Joanna Lillis, the author of the best-selling Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan , will be embarking of a tour of the USA following the book's North American publication on 30 January. Dark Shadows spotted at Niagara Falls, Canadian side. The tour begins in Tucson, Arizona on February 4, when Joanna Lillis will address students from the University of Arizona on Building a Career in Journalism Abroad at 12.00pm in the UA book store. The tour arrives in Washington DC on February 6. On that day, the author will be addressing the RAND Corporation (this is a private event) . On February 7, Joanna Lillis will be speaking at an event hosted by George Washington University's Central Asia Program, where she will present Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan . It will be held in the Voesar Conference Room, Suite 412 and it starts at 4.00pm (this event is open to all). On February 8, she will be speaking at a round table on Central Asia at
Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West, written by Joanna Lillis, a Kazakhstan-based journalist reporting on Central Asia. She has lived in Kazakhstan since 2005 and her work has featured in the Guardian, The Economist and the Eurasianet website.