This one came together fast. Posted a Neil Sedaka song, an old camp friend said her dad played with him in the Catskills, and 24 hours later I had an oral history for The Forward from the dad, Howie Tichler.
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Join the talented @lauriestories.bsky.social live at SVA Theater on 1/18!
Secure your spot now and help congratulate the talented Journalists of 2025!
Tickets: tinyurl.com/yxd9ak2c
New book news: I’m writing a narrative nonfiction story about Albert Einstein. Grateful to my agent @peter23.bsky.social at UTA and my editor Emily at Viking, who steered The Aviator and the Showman. Very ready. And so very grateful. @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social
This landed in my inbox today!
On Wednesday, January 7 at 6:30 pm, I will be in conversation at The New York Historical with David Rubenstein for the History with David Rubenstein series.
We will talk Amelia Earhart, and also George Putnam, the P.T. Barnum of Publishing. @nyhistory.bsky.social
The Aviator and the Showman was included on the New York Post's 30 Best Books of 2025 - I don't always agree with their political coverage but I am startled all the time how good their book coverage is. This is true! Go figure.
Here's the whole article - nypost.com/.../enterta....
This made my day. History.com named The Aviator and the Showman one of the Best New History Books of 2025.
One of 12 books! @vikingbooks.bsky.social @history.com
Link in comments.
www.history.com/articles/bes...
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6 a.m. at Baltimore airport, headed to the first stop on my three-city Texas run. Houston, Austin, Waco.
Killing time with the news on my phone and spot in the New York Times holiday gift guide there is a little “also consider” line for The Aviator and the Showman!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
Miami! Back for one night only to moderate Susan Orlean’s new memoir JOYRIDE at Books & Books Coral Gables on Dec 12 at 7 pm. She is one of the writers who nudged me into nonfiction as a fan, and this is my favorite book of the year so far. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
A top 10 history book year at Smithsonian “Shapiro reveals a more complex Earhart than often acknowledged, a woman who was ‘ambitious, courageous, intelligent, curious, sexual, overconfident, lazy, kindhearted, shrewd and flawed.’” @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
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Very happy to share that NPR’s annual roundup “Books We Love” feature (2025 edition) included THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN!
@npr.org
Excited!
I will be on CSpan’s BookTV from the Miami Book Fair, talking about The Aviator and the Showman and the marriage of Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam.
There are so many writers here! - feel very grateful to be interviewed for television. @vikingbooks.bsky.social #ameliaearhart
The Aviator and the Showman by @lauriestories.bsky.social
"Laurie Gwen Shapiro has dug deep into the archives, and emerged with an exhilarating tale of the adventurous life of Amelia Earhart and the remarkable relationship that helped to forge her legend. Yet Shapiro goes even further-stripping away the myths and revealing something far more profound and intricate and true. The Aviator and the Showman is one terrific book."
Have you read @lauriestories.bsky.social’s ‘The Aviator and the Showman?
Since you’ve evoked him, here’s what ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ author
David Grann thought of it:
A YouTube link for my ABC News Australia appearance talking Amelia Earhart youtu.be/vCgubujNmK0?...
A few screenshots from my appearance this morning on The World on ABC News Australia.
iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2508...
My segment is LONG and begins at 35:34 and runs to 46:35.
gift link quoted in the Times today! #ameliaearhart www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Easily the best nonfiction book I've read from this year. Check it out if you haven't already.
So happy and grateful to have The Aviator and the Showman named one of Amazon’s best biographies and memoirs of 2025
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What an honor to be interviewed by @npr.org Scott Simon
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I am the latest guest on THE BOWERY BOYS, my favorite podcast. Dreams come true! Talking about Amelia Earhart, natch! #ameliaearhart @boweryboys.bsky.social
one time Amelia Earhart in NYC walking tour Dec 9 - only 20 spots. @untappedny.bsky.social
www.untappedcities.com/amelia-earha...
🚨 Registration is open!
Date: Thursday, Oct 9.
Time: 6:00–8:00pm EDT
Location: 20 Cooper Square, Room 7C
I'll be at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU for a lively conversation between me & Daniel Zalewski, esteemed Features Director of The New Yorker. He is the best in the business.
Amazing read.
My very first piece for @theatlantic.com
My first piece for @theatlantic.com
“…Earhart’s 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic...”
#theaviatorandtheahowman #ameliaearhart @vikingbooks.bsky.social
Excited! Well seeing this piece inspired by my book on the front page of the Sunday Times Real Sstate section made my morning! Nothing like print.
I loved this new piece on my Amelia Earhart book, The Aviator and the Showman by Jennifer Ouelette at @arstechnica.com
Shoutout to @lauriestories.bsky.social as I've recently read her very fine "The Aviator and the Showman" which covers the marriage of Amelia Earhart & George Putnam in great depth. Ms. Shapiro, your work gives me some new tour points as a docent at NASM. Thanks for your thorough research. 1/3
“The Aviator and the Showman,” Ms. Shapiro’s intriguing new double biography of Earhart and George Palmer Putnam..."
The New York Times story, inspired by my book, will eventually be in print in the Streetscapes section in the Real Estate section - but here's an early online version!
