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Skeletons on the Sahara, the documentary...
Click
here to check out some preproduction shots of
the History Channel's Skeletons
documentary! It next airs on A&E U.K. on May 28, 2007. DVD copies
of the two-hour special can by bought at The History Channel website.
Appearances
2006
February 16: University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, English
Department.
March 3: St.
Catherine's School, Richmond, Virginia.
March 6: Richmond
Downtown Kiwanis Club at the Virginia Historical
Society, noon.
March 13 & 14:
The Thirty-Fifth Book and Author Event, Queens
University, Charlotte, North Carolina.
March 15: Piedmont Driving
Club, Atlanta.
March 16: Emmet O'Neal Library,
Birmingham, Alabama.
Dean at Christopher Newport
University. Photo courtesy
of Terry Cox-Joseph.
March
23: University of Chicago
Club, Chicago.
March 24:
Morning talk at Stateville
Prison, Illinois. Luncheon at the Chicago
Club. Evening lecture at the Adventurer’s
Club of Chicago.
March 28: Brenda Gibrall
Book Club, Richmond.
April 4: Diversity Book Club Saint
Catherines School, Richmond.
April 7: Panelist
at the Southern Women's Showcase: Richmond Times-Dispatch
Book and Author Panel Discussion with Book Editor
Jann Malone, Richmond.
April 18: James Branch Cabell
Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond.
April 26:
University of Richmond Book Club,
Richmond.
June 8: Richmond Rotary Club, Richmond.
September 13: Westminster
Canterbury Forum, Richmond.
Dean
with the Riley family at the Tennesssee Williams
Literary Festival in New Orleans.
February
28, 2007: Tuckhoe Woman's Club,
Richmond.
2005 Speaking Events:
California: California Literary Society
invited speaker: Rancho Santa Fe, La
Jolla, Desert Communities, Las Vegas,
Nevada, Newport Beach, Beverly
Hills, Santa Barbara. Connecticut: Trumbull Library. Louisiana: Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, New Orleans. North Carolina: Charlotte Country
Club. Ohio: Mercer County
Historical Society. Virginia: The Women's Club, Richmond, J. Sargeant
Reynolds Community College “Around the World
through Books Series,” James River
Writer's Conference (also 2003, 2004), Christopher
Newport University Writers’Conference, keynote
speaker, 115th Annual Meeting of the Virginia
Bar Association Author Reception, University
of Richmond Osher Institute lecturer, Fishing
Bay Yacht Club, Sweet Briar Book Club.
2004
Speaking Events:
California: San Francisco
Maritime Museum, St. Francis Yacht Club, San
Francisco; California Club Distinguished Speakers Series,
Los Angeles; Huntington Library, Pasadena. Connecticut: Trumbull
Library; Connecticut River Museum; Wethersfield
Museum. Maryland:
Maryland Club, Baltimore (also in 2000), North American
Society for Oceanic History Conference, St. Michael's. New York: New York
Yacht Club (also in 2000), South Street
Seaport Museum. Texas:
Dallas Arts & Letters Live “Literary Café,”
Dallas Petroleum Club; Bayou Club, Houston. Virginia: Virginia Festival of the
Book, Charlottesville; Library of
Virginia (C-SPAN Book TV), James River
Writers Conference (also 2003); Mariners'
Museum, Newport News; Hanover Courthouse
Book & Author Lunch. Washington,
DC: Army and Navy Club.
Speaking and Media
Highlights
ABC “World News Tonight
with Peter Jennings”
BBC Radio 4, “Front Row
BN.com chat
Chesapeake Writers Conference
Christopher Newport University, Key Note
Speaker
“Fishin' Zone Radio Show” with Stephen
Sloan/200 stations
James River Writers Conference, Richmond, Virginia
Junior League of Richmond 55th Book and Author
(CNBC)
Long Island University, C.W. Post, Hutton House
Lecturer
Mariners' Museum Maritime Lecture Series
Mystic Seaport Museum
Maryland Club, Baltimore
National Public Radio, “Morning Edition”
National Public Radio, “Talk of the Nation”
New York Yacht Club
Rappahannock Community College Book & Author
Randolph Macon College
Redwood Library and Athenaeum Patrick O'Brian
Conference, Newport, Rhode Island
Williamsburg Regional Library, Lit-Flick
Series”
Virginia Bar Association
If you are interested in
having Dean speak to a group:
One of the pleasures of
writing books is connecting with people through the work. I
really enjoy speaking and forming relationships with audiences in
person. I accompany every talk with a short documentary film of
my trek in the Western Sahara. This film incorporates the still
photographs of Remi Benali, the National Geographic photographer
who accompanied me. I feel that the film captures the excitement
of my research expedition and brings the rugged terrain and the people
of the Sahara to life.
I have spoken to corporate, academic, educational,
and book club audiences. I have also participated in many
interviews and appeared on national print, radio and television
media. You can contact me through this website.
Saharran
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