Sylvia In Person

Meet Sylvia at an event near you! Browse the dates and locations below for more information.

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      May 29 - Jun 1, 2013

       

      BookExpo America
      Javits Center
      655 W 34th St
      New York, NY 10001

      BookExpo America is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States.

      Hybrid Author Panel (IDPF):
      Wednesday, May 29th, from 2:20 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
      Autograph Stage signing:
      Friday, May 31st, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
      Harlequin in-booth signing:
      *Ticketed Event*
      Friday, May 31st, from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
      Brilliance Audio in-booth signing: Friday, May 31st, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
      Penguin in-booth signing:
      *Ticketed Event*
      Saturday, June 1st, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
      Harlequin in-booth signing:
      *Ticketed Event*
      Saturday, June 1st, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Jun 4 - Jun 4, 2013
      7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
      Barnes & Noble

      765 Route 17 South
      Paramus, NJ 07652

      The evening will begin with a Q&A with Sylvia and then move into the signing portion of the evening.

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Jun 9 - Jun 21, 2013

       

      Australian Book Tour
      Penguin Group (Australia)
      707 Collins Street
      Melbourne, VIC 3008, Australia

      Monday, 10 June – 12:00 PM
      Big W Macarthur, Brisbane
      Elizabeth St, Brisbane, QLD 4000

      Tuesday, 11 June – 4:30 PM
      Dillons Norwood Bookshop, Adelaide
      166 The Parade, Norwood, SA 5067

      Friday, 14 June – 12:00 PM
      Dymocks, Melbourne CBD
      234 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000

      Friday, 14 June – 6:00 PM
      Collins Booksellers, Fountain Gate Melbourne
      Level 2, 352 Princess Highway, Fountain Gate, VIC 3805

      Thursday, 20 June – 12:00 PM
      Dymocks George Street, Sydney CBD
      424 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000

      Thursday, 20 June – 6:00 PM
      Dymocks Penrith, Sydney
      Shop 145 Westfield, Penrith, NSW

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Jun 21 - Jun 23, 2013

       

      RomCon
      Crowne Plaza Colorado Springs
      2886 South Circle Drive
      Colorado Springs, CO 80906

      60+ events for you to choose from during 3 days of fun, games, and opportunities for authors and readers to interact face-to-face. www.romcon.com

      Public Book Signing: Saturday, June 22, from 3:50 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Jun 28 - Jun 28, 2013
      7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
      Day After Dark
      Hart Memorial Central Library
      211 East Dakin Avenue
      Kissimmee, FL 34741

      The Library welcomes international bestselling author Sylvia Day for an intimate after hours affair, including Q&A and book signing. Bring your own books for the signing or purchase copies at the event through Books-A-Million. Registration is required for this event; Proof of registration must be presented at entry. Parking is limited. Contact the Library for parking suggestions. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Jun 29 - Jun 29, 2013

       

      Book Bash
      Doubletree by Hilton at the Entrance to Universal Orlando
      5780 Major Blvd
      Orlando, FL 32819

      Come join us for a fun-filled day with over 40 of our favorite authors! Have your favorite books signed during our 4-hour book signing, participate in an author Q&A panel, and then let’s go on some author tours Saturday night at Universal City Walk! www.bookbash.net

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Jul 17 - Jul 21, 2013

       

      Romance Writers of America 33rd Annual Conference
      Atlanta Marriott Marquis
      265 Peachtree Center Avenue
      Atlanta, Georgia 30303

      Every year, writers and industry professionals come from all over the world to attend Romance Writers of America’s Annual Conference. The Annual Conference is a four-day event filled with educational workshops, career enhancement, and community involvement. www.rwa.org

      Public Book Signing: Wednesday, July 17, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Aug 2 - Aug 3, 2013

       

      Nora Roberts Writing Institute
      Hagerstown Community College
      11400 Robinwood Drive
      Hagerstown, MD

      A weekend retreat which can give you the solid foundation upon which to build a writing career. From fundamentals of setting up the story and plot to good research basics, this two-day forum will get you started.

      Friday, August 2:
      Keynote – 7:30-8:30 PM
      Saturday, August 3:
      Getting Started as a Writer – 8:30-9:30 AM
      Saturday, August 3:
      What Sells Today – 3:15-4:30 PM

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Aug 10 - Aug 10, 2013

       

      The East Hampton Library’s 9th Annual Authors Night

      To Be Announced
      Hamptons

      Authors Night is a lavish fundraiser to benefit the East Hampton Library. All proceeds go directly to the Library. www.authorsnight.org

    • APPEARANCE & BOOKSIGNING
      Aug 17 - Aug 17, 2013
      2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
      The Naughty Mafia Rocks Vegas
      The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
      4455 Paradise Road
      Las Vegas, NV 89169

      The Naughty Mafia Rocks Vegas 2013 is a book signing event with over fifty bestselling authors, August 16-20.

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Sylvia at the RWA  Literacy Signing in New York City, 2011
Sylvia at the RWA Literacy Signing in New York City, 2011. Check out more photos of Sylvia on Facebook »

Career Highlights
  • Sylvia is a #1 New York Times and #1 international bestselling author whose work has appeared on dozens of bestseller lists worldwide. She is a #1 bestseller in 15 countries.
  • Bared to You and Reflected in You were both listed on Amazon.com and iTune’s Top 10 Bestselling Books of 2012 round ups. Bared to You also made Nielsen’s Top 10 Bestselling Adult Fiction Books of 2012 list. In the UK, Bared to You was the #6 bestselling book of 2012 and Reflected in You was #19.
  • Sylvia’s work has been published under multiple imprints by twelve publishers, including HarperCollins, Kensington, Macmillan, Penguin Group, Harlequin, and Random House.
  • Sylvia’s books have been published in thirty-nine international territories. She has been a top five bestseller in twenty-five countries.
  • Sylvia is recognized on Romance Writers of America’s Honor Roll.
  • Reflected in You sold 286,000 digital copies in its first six days on sale. It debuted at #1 on the New York Times combined print & eBook fiction list… even though the paperback had yet to be released.
  • The Crossfire series has been optioned by Lionsgate and the property is in the early stages of development.
  • Who Wants to Be a MillionaireSylvia’s work has been covered in Time, Variety, People, First for Women, Self, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Entertainment Weekly–to name just a few. She was also a trivia question on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • According to BookScan, which tracks approximately 85 percent of the retail sales market in the United States for physical books, of the top 26 titles classified as “Erotica” or “Romance/Erotica” for the first 50 weeks of 2012, Sylvia’s Bared to You (re-issued 6/12) and Reflected in You (released 10/23) outsold the next 20 titles combined by 34 percent.
  • Sylvia was elected to serve as President of Romance Writers of America for the 2012-13 board year. She has served on the Board of Directors since 2009.

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Awards
  • Sylvia’s work has been nominated for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Award of Excellence twice.
  • Sylvia was honored with a nomination for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author.
  • Bared to You was recommended by the editors at Amazon as one of the 2012 Best of the Year in Romance.
  • Sylvia has been honored with the National Readers’ Choice Award twice.
  • Sylvia has been honored with the RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award and her work has been nominated for the award multiple times.
  • Sylvia’s work (both published and pre-publication manuscripts) has been honored with over a dozen awards and been nominated or named a finalist for dozens more.
  • Sylvia’s Readers’ Choice win in Lori Foster’s Brava Novella Contest led to the sale and publication of her first book.

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Downloadable Photos

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Publicity Contacts

Please contact Sylvia’s publishers for the following:

  • Request for ARCs (Advanced Reader Copies)
  • Book signing inquiries

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Please contact Sylvia’s agent for:

  • Anything having to do with publishing rights

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Please contact Sylvia’s publicist for:

  • Publicity and media requests

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For Booksellers and Librarians

Are you a bookseller or librarian? Sylvia has lots of great resources and materials for you on her site!

  • This page that you’re on, the Media & Events page, includes downloadable photos, industry news, career highlights, and more.
  • The Extras page, which includes links to e-postcards, downloadable goodies, Sylvia Day tshirts, and more.
  • Her Contact page has newsletters for you, publicity contacts for book signings, and more!
  • Also visit Sylvia’s Scribd page, where Sylvia regularly uploads promo ads, bookmarks, promotional cards, Press Releases, featured magazines, and lots more!

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact Sylvia »

Articles and More

Also visit Sylvia’s Extras Page to find workshop articles and handouts that Sylvia has written.

Industry News
May. 16, 2013: Swedish rights to Sylvia Day’s Ask for It, to Stockholm Text, by Lina Hammarling at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Meryl Earl at Kensington. — Publishers Marketplace (May 16, 2013)
May. 16, 2013: Turkish rights to Sylvia Day’s 4th and 5th titles in the #1 NYT bestselling Crossfire series, also to Dogan Egmont, by Fusun Kayi of Kayi Literary Agency in association with Meredith Miller at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen. — Publishers Marketplace (May 16, 2013)
May. 15, 2013: Brazilian rights to Sylvia Day’s 4th and 5th titles in the #1 NYT bestselling Crossfire series, to Lilia Zambon at Companhia das Letras, in a six-figure deal, by Sylvie Rosokoff at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen. — Publishers Marketplace (May 15, 2013)
May. 14, 2013: Indonesian rights to Sylvia Day’s 4th and 5th titles in the #1 NYT bestselling Crossfire series, also to PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, by Santo Manurung of Maxima Creative Agency, in association with Meredith Miller at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen. — Publishers Marketplace (May 14, 2013)
May. 6, 2013: Greek rights to Sylvia Day’s 4th title in the #1 NYT bestselling Crossfire series, also to Psichogios, by Nike Davarinou at Read n’ Right Agency in association with Meredith Miller at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen. — Publishers Marketplace (April 17, 2013)
Apr. 24, 2013: Sylvia Day’s paranormal novella, continuing the darkly sensual romance between a powerful warlock and his beloved familiar to be published in paperback with the previous series installments, again to Erika Tsang at William Morrow, in a major deal, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. — Publishers Marketplace (April 17, 2013)
Apr. 17, 2013: #1 NYT bestselling author Sylvia Day’s Wish List, when a man draws a woman’s name in their law firm’s Secret Santa exchange he knows he’s in for a merry Christmas – if he can figure out what to give the woman he’s wanted for months, to Liz Pearsons at Brilliance Audio, by Mark Gottlieb at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. — Publishers Marketplace (April 17, 2013)
Mar. 12, 2013: Sylvia Day’s two contemporary novellas Afterburn and its follow-up, Aftershock, in which a recent graduate enters a world of glamour, sex and privilege when she starts working for a powerful businesswoman, to Ann Leslie Tuttle and Dianne Moggy at Harlequin in conjunction with Hearst Communications, launching the Cosmo Red Hot Reads series, in a major deal, for seven figures, by Kimberly Whalen at Trident Media Group. — Publishers Marketplace (March 12, 2013)
Feb. 22, 2013: Indonesian rights to Sylvia Day’s Bared to You and two more novels in the Crossfire series, to PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, by Santo Manurung of Maxima Creative Agency, in association with Meredith Miller at Trident Media Group on behalf of Kimberly Whalen. — Publishers Marketplace (February 22, 2013)
Feb. 21, 2013: Norwegian rights to Sylvia Day’s Seven Years to Sin, to Bastion, by Philip Sane at Lennart Sane Agency, on behalf of Meryl Earl at Kensington. — Publishers Marketplace (February 21, 2013)