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2011 Appearances


• Saturday, January 29, 2011
  Jepson Center for the Arts
  South Magazine Anniversary Party
  Savannah, Ga
  
  
  
• Friday, February 18, 2011
  Guest Speaker for the Sentinel Sweeties Gala
  4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion
  Club Stewart, Fort Stewart, Ga.
  
  
  
• Sunday, April 10, 2011
  "Tell Me a Story"
  Guest Reader--"Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot"
  Sponsored by the Military Child Education Coalition and Child, Youth & School Services
  3-4 p.m., Club Stewart, Fort Stewart, Ga.
  
  
  
• Saturday, April 30, 2011
  Army Wives Wrap Party
  Charleston Rifle Club
  Charleston, SC
  
  
  
• Wednesday, May 18, 2011
  Guest Speaker for 1st Battalion, 64th Armor's FRG
  10 a.m. Brigade Conference Room
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  
  
  
• Thursday, May 26, 2011
  Guest Speaker, 6th Grade Graduation
  Diamond Elementary School
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  
  
  
• Tuesday, May 31, 2011
  Guest Speaker, 1st Battalion 9th Field Artillery's FRG
  6:30 p.m., Battalion Conference Room
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  
  
  2010 Appearances
  
  
• Tuesday, January 12, 2010
  Hinesville, Ga.
  Gum Branch Baptist Church
  Guest speaker for MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) at 9:30 a.m.
  
  
  
• Tuesday, January 12, 2010
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Diamond Elementary School
  Guest speaker, 3-7 CAV FRG meeting at 6 p.m.
  
  
  
• Friday, January 15, 2010
  Richmond Hill, Ga.
  Richmond Hill Book Club, at 11 a.m.
  
  
  
• Saturday, January 16, 2010
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Guest speaker for the City of Hinesville’s Annual Banquet for Service Awards
  Club Stewart
  
  
  
• Tuesday, February 9, 2010
  Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Ga.
  Hunter Club
  Booksigning to follow
  Guest speaker, Hunter Spouses' Club, at 11 a.m.
  
  
  
• Saturday, March 27, 2010
  Auburn, NY
  Guest speaker for Seymour Library
  Westminster Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m.
  Book signing to follow
  
  
  
• Friday, April 9, 2010
  Fort Irwin, Calif.
  Guest speaker for MWR Reception and Spouse Club Conference
  
  
  
• Friday, April 16, 2010
  U.S. Military Academy at West Point
  Guest speaker for cadets enrolled in the "Marriage & the Family" courses at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m.
  Lunch with cadets at Cadet Mess Hall
  Guest speaker; presentation on Army Wives at Thayer Hall at 12:50 p.m. Open to the public. Books signing to follow.
  
  
  
• Tuesday, June 1, 2010
  Savannah, Ga.
  South Magazine Cover Party, 6-8 p.m. First City Club on Johnson Square
  
  
  
• Thursday, July 29, 2010
  Fort Belvoir, Va.
  Army Wives Preview Screening with Dr. Jill Biden, hosted by Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey; 5:30 p.m.
  
  
• Sunday, August 8, 2010
  Charleston, SC
  Tanya makes cameo appearance on Army Wives 10 p.m. EST on Lifetime
  
  
  
• Tuesday, August 31, 2010
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Guest speaker & book signing for 703rd BSB Coffee Group; 6:30 p.m.
  
  
  
• Thursday, September 23, 2010
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Book signing at Shop of the Marne; 6-8 p.m.
  
  
• Thursday-Friday, October 7-8, 2010
  State College, Pa.
  Penn State Outreach Appreciation Dinner and Conference
  
  
  
• Tuesday, December 14, 2010
  Fort Knox, Ky.
  Guest Speaker for the Fort Knox Spouses’ and Community Club’s “Christmas Tea” luncheon, 11 a.m., Leaders’ Club
  
  
  2009 Appearances
  
  
• Friday, January 16, 2009
  Hollywood, California
  Raleigh Studios Hollywood
  
  
  
• Friday, January 23, 2009; 5:30 p.m.
  Club Hood, Fort Hood, Texas
  Guest Speaker for Denim & Diamonds Ball, 4th Infantry Division
  
  
  
• Thursday, March 5, 2009
  Birmingham International Center, Birmingham, Alabama
  Workshop Panelist for International Women’s Day program
  
  
  
• Thursday, April 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.
  Fort Stewart, Georgia
  Guest Speaker, Fort Stewart Officers’ Spouses Club, Luncheon at Club Stewart
  
  
  
• Thursday, May 7, 2009
  Hampton Roads, Virginia
  Keynote Speaker, 2009 Heroes at Home Military Spouse Awards
  5th Annual Awards Luncheon
  Vista Point Conference Center on Naval Station Norfolk
  
  
  
• Thursday, May 14, 2009
  USNI/AFCEA Joint Warfighting Conference 2009
  Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  1:45 pm-3 pm Panelist, Military Spouse Symposium, Military Officer Association of America
  Book-signing 10 a.m. hosted by Naval Institute Press Booth #1413
  
  
  
• Thursday, August 20, 2009
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Fort Stewart’s Book Club
  7 p.m. Hays Library
  Call 912-767-4840 for tickets. Seating is limited.
  
  
  
• Friday, August 21, 2009
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Shop of the Marne
  Open House and booksigning 5-9 p.m.
  Proceeds to benefit OSC scholarships.
  For info call 912-767-9268
  
  
  
• Friday, August 28, 2009
  Fayetteville, North Carolina
  Writers Symposium and book-signing, Fourth Friday
  The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County
  
  
  
• Monday, September 21, 2009
  Penn State; State College, Pa.
  2009 Alumni Society Award Winners Luncheon
  11:45 a.m. Founders’ Lounge; Bryce Jordan Center
  
  
  
• Wednesday, September 23, 2009
  Fort Polk, Women’s Conference
  Guest Speaker
  Directorate of Family and Moral, Welfare and Recreation
  Fort Polk, La.
  
  
  
• Thursday, October 22, 2009
  Chicago, IL
  Wine & cheese booksigning at 5 p.m. Pritzker Military Library
  Guest speaker at Pritzker Military Library 6 p.m. to appear on Chicago PBS station WYCC Channel 20. Seating is limited.
  
  
  
• Friday, October 23, 2009
  Chicago, IL
  Palmer House Hilton, 6 p.m.
  Biennial International Conference of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society Banquet
  
  
  
• Saturday, October 24, 2009
  Chicago, IL
  Union League Club of Chicago at 11 a.m.
  Tawani Foundation Honoree Luncheon: A Salute to Dr. Gerhard Weinberg: 2009 Recipient Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
  
  
  
• Thursday, November 5, 2009
  Fort Bragg, NC
  Guest speaker and booksigning for the Fort Bragg Area Officers Spouses Club
  “Cakes for a Cure” at 6 p.m. McKellars Lodge
  
  
  
• Thursday, December 3, 2009
  Savannah, Ga.
  St. James Book Club at 12:30 p.m.
  
  
  
• Friday, December 4, 2009
  Fort Stewart, Ga.
  Booksigning at Shop of the Marne
  4-7 p.m. Sales benefit Ft. Stewart OSC's scholarships and welfare projects.
  
  
  
• Friday & Saturday, December 11-12, 2009
  Jacksonville, FL
  Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront
  Guest speaker
  Annual Training Conference
  U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion
  
  
  2008 Appearances
  
  
• Tuesday, March 4, 2008; 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Fort Meade, Maryland
  Guest speaker for the Retired Officers’ Wives Club of Fort Meade
  
  
  
• Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 11a.m.-2 p.m.
  Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  Guest speaker for the Joint Military Spouses Luncheon
  
  
  
• Tuesday, April 8, 2008
  Fort Meade, Maryland
  Fort Meade Coffee group
  
  
  
• April 14-16, 2008
  Charleston, South Carolina
  MOAA Spouse Council
  
  
  
• May 6, 2008 at 8 a.m.
  The White House
  Military Spouse Appreciation with President Bush
  
  
  
• May 6, 2008 from noon - 2 p.m.
  Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington DC
  Military Spouse of the Year Luncheon
  
  
  
• Thursday, May 8, 2008; 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Fort Hood, Texas
  Guest speaker for the Fort Hood Officers' Wives Club
  
  
  
• Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 1 p.m.
  Richmond, Va
  Guest speaker, Virginia Department of Health Professions
  
  
  
• Thursday, May 22, 2008
  Capitol Hill
  Gold Star Wives Awards Ceremony
  
  
  
• Monday, May 26, 2008
  Archbold, Ohio
  Memorial Day speaker for American Legion Post 311
  
  
  
• Sunday, June 8, 2008
  Bonefish Grill, Alexandria, Va
  Army Wives Season 2 Premiere Party
  Book proceeds to benefit TAPS
  
  
  
• Thursday, June19, 2008
  Virginia Beach Convention Center, Va
  Panelist for the MOAA Military Spouse Symposium with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the U.S. Naval Institute Transformation Warfare 2008 Conference.
  
  
  
• Tuesday, July 1, 2008
  Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
  Red Carpet "Army Wives" Screening, Booksigning & Reception
  
  
  
• Friday, July 25, 2008 at 6 p.m.
  Fort Eustis Club, Virginia
  Guest speaker for the Deployed Spouses and Families Dinner with Booksigning to follow. For reservations, call the Fort Eustis Club 757-878-5700.
  
  
  
• Wednesday, August 13, 2008
  Panama City Beach, FL
  Guest speaker for senior spouses at the TRADOC Senior Leader Conference
  
  
  
• Saturday, November 15, 2008
  Grand Geneva Resort, Lake Geneva, WI
  Guest speaker, Chicago Recruiting Battalion Spouse Luncheon
  
  
  2007 Appearances
  
  
• Friday & Saturday, April 20-21, 2007
  Jacksonville, Florida
  Much Ado About Books—Jacksonville, Florida’s Premier Book Festival



• Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  Nittany Lion Inn, University Park, Pensylvania
  Guest speaker for the Penn State Forum Speaker Series. For tickets and information, call 814-865-7590.



• Saturday, June 16 at 3 p.m.
  Alexandria, Virginia
  Booksigning at Barnes & Noble; Potomac Yard, 3651 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Alexandria, Virginia. 22305
  
  
• Saturday, August 25, 2007
  Los Angeles, California
  Tanya is the guest speaker for Lifetime TV’s Five Star Army Wives Experience. Exclusive screening and cocktail reception for the season finale of “Army Wives.” Meet and greet with the author.
  
  
• Wednesday, Aug.29, 2007
  Santa Barbara, California
  Guest speaker for the Channel City Club at Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort
  
  
• Tuesday, October 9, 2007
  Washington D.C.
  Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Convention, Washington D.C. Operation Homefront party. Meet Tanya and Lifetime’s Army Wives’ “Roxy” Sally Pressman
  
  
• Tuesday, November 13, 2007
  Herndon, Virginia
  Book Club Army Wives discussion
  
  
• Thursday, November 15 to Saturday, November 17, 2007
  Tampa, Florida
  Annual Conference for Military Officers Association of America