 2020 PLA 2020
- Feb 26, 2020 In Conversation with Mary Kubica at Parnassus Books
- Feb 16, 2020 Suspenseful Tales! Nashville's Best Selling Authors at Gordon Jewish Community Center
- Jan 21, 2020 The Salt Marsh Author Series
- Jan 16, 2020 An Unlikely Story - Plainville, MA
- Jan 16, 2020 Booked For Lunch - Duxbury, MA
- Jan 15, 2020 Solid State Books - Washington, DC
- Jan 14, 2020 Meet The Author at Gwinnett County Public Library - Peachtree Corners, GA
- Jan 14, 2020 The North Atlanta Author Series at Milton Library - Milton, GA
- Jan 13, 2020 The Country Bookshop - Southern Pines, NC
- Jan 13, 2020 Page 158 Books - Wake Forest, NC
- Jan 7, 2020 GOOD GIRLS LIE Launch Party and Signing At Parnassus Books
2019 11
- Dec 30, 2019 GOOD GIRLS LIE releases
- Dec 29, 2019 – Jan 16, 2020 GOOD GIRLS LIE Book Tour
- Oct 31, 2019 – Nov 3, 2019 CANCELED: BoucherCon 2019
- Oct 28, 2019 Brenda Novak's Book Group
- Oct 11, 2019 – Oct 13, 2019 Southern Festival Of Books
- Sep 25, 2019 Author Lisa Unger in conversation with J.T. Ellison at Parnassus Books
- Jul 11, 2019 A Thrilling Evening at Shakespeare & Co
- Jul 11, 2019 – Jul 13, 2019 ThrillerFest 2019
- Mar 26, 2019 THE LAST SECOND releases!
- Feb 22, 2019 – Feb 23, 2019 Southern Voices
- Feb 20, 2019 THE STRANGER INSIDE: Laura Benedict in conversation with J.T. Ellison at Parnassus Books
2018 13
- Nov 8, 2018 Chapel Hill Public Library
- Nov 8, 2018 – Nov 9, 2018 WriterFest Nashville
- Nov 5, 2018 A THOUSAND DOORS releases!
- Oct 15, 2018 National Reading Group Bibliofeast - Charlotte, NC
- Oct 12, 2018 – Oct 14, 2018 Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 13, 2018 Southern Independent Booksellers Association 2018
- Sep 6, 2018 – Sep 9, 2018 Bouchercon 2018
- Aug 30, 2018 Signing at Murder By The Book - Houston
- Aug 29, 2018 TEAR ME APART Launch Party & Signing At Parnassus Books
- Aug 28, 2018 TEAR ME APART releases!
- Mar 3, 2018 Southwest Florida Reading Festival
- Feb 4, 2018 Murder on the Menu
- Feb 3, 2018 Murder in the Magic City
2017 14
- Oct 12, 2017 – Oct 14, 2017 Bouchercon
- Sep 21, 2017 LiveSigning (with special guest, Ariel Lawhon!)
- Sep 12, 2017 Signing at Tattered Cover – Aspen Grove
- Sep 11, 2017 Signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop
- Sep 8, 2017 – Sep 10, 2017 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
- Sep 7, 2017 Literature Lover's Night Out (hosted by Valley Booksellers)
- Sep 6, 2017 Literature Lover's Night Out (hosted by Excelsior Bay Books)
- Sep 5, 2017 LIE TO ME Launch Party & Signing at Parnassus Books
- Sep 5, 2017 LIE TO ME releases
- Sep 3, 2017 Decatur Book Festival – Panel with Tess Gerritsen
- Jun 22, 2017 – Jun 27, 2017 ALA Chicago
- Jun 15, 2017 Author! Author!
- May 31, 2017 – Jun 3, 2017 BookExpo
- Mar 14, 2017 3.14.17 - THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE releases!
2016 23
- Dec 1, 2016 12.1.16 - Friends of the Williamson County Public Library
- Nov 15, 2016 11.15.16 - Modern Mrs. Darcy Online Book Club Chat
- Nov 5, 2016 11.5.16 - Kentucky Book Fair
- Oct 14, 2016 10.14.16 - Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 15, 2016 – Sep 18, 2016 9.15.16 – 9.18.16 - Bouchercon
- Aug 11, 2016 8.11.16 - Signing at Tattered Cover
- Jul 26, 2016 7.26.16 - ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS paperback releases
- Jun 19, 2016 6.19.16 - Signing at Barnes & Noble – Lone Tree, CO (bring your dad!)
- Jun 16, 2016 6.16.16 - Signing at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (with Heather Gudenkauf and Cara Black!)
- Jun 15, 2016 6.15.16 - Signing at The Poisoned Pen (with Heather Gudenkauf!)
- Jun 14, 2016 6.14.16 - Signing at Murder by the Book (with novelist Heather Graham!)
- Jun 14, 2016 6.14.16 - FIELD OF GRAVES (Taylor Jackson #0) releases
- Jun 13, 2016 6.13.16 - Signing (with Heather Graham!) at Nashville's Green Hills Library
- May 12, 2016 5.12.16 – 5.13.16 BEA Chicago 2016
- Apr 23, 2016 4.23.16 - Southern Kentucky Book Fest
- Mar 27, 2016 3.27.16 - Second Sunday Crime with Libby Fischer Hellmann
- Mar 26, 2016 3.26.16 - FoxTale Book Shoppe Signing with Ariel Lawhon
- Mar 22, 2016 3.22.16 - NO ONE KNOWS releases
- Mar 22, 2016 3.22.16 - NO ONE KNOWS Launch Party at Parnassus Books
- Mar 21, 2016 3.21.16 - Suspense Magazine Radio LIVE Interview
- Mar 21, 2016 3.21.16 - Reddit AMA
- Mar 20, 2016 3.20.16 - Writerspace Spring Fling Chat + GIVEAWAY!
- Mar 12, 2016 – Mar 13, 2016 3.12.16 – 3.13.16 - Tucson Festival of Books
2015 21
- Nov 24, 2015 11.24.15 - WHAT LIES BEHIND mass market paperback release
- Nov 15, 2015 11.15.15 - Words & Wine with Dana Chamblee Carpenter
- Nov 1, 2015 11.1.15 - Annotations: Authors at Cheekwood
- Oct 24, 2015 10.24.15 - XOXO Connects
- Sep 30, 2015 – Oct 4, 2015 9.30.15 - 10.4.15 - NINC World Conference
- Sep 26, 2015 9.26.15 - Sisters in Crime presents "Cozies, Cops, & Conspiracies"
- Aug 25, 2015 THE LOST KEY mmpb Releases
- Jul 11, 2015 7.11.15 - Thrillerfest X Panel: Which Side of the Bed Do You Want?
- Jul 9, 2015 7.9.15 - I'm Sleeping with the Lights On: Horror and Thriller Authors Discussion at COMIC-CON San Diego
- Jun 30, 2015 6.30.15 - KILLER YEAR Releases
- Jun 15, 2015 6.15.15 - BASED ON: WORDS, NOTES AND ART FROM NASHVILLE Releases
- Jun 2, 2015 Friends of the Library Luncheon (Keynote and Signing) - Decatur, AL (Ticketed Event)
- May 29, 2015 Signing at Books-A-Million, Nashville West
- May 28, 2015 Signing at Reading Rock Books - Dickson, TN
- May 26, 2015 WHAT LIES BEHIND Launch Party! - Parnassus Books, Nashville
- May 26, 2015 WHAT LIES BEHIND (Samantha Owens #4) Releases
- May 23, 2015 Mystery Writers Symposium - FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, GA
- May 1, 2015 – Jul 1, 2015 SWEET DREAMS Releases
- Apr 17, 2015 – Apr 18, 2015 Southern Kentucky BookFest
- Mar 24, 2015 THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA COOKBOOK releases!
- Mar 1, 2015 Words & Wine with Erica Spindler and J.T. Ellison
2014 16
- Nov 8, 2014 San Diego - The Veterans Benefit Book Fair
- Oct 10, 2014 – Oct 12, 2014 Nashville - Southern Festival of Books
- Sep 30, 2014 THE LOST KEY Release Day
- Sep 2, 2014 THE FINAL CUT Paperback Release
- Aug 26, 2014 WHEN SHADOWS FALL Paperback Release
- Aug 10, 2014 Writerspace Beach Party Online Chat
- Aug 8, 2014 Annotations at Cheekwood
- Jul 23, 2014 – Jul 26, 2014 San Antonio - Romance Writers of America
- Jul 23, 2014 San Antonio - RWA Literacy for Life Autographing
- Jun 29, 2014 Speaking to the Nashville Writers MeetUp
- Apr 26, 2014 Southern Kentucky Bookfest
- Apr 24, 2014 Alabama Library Association
- Mar 10, 2014 Reading and Signing in Columbia, Tennessee
- Feb 25, 2014 WHEN SHADOWS FALL Reading & Signing
- Jan 18, 2014 Coffee County Library Author Event
- Jan 10, 2014 – Jan 12, 2014 January Jumpstart XIV - Tennessee Mountain Writers
2013 12
- Sep 26, 2013 THE FINAL CUT Signing at Adler's Jewelers of New Orleans
- Sep 21, 2013 THE FINAL CUT Signing at Costco in Danville, CA
- Sep 20, 2013 The Ladies' Literary Club
- Sep 18, 2013 Chat with JT Online at Writerspace
- Sep 16, 2013 THE FINAL CUT Release Day
- Aug 21, 2013 Chat with JT Online at Writerspace
- Jul 10, 2013 – Jul 13, 2013 Craftfest & Thrillerfest
- Jun 27, 2013 Daily News Journal
- Jun 8, 2013 Heart of Dixie Luncheon
- May 28, 2013 East Side Story Book Club
- May 18, 2013 Music City Romance Writers Reception
- Apr 20, 2013 Southern Kentucky Bookfest