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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My latest piece is up at The Forward. I wrote it today. Joel Shapiro gave Blue to the Kennedy Center as a permanent installation. Permanent lasted seven years. forward.com/.../joel-sha... #JoelShapiro #KennedyCenter See less

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

May 16 & 17, noon to 2. Rare photos, hidden NYC, George Putnam drama, and Amelia’s first NYC home. @untappedny.bsky.social One-time tour. Members free. Non-members can buy tickets. Book here. ✈️ www.untappedcities.com/amelia-earha...

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Walk Through Amelia Earhart’s NYC with Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Uncover the New York City haunts of America's iconic 1920s/1930s aviator on this one-time, special edition tour!

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Magic hour! Filming at Amelia Earhart’s old house today! More on this news to come. I did a lot of research here and know the family who lives here well. Hanging with the mayor of Harrison too! #ameliaearhart

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Wilmington, NC. April 16. The Fuzzy Needle I’ll be reading from The Aviator and the Showman, then in conversation with John Jeremiah Sullivan, whose work I greatly admire, with live music by Julia Rothenberger. Talking Amelia Earhart! Proceeds go to local literacy efforts. Come if you’re nearby.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

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. forward.com/culture/8088...

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Before I became an orthodontist, I was my good friend Neil Sedaka's saxophonist

A fond memory of the singer-songwriter who has died at 86

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

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....

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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...

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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...

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An Evening with Susan Orlean & Laurie Gwen Shapiro

New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean joins us for her highly-anticipated new memoir JOYRIDE

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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 www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...

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The Ten Best History Books of 2025

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Very happy to share that NPR’s annual roundup “Books We Love” feature (2025 edition) included THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN! @npr.org

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

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

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Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The Aviator and the Showman by @lauriestories.bsky.social

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Adam Lawrence @madaecnerwal.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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:

"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."

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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.

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Easily the best nonfiction book I've read from this year. Check it out if you haven't already.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

So happy and grateful to have The Aviator and the Showman named one of Amazon’s best biographies and memoirs of 2025 www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding...

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Best Biographies and top memoirs of 2025 | Amazon.com

Jump in and learn from real lives in these intriguing biographies and memoirs released in 2025.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🚨 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.

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In Conversation: The New Yorker’s Daniel Zalewski with Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Join us for a special evening as The New Yorker’s Features Director Daniel Zalewski (NYU Journalism alum) sits down with narrative nonfiction aut...

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Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Amazing read.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

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

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The Truth About Amelia Earhart

Conspiracy theories about her disappearance do a disservice to the pilot’s remarkable, flawed legacy.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

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.

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Frank Van Haste @vanhaste.com · 15/09/2025

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

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

“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!

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The New York City Buildings Amelia Earhart Left Behind

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

PICK FLICK! Boston! Sept 25, 6 PM at East End Books Seaport. I’ll be talking Amelia Erhat and The Aviator and the Showman with Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children, The Leftovers, Mrs. Fletcher, Tracy Flick Can’t Win). Come by!It'll be smart, funny, maybe a little uncomfortable!

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro "The Aviator and the Showman" in conv. w/Tom Perrotta

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Frank Van Haste @vanhaste.com · 06/09/2025

Ahoy, @lauriestories.bsky.social, my esteemed county librarian has just lent this to me. The queue is pretty active (3 copies in circulation, 14 folks waiting.) I'll get into it tonight & check back in a few days.

Cover of Laurie Gwen Shapiro's "The Aviator and The Showman". Subtitle: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the marriage that made an American icon. Vertically formatted grayscale images showing Amelia on the left, George on the right.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I owe a few people books! Just sent a copy of The Aviator and the Showman to Franklin Delano Roosevelt III — grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and one of my sources. Grateful for voices like his that helped bring this story to life.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🚨 EVENT STATUS UPDATE 🚨 The free event I posted earlier—me chatting with the incredible journalist & author Patrick Radden Keefe—just flipped from Going Fast to FEW TICKETS LEFT. The National Arts Club, NYC * Tues, Sept 30 * 6:30 PM @praddenkeefe.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/author-lau...

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Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro in conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe

Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Just finished @lauriestories.bsky.social's "The Aviator and the Showman," a vivid and beautifully told account of Amelia Earhart, her book publisher husband, and her groundbreaking flights. Loved it. Highly recommended.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

🚨 This one’s going fast. 🚨 Posted a few days ago & already marked GOING FAST (& not even promoted yet to NAC members). Sept 30 • 6:30 PM Free! National Arts Club, NYC In conversation w/ Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/author-lau...

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Frank McCourt would have been 95 today. My mentor, my high school English teacher, my friend. I first met him at 15. I was lucky enough to travel to Ireland with him and the McCourt brothers on films — a memory I’ll hold forever. It only takes one teacher to believe in you. He changed my life.

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Southern California—you made me an indie bestseller! The book just landed on the SCIBA bestseller list. I’m beyond grateful to every bookseller who’s put it into a reader’s hands. #IndieBestseller #SCIBA #TheAviatorAndTheShowman #ThankYouBooksellers #NarrativeNonfiction #AmeliaEarhart

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Laurie Gwen Shapiro @lauriestories.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

“Shapiro reveals in painstaking detail... reckless and publicity-seeking adventures... thanks to the near-depraved ambitions of her husband.” —NYT Book Review Thrilled to see The Aviator and the Showman so positively featured. 📖 And yeah book out today! 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/b...

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Amelia Earhart’s Complicated Legacy and Horrible Husband

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The Aviation Show @theaviation.show · 15/07/2025

Happy publication day to @lauriestories.bsky.social for The Aviator and the Showman! Laurie's look at Amelia Earhart and George Putnam is getting rave reviews, and it was a delight to chat about the book. Check out our chat on our YouTube channel or where you get your podcasts. youtu.be/VJWrnjvzW98

The cover of Larie Gwen Shaporo's new book, The Aviator and the Showman about Amelia Earhart and George Putnam. The book is released in the USA today.

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