Events and information about Doorman Wanted

Upcoming events and readings

Doorman Wanted was purchased by Koehler Books in March of 2023; it was published on March 26, 2024.
The public book launch took place at Open Book in Minneapolis, April 4, 2024. All book sales were handled by Milkweed Books.
May 5, 2024 — 2:00-3:00 PM appearance at Big Hill Books in Minneapolis’ Bryn Mawr neighborhood (PUBLIC EVENT)
May 9, 2024 — 7:00-8:00 PM appearance at Excelsior Bay Books in Excelsior, MN (PUBLIC EVENT)
May 15, 2024 — In-person appearance at the HMBC Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 9, 2024 — In-person appearance, reading, and cocktails (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 10, 2024 — In-person appearance at the Happy Hour Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 15, 2024 — AuthorFest 2024, Park Rapids, MN; Beagle and Wolf Books and Bindery (PUBLIC EVENT)
June 17, 2024 — In-person appearance at the Lofty Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 20, 2024 — In-person appearance at the Minikahda Club Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 25, 2024 — In-person reading and Q&A (PRIVATE HOME EVENT)
July 17, 2024 — 6:00 – 8:00 PM, Appearance at Big Hill Books’ SUMMER READING NIGHTS series with authors Melanie Heuiser Hill (Giant Pumpkin Suites) and Rosa Buck (Happily Never After.
August 1, 2024 — In-person appearance at Manly Men’s Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
August 10, 2024 — Zoom appearance at book club (PRIVATE EVENT)
August 14, 2024 — In-person appearance at St. Louis Park book club’s 40th anniversary (PRIVATE EVENT)
August 21, 2024 — In-person appearance at Minikahda Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
August 22, 2024 — 5:30 – 7:00 In-person appearance at Mill City Commons (PUBLIC EVENT, LIMITED CAPACITY)
September 9, 2024 — In-person appearance at Golden Valley book club (PRIVATE EVENT)
October 7, 2024 — 6:30 PM Reading and presentation at Orchards of Minnetonka (PRIVATE EVENT)
October 8, 2024 — 11:00 AM Reading and presentation at The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis (PUBLIC EVENT)
October 22, 2024 — 5:30 PM In-person appearance at Sweet Reads Books, Austin, MN, followed by presentation at Austin New-Comers Club (PUBLIC EVENT)
November 7, 2022 — Interview with J. P. White, author of The Last Tale of Norah Bow; Milkweed Books, 6:00 – 7:00 PM (PUBLIC EVENT)
November 14, 2024 — 8:00 – 9:30 AM In-person presentation/discussion at Mill City Commons Book Club Breakfast, Elsie’s (PUBLIC EVENT)
November 14, 2024 — 10:00 AM Reading/discussion at Edina Public Library and Senior Center (PUBLIC EVENT)
November 20, 2024 — In-person reading/discussion at Abiitan Mill City Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
December 1, 2024 — In-person appearance at Legacy Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
December 12, 2024 — In-person reading and appearance at Dragon Divas, a cancer survivors book club (PRIVATE EVENT)
January 16, 2025 — The Lake Readers Book Club, In-person book club appearance, White Bear Lake, MN (PRIVATE EVENT)
January 29, 2025 — 3:00 – 4:30 PM In-person book club appearance, Coon Rapids, MN (PRIVATE EVENT)
January 29, 2025 — 6:30 – 8:00 PM Heritage Library, Lakeville Moderated conversation (PUBLIC EVENT)
February 3, 2025 — 7:30 — 8:30 PM Zoom appearance at private book club
February 6, 2025 — 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM In-person appearance at the AHA book club, Bloomington (PRIVATE EVENT)
February 6, 2025 — 7:00 — 8:30 PM In-person appearance at book club, Edina (PRIVATE EVENT)
February 12, 2025 — 7:00 — 8:30 PM Bridgewater Book Club (PUBLIC IN-BUILDING EVENT)
March 3, 2025 — 12:00 noon — 1:30 PM Lunch book club, Golden Valley (PRIVATE EVENT)
March 4, 2025 — 6:30 — 8:00 PM Retired Army Nurse Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
March 18, 2025 — 7:30 — 8:30 PM University Club of Saint Paul; Readings by Writers, along with Charles Baxter, Julie Schumacher, Sally Franson (PUBLIC EVENT)
April 3, 2025 — 6:30 PM Amelia Island, FL, Zoom book club
April 9, 2025 — 5:30 — 7:00 Minneapolis Club’s Book Club (PUBLIC EVENT)
April 10, 2025 — 7:30 PM St. Paul’s “R.O.A.R. Book Club” (PRIVATE EVENT)
April 16, 2025 — Kabekona Lake Association Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
May 30, 2025 — Zoom Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 6, 2025 — Big Hill Books Book Club (PUBLIC EVENT)
June 10, 2025 — Village Lofts Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 19, 2025 — Minnetonka Book Club, (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 23, 2025 — The Legacy Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
July 8, 2025 — Edina Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
July 14, 2025 — St. Paul Book Club (PRIVATE DINNER AND EVENT)
August 6, 2025 — Medina Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
August 7, 2025 — Excelsior Grand Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
August 13, 2025 — Speaking engagement for BOND fundraiser (Branching Out in New Directions), Oak Ridge Country Club (PUBLIC EVENT)
August 21, 2025 — Retired gentlemen’s book club, Minneapolis’s Longfellow neighborhood
September 11, 2025 — The Woodlands (TX) Book Club (PRIVATE ZOOM EVENT)
October 28, 2025 — Hopkins Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
November 2, 2025 — Orono, MN, Book Club (PRIVATE ZOOM EVENT)
November 6, 4:00 PM ET via Zoom: Koehler Books Presents Connecting With Book Clubs, featuring Glenn R. Miller and Randy Susan Meyers Sign up at koehlerbooks.com/webinars
November 10, 2025 — Village Lofts Book Club, Minneapolis (PRIVATE EVENT)
November 24, 2025 — Minnetonka book club (PRIVATE EVENT)
January 5, 2026 — Arizona Book Club, via Zoom (PRIVATE EVENT)
May, 5, 2026 — Village Lofts Book Club (PRIVATE EVENT)
June 2, 2026 — Private home book club

Doorman Wanted was written, off and on, over the course of 10 years.
Within the book, an important scene takes place in the Carlyle Hotel’s Bemelmans Bar; much authorial research was conducted there.