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New Yorkers! Come see Edward Snowden and me onstage at the NYPL on the Walkaway tour!

Tim Dempsey

I’m touring 20 US cities (plus dates in Canada and the UK!) with my forthcoming novel Walkaway; the full tour hasn’t been announced yet, but I’m delighted to reveal that the NYC stop on May 3 will be at the New York Public Library, where my interlocutor will be the whistleblower Edward Snowden. Tickets are $10-25! (Reminder: there are also signed first-edition hardcovers available for pre-order in the USA and UK).

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Now in the UK! Pre-order signed copies of the first edition hardcover of Walkaway, my first adult novel since Makers

Tim Dempsey

The UK’s Forbidden Planet is now offering signed hardcovers of Walkaway, my first novel for adults since 2009 — this is in addition to the signed US hardcovers being sold by Barnes and Noble.
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Selling original art from my graphic novel IN REAL LIFE to benefit ACLU and CAIR

Tim Dempsey

Jen Wang, the incredible comics creator who adapted my award-winning story Anda’s Game for the bestselling graphic novel In Real Life is selling original, 9″ x 12″ art from the book, and the painting above these words, for $250 each — all proceeds divided equally between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Council on American Islamic Relations.
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In the chaos of the Muslim ban, the rule of man trumps the rule of law

Tim Dempsey

Donald J Trump’s executive order banning Muslims from entering the US threw the world into chaos yesterday, as US citizens, lawful permanent residents and visa holders found themselves stranded abroad, detained at airports on arrival to the USA, or helplessly waiting outside immigration checkpoint for news of sick and vulnerable family members who were held incommunicado by US immigration officials who refused to obey a US federal court order.
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