The Six Train to Wisconsin Press Kit
Calendar
Author Events and Signings
2013
- April 19th in Waterbury, CT at the Naugatuck Valley Community College Fresh Ink Writer Conference: Author Reading Excerpt of The Six Train to Wisconsin
- May 28th on Kourtney Heintz’s Facebook Author Page: Book Release Party
- May 30th in Waterbury, CT from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.: John Bale Book Company: Signing Books
- June 8th in Meriden, CT from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.: The Meriden Humane Society: Signing Books and Donating a Portion of the Day’s Profits to the Animal Shelter
- June 13th in Litchfield, CT from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Haight-Brown Vineyards: An Evening of Wine and Words: Wine & Cheese Event w/ door prize + Author Talk + Book Signing
- June 27th from 6:30-7:30 p.m., in Wolcott, CT at Wolcott Public Library: Offering a free workshop “How to Find Your Story” and Signing Books
- July 24-29th in Butternut, WI during the Pioneer Days Celebration: Participating in Events, Signing Books and Donating a Portion of the Profits from Book Sales to the Butternut Area Historical Society
- August 22-25th in Nashville, TN at Killer Nashville Writer Conference in the Hutton Hotel & Convention Center: Signing Books
- September 21st in Mystic, CT at CT Fiction Fest: Workshop Presentation “Turning Up the Heat” and Signing Books
Conferences
2010
- Attended 2010 Edgar® Week Symposium; April 28, 2010
- Attended Backspace Conference; May 26-28, 2010
- Attended Killer Nashville; August 20-22, 2010
- Attended New England Crime Bake 2010; November 12-14, 2010
2011
- Attended Writer’s Digest Conference: The Business of Being Published; January 21-23, 2011
- Attended Backspace Agent-Author Seminar 2011; November 3-4, 2011
2012
- Attended Writer’s Digest Conference; January 20-22, 2012
- Attended 13th Annual SCBWI International Winter Conference; January 27-29, 2012
- Attended 2012 Edgar® Week Symposium; April 25, 2012
- Attended 41st SCBWI International Summer Conference; August 3-7, 2012
2013
- Attending MARCON 2013; October 5, 2013
Press
“Wolcott Woman Finds Success As Writer After Losing Wall Street Job” , By Tracey O’Shaughnessy of the Republican-American, The Republic, 5/4/13
“Wall Street to Wolcott,” Kourtney’s interview with Teresa LaBarbera on CT Style WTNH 8, 5/3/13
“Author Turns Wall Street Layoff Into Second Career”, By The Associated Press BY TRACEY O’SHAUGHNESSY (Republican-American), Newsday Long Island website
“Newest Voice in Speculative Fiction” Press Release, FOX CT Now Website, 4/27/13
“Newest Voice in Speculative Fiction” Press Release, Hartford Courant Website: Connecticut Local News/Cheshire News/Cheshire Real Estate, Events & More: 4/27/13
“Novel career change: Wolcott’s Kourtney Heintz goes from Wall Street to ‘Wisconsin’ ”
BY TRACEY O’SHAUGHNESSY, REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN, Accent/Women section, 4/23/13 (view)
“”Hot Wolcott Author Makes Appearances at Waterbury Venues,” Briefly column in the Republican American, Women/Accent Section, 4/16/13. (view)
“Book Briefs” by the Republican-American, The Sunday Republican, Arts and Entertainment Section, 4/14/13. (view)
“The Decade of My Herniated Disk” by Kourtney Heintz, Dr. Fabian Bitan’s Website Patient Testimonials: http://www.bitanmd.com/press/The_Decade_of_My_Herniated_Disc.pdf
“Know Thy Genre” by Kourtney Heintz, May 2011 edition of the CTRWA newletter Connections: http://ctrwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/may-2011.pdf”
The following interview appeared in the January 2011 edition of the CTRWA newletter, Connections, http://ctrwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/January-20112.pdf. (view)
Contests
- 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest
- April 24th Semifinalist
- March 20th Quarterfinalist
- February 23rd Second Round
