ThrillerFest XIII — Main Stage, Craft Track
In conversation with Alex Segura; 480-seat ballroom sold out.
Eric Price · The 2025 Itinerary
On the Road
A working public itinerary — eighteen to twenty-four paid appearances a year, running Margin Notes virtual readings on the weeks in between, and the occasional indie store signing that doesn’t make the press release. This is the official source for festival dates, bookstore events, library readings, and book-club visits. If it’s listed here, it’s confirmed; if it isn’t, it isn’t booked yet.
- Confirmed for 2025
- 21 appearances
- Cities on the calendar
- 14 across 3 countries
- Reader Q&A sessions
- Monthly, Margin Notes
Upcoming · Spring & Summer 2025
Confirmed appearances, sorted by date.
Tickets and RSVPs open roughly six weeks ahead of each date. Festival passes sell independently through the host organization; bookstore signings are free unless otherwise noted. All times local.
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14 Mar 2025
Texas Library Association Annual Conference — Featured Speaker
Hilton Austin · Salon D · 9:30 a.m. panel, “The Plot Behind the Plot”
Badge required. Open to TLA registrants only.
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02 Apr 2025
Greenlight Bookstore — Signed Edition Reading
686 Fulton Street, Fort Greene · 7:00 p.m. · Q&A and signing to follow
Free; first 60 attendees receive a signed bookplate.
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19 May 2025
ThrillerFest XIV — Main Stage Conversation with Megan Abbott
Boca Raton Resort · Grand Ballroom · 4:15 p.m. · Craft track
Master class on Friday, May 16. Separate registration.
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08 Jun 2025
Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Center — One Book, One Chicago Featured Author
400 S. State Street · Cindy Pritzker Auditorium · 6:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public. No ticket required.
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22 Jun 2025
Margin Notes Live — “Burning Hours” Group Read, Session Two
Margin Notes community · 8:00 p.m. ET · 90 minutes · Zoom
Subscribers only. Replay emailed the following day.
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11 Jul 2025
Edinburgh International Book Festival — Baillie Gifford Main Stage
Charlotte Square Gardens · Spiegeltent · 7:00 p.m. BST
In conversation with translator Margaux Delahaye.
Looking for a date that isn’t on the list? Past festival programming often books eight to ten months out — new entries are posted here as soon as contracts are signed. See the full announcement archive →
Recent · The Past Twelve Months
Where readers met Eric in 2024.
A working record of where the books were actually sold, signed, and read aloud — from flagship festival main stages to two-stool indie store signings. Pulled from the office archive, not a press kit.
Greenlight Bookstore — “Burning Hours” Release Night
110 copies signed; standing-room-only crowd of 180.
Miami Book Fair — Sunday Main Stage
Featured author on the fiction marquee; three-hour signing to follow.
Powell’s City of Books — “The Quiet Atlas” Anniversary Reading
Two-year anniversary of the novel’s hardcover release.
Looking for the 2022–2023 archive — Left Bank Books (St. Louis), The Poisoned Pen (Scottsdale), Murder By The Book (Houston), the Edinburgh debut, and forty-one other stops?
Browse the full news archive →
For Programmers & Buyers
Booking Eric for a 2025–2026 appearance.
The office accepts eighteen to twenty-four paid appearances per year. Festival main stages, bookstore keynotes, library foundation events, conference panels, and private book-club visits are all in active consideration. Two-on-one craft conversations, master classes (90 minutes), and readings paired with Q&A (45–60 minutes) are the standard formats; bespoke programming is welcome when the budget allows.
- Lead time. Festivals book eight to ten months out; bookstore and library events take four to six.
- Travel. Based in New York; willing to travel internationally with honorarium and travel covered.
- Honorarium. Rate sheet on request; ranges vary by format, audience size, and travel.
- Audio & video. Livestream-friendly; recording rights negotiated case by case.
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