Ahhhhh a dream come true for me. I don’t give a single, solitary care about meeting anyone in Hollywood, but I would be a tongue-tied fangirl if I ever had the chance to have a smoke with one of my heroes.

I could probably find a conference in Austin and go after O’Brien on my district’s dime haha.

Where do you find info? I knew he was on tour but I can’t find cities and dates or a place to buy tickets or anything. I’d be willing to travel…

I wrote my master’s thesis on 4 of O’Brien’s novels. I’ve read all of O’Brien’s books and they are all excellent, including his new one, America Fantastica. I think O’Brien is our finest living writer and TTTC is an absolute masterpiece, a work of true genius. It’s perhaps my all-time favorite book. I teach it to my AP English class and I uncover something new with it each year, to the point that I would like to heavily revise my thesis and try to have it published. I was on the right track with my analysis, but I missed a lot. I would love to meet him or attend one of his lectures or something. I’m a huge fan.