H.J. Ralles with her son, Richard who was the inspiration for the first Keeper book when he was 11 years old.
April 14th 2007 at the Island Launch party
H.J. Ralles signing Keeper of the Island for a long line of fans.
H.J. Ralles signing Island at the launch party.
April 14th 2007 at the Island Launch party
Some of the pirates at the launch party
Sara Brown at the Island launch party came up with the name Skimmy McFinn one of the pirates in the book.
April 14th 2007
The cake at Keeper of the Island launch party, Barnes & Noble, Preston Rd, Plano
April 14th 2007
Sara Faris an avid writer from Eubanks Intermediate School.
April 10th 2006
Nick Booth at Eubanks Intermediate who has read all of my books
April 10th 2006
Visit to Eubanks Intermediate School, Southlake, TX.
April 10th and 11th 2006
Working with students at Eubanks Intermediate
April 10th and 11th 2006
Kick-off party for Keeper of the Colony.
Barnes & Noble Preston Rd, Plano March 25th 2006
Allison Funkhouser author of "Zealk and the Humans" signs a book for H.J. Ralles at the Colony kick-off
March 25th 2006
Daniel with H.J. Ralles at the 2nd kick-off party for Colony.
March 18th 2006
Jessica, winner of the fancy dress competition dressed as Keela from Keeper of the Realm
Kick-off Cake for Keeper of the Colony.
March 18th 2006
Kick-off for Keeper of the Colony, Barnes & Noble 15th street, Plano
March 18th 2006
H.J. Ralles with Keeper of the Isle pirate competition prize winners
Sara Brown and Darian Thomas
H.J. Ralles with "Matt" winner of the Keeper series fancy dress competition
H.J. Ralles with Coston.
Colony kick-off party March 2006
H.J. Ralles with Nick.
Colony kick-off party March 2006
H.J. Ralles with Jonathan Ward a future author.
January 2006
H.J. Ralles with Jonathan Ward.
Wyatt Elementary March 2006
H.J. Ralles signing books at Millington School in NJ.
October 2005
H.J. Ralles with Ariana Chao a 4th grader at Lafayette School, NJ. October 2005
H.J. Ralles with Kevin Jones- March 2005
H.J. Ralles with Zak at Darok 10 Kick-off
H.J. Ralles with Isabella Maso at Darok 10 kick-off
Darok 10 Kick-off party
H.J. Ralles with Cooper at the Darok 10 Kick-off 1/29/05
With Adam Harris - the winner of the H.J. Ralles' Keeper of the Empire Competition.
Signing books at Darok 10 Kick-off party, January 29th 2005.
Darok 10 Kick-off party cake
Visit to Bettye Haun Elementary, January 05
Working with 4th grade at Haun
Visit to Haun Elementary January 05
Working with 4th grade at Haun
Visit to Richardson Heights January 05
Working with 6th grade at Richardson Heights
Visit to Mount Pleasant Elementary, Livingston N.J. October 04
Lunch with 4th and 5th grade students at Mount Pleasant Elementary, N.J.
Parsa Salehi my #1 fan October 04
Jared, another of my readers. Barnes & Noble, Frisco, TX
Country Place writer's competition winners. Barnes & Noble Lewisville, TX April 04
Keynote speaker for Frisco Writer's workshop. Barnes & Noble, Frisco 04
Keeper of the Empire kick-off party cake Jan 04
Timothy, Katherine and David at Brentfield Elementary with H.J. Ralles. 4/16/04
Signing books for fans at Empire kick-off party January 04
The Keeper Series competitions for all to enter. Lots of prizes for the winners.
H.J. Ralles with Jesper (Nick) Mount and Zak Ahmed at the kick-off party for Empire. Jan 04
Empire kick-off party competition winner Jan 04.
H.J. Ralles with Jesper (Nick) Mount 05/01/04
Jesper gave his name to the character "Jesper of the Mount" in Empire.
Richardson Heights Elementary 08/01/04
Working with 6th grade students.
Taft Middle School, OKC, Oklahoma 04/10/03
8th Grade Students partake in "The Character Workshop"
Taft 8th Grade have studied Darok 9
A poster depicting Lydia vs Hank
The miraculous SH33
Taft students' impression of a Darok
Keeper of the Realm Kick-off party 01/25/03
Barnes & Noble 15th Street, Plano, TX 01/25/03
Keeper of the Realm Kick-off party 01/25/03
Barnes & Noble 15th Street, Plano, TX 01/25/03
Peters Elementary, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 10/4/02
Peters Elementary, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 10/4/02
Peters Elementary, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 10/4/02
Peters Elementary, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 10/4/02
Barnes & Noble Family Day, Irving, TX - 8/10/02
Barnes & Noble Family Day, Irving, TX - 8/10/02
Barnes & Noble Family Day, Irving, TX - 8/10/02
Children's Creative Writing Workshop. Barnes & Noble Webster, TX - 7/31/02
Roanoke Public Library - 6/29/02
Roanoke Public Library - 6/29/02
H.J. with Top Author Aaron Masters at TLA Convention April, 2002
TLA Convention - April, 2002
Darok 9 Kick-off Party, Barnes & Noble, Plano, TX - 1/20/02
Darok 9 Kick-off Party Cake - 1/20/02
Withers Elementary, Dallas
Withers Elementary, Dallas
Great Lakes Academy, Plano, TX
Great Lakes Academy, Plano, TX
Great Lakes Academy, Plano, TX
Great Lakes Academy, Plano, TX
Borders Books and Music, Plano, TX
Borders Books and Music, Plano, TX
Barnes & Noble, 15th Street, Plano, TX Feb 2001
Barnes & Noble, 15th Street, Plano, TX
Borders Books and Music, Plano, TX Feb 2001
Borders Books and Music, Plano, TX
Bethany Elementary School, Plano, TX Feb 2001
Bethany Elementary School, Plano, TX