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Appearances in 2024

Authors’ Book Fair in Santa Rosa (Link is from a previous event.)

November 9th, 2024 Berger Center, 6633 Oakmont Drive, Santa Rosa (Oakmont Community) sponsored by Oakmont Wine Country Soroptimist International. Faire hours 11:00am to 2:00pm.This event features 41 local authors who will sell and sign their books.

This is the perfect event to buy for the readers on your holiday list.


Appearances in 2023

The Rohnert Park Holiday Arts and Crafts Faire will be held on November 24th and 25th, 2023 from 10AM-4PM at 5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, Ca.

The event is free. I’ll be there signing and selling all five of the newly rebranded, re-edited and re-covered Meredith Ryan Mysteries. For cozy fans, I’ll offer three books in a new series under my pen name, Leanne Baker. Look for Sniffing Out Murder, Sniffing Out Trouble, and Sniffing Out Scandal as well as an international short story anthology by law enforcement professionals (I am featured, too!) called, To Protect and Serve and Write!

You’ll find great ideas for holiday gift giving!


The Santa Rosa Handmade Holiday Crafts Fair will be held on December 2nd and 3rd, 2023 from 10AM-4PM at 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa, Ca. 95401 Phone: 707-543-3737

The event is free. I’ll be there signing and selling all five of the newly rebranded, re-edited and re-covered Meredith Ryan Mysteries. For cozy fans, I’ll offer three books in a new series under my pen name, Leanne Baker. Look for Sniffing Out Murder, Sniffing Out Trouble, and Sniffing Out Scandal as well as an international short story anthology by law enforcement professionals (I am featured, too!) called, To Protect and Serve and Write!

You’ll find great ideas for holiday gift giving!


Appearances in 2022:

Thonie will be at the Eastside Petaluma Farmers Market (Lucchesi Center lot), on April 26th, 2022 from 11:00 until 1:00 P.M. Look for her at the Local Authors’ Distributor booth. You will find Jeane Slone sells all Nick and Meredith books as well as many local authors.



Look for Thonie at the Oakmont Book Festival in Santa Rosa, Ca. on July 9th. Further info to follow.


Rohnert Park Holiday Arts and Crafts Faire

The Rohnert Park Holiday Arts and Crafts Faire will be held the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving November 25th and 26th, 2021 from 10AM-4PM at 5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, Ca. The event is free. I’ll be there signing and selling all four of the Nick and Meredith Mysteries. You’ll find great ideas for holiday gift giving!


Appearances 2021:

Rohnert Park Holiday Arts and Crafts Faire

The Rohnert Park Holiday Arts and Crafts Faire will be held (in real life!) on November 26th and 27th, 2021 from 10AM-4PM at 5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, Ca. The event is free. I’ll be there signing and selling all four of the Nick and Meredith Mysteries. You’ll find great ideas for holiday gift giving!


Eastside Petaluma Farmers Market

Thonie has recently signed with Local Author Distributor Jeane Slone (Facebook link). She will be at the Eastside Petaluma Farmers Market (Lucchesi Center lot), on April 27th from 10:30 until noon. Jeane sells all Nick and Meredith books at this booth.


Santa Rosa Farmers Market

Also, on May 22, 2021, Thonie will be at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market from 11 AM until 12:30 PM in the Hardisty’s lot (not Veteran’s Building during shelter-in-place).


Great news!

FELONY MURDER RULE, Thonie’s latest offering in the Nick and Meredith Mysteries series has won first place in the Public Safety Writers Association 2020 Writing Competition for fiction book, unpublished! Look at the esteemed company!

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Events 2020 – Events for this year are postponed until this pandemic is sorted out. Below is an example of last years’ activities:


Novato, Ca.

Thonie was at the Novato Spring Craft Show, March 2, 2019 10AM-3PM at the Margaret Todd Senior Center, 1560 Hill Rd., Novato, Ca. 

Las Vegas, Nevada

Thonie moderated several panels at the 2019 Public Safety Writers Conference at the Orleans Hotel, 4500 West Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada on  July 18-21, 2019. 

Santa Rosa, Ca.

Thonie will be on a panel of Redwood Writers at the monthly club meeting, October 13, 2019, at the Flamingo Hotel, 2777 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa, Ca. The topic will be a panel discussion of writers life and process. Meeting (from 2-4:30 PM) is open to the public for a small fee ($8.00).  Books for sale will be available before and after the presentation. 

Rohnert Park, Ca.

Thonie will be at the Rohnert Park Holiday Faire on November  29 and 30th 2019. The event is held annually at the RP Community Center, 5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, Ca. from 10 AM to 4 PM.