The Studio 9 book release celebration for Zanjan, in Wilmette, Illinois on November 19, drew 60 people from several states.  Artist C. Aaron Kreader spoke and answered questions, and the event ended with demo tables for his new fantasy card game Villagers & Villains.

My first book talk for Zanjan came two weeks later on December 2 in Boston. I was introduced by award-winning author Patricia Tomarelli, who also arranged the event:

A cake frosted to look like the cover (shown above) was donated by Samantha, a Boston-area baker.  In fact, I received an enormous amount of support from the community in Boston, including from Masoud, who added Zanjan to the Comic Book Database, and Sana, who has started a Zanjan book group and drew a picture of me during the talk:

And of course I signed a lot of books.