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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We did it! The Art Spy paperback is a bestseller on the Indie Bestseller lists! I'm flabbergasted to be in the same lists as Anthony Bourdain, Patti Smith, Joan Didion, Patrick Radden Keefe, David Grann and Michael Finkel. Catch me at my upcoming tour stops! buff.ly/3QxOtPO

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An incredible launch week for the paperback edition of The Art Spy! Events with American Friends of the Musée d’Orsay, New Canaan Library, The Lit Salon, Spencertown Festival of Books, Getty Museum docents & many book signings incl. Barnes & Noble (which named the book one of its “Great Paperbacks!)

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here is a Boston com article regarding the Mass Book Award winners (which includes The Art Spy!) buff.ly/jYdHh8c

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Delighted to announce that The Art Spy is one of the honorees at the 2026 Massachusetts Book Awards! It's particularly meaningful to be recognized by my state and to be amongst such great company. Looking forward to a reading with MA Center for the Book and the award ceremony in Oct buff.ly/B1N3spZ

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Learned that the Minnesota Museum of Art hosted TWELVE different tours inspired and based by my book The Art Spy! How cool is that! One was about Hitler's dream of being an artist and his hatred of modern art, another was about art that Rose Valland helped protect buff.ly/EN2wXre

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Learning the History of “The Art Spy” Rose Valland

Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) offers several “Inspired by Books” tours. I attended two tours in July related to Michelle Young’s non-fiction book “The Art Spy,” which tells the story of the…

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Was full on in the French wildfires en route to drop my kids off at their grandparents. It’s apocalyptic. Ash is falling and it’s impossible to breathe. Sky ranges from haze to dark stormy look. Stations closed while we were en route so we had to get off at Bordeaux, rent a car & drive through

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'm in the @nytimes today! Was interviewed about Broadway and put in my 2 cents about how the path of the Native American trail has influenced social movements and adds interest to the urban landscape! buff.ly/DU1Jyaz

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Glimpses of New York City’s History Are Still Visible. Here’s Where to Look.

Traces of New York’s layered histories can be found scattered throughout its contemporary urban landscape.

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Listen in to @WNYC.org New York Public Radio 93.9 FM or streaming Monday at noon! I’ll be live on @AllofItWNYC.bsky.social with Allison Stewart talking all things Brooklyn and summer in the city, wearing my @untappedny.bsky.social hat!

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Here comes the paperback release party for The Art Spy! It's a revival of my literary salon The Lit Salon in partnership with Barrington Hall in the Berkshires and Books & Cake. I'll be in conversation with former Brooklyn Museum president David Berliner buff.ly/Rkl3sMJ

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Buy Tickets – Michelle Young: The Art Spy, Paperback Launch – Barrington Hall

Michelle Young: The Art Spy, Paperback Launch – Barrington Hall, Wed Sep 9, 2026 - The Lit Salon at Barrington Hall Paperback Launch: The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II…

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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Buy Tickets – Michelle Young: The Art Spy, Paperback Launch – Barrington Hall

Michelle Young: The Art Spy, Paperback Launch – Barrington Hall, Wed Sep 9, 2026 - The Lit Salon at Barrington Hall Paperback Launch: The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II Resista...

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The paperback edition of The Art Spy will be out September 8th! I'm told that some publishers don't even issue a paperback anymore (shed a tear!) but The Art Spy will get one. Barnes & Nobles has a 25% off pre-order sale now and I'll be going on tour to celebrate it this fall! buff.ly/gFKfeYl

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Happy one year birthday to my book The Art Spy! This video is for all the readers and fans who sent me email, posted on social, sent me snail mail, made me art!! That’s the most moving and meaningful part of releasing a book into the world—the interactions I’ve had with readers all around the world.

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I'm very excited to announce that The Art Spy is longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Award! Honored to be among these great titles and to be a resident of this great state!

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PCH @pchone.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Watching the last episode now....it's so insanely depressing and tragic. #lovestory

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm on German TV! Talking about NYC history and nickelodeons here. We filmed in an empty floor of the Woolworth Building which was very cool! Mostly, I was pitching in for my colleague Justin who was trapped abroad (he appears in the episode too). buff.ly/vUwrcEi

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The Art Spy was Lenox Library's most checked out nonfiction book in 2025! This means a lot since it's one of the libraries in my area: the Berkshires, MA. I have great memories of talking to over 400 people at The Mount, Edith Wharton's house where I was married & to 200 more at Ventfort Hall!

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 18/03/2026

Lesbian Memoir/Biography Finalists Cont’d: The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by @michelleyoung.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @harperonebooks.bsky.social #Lammys2026

Image of 5 book covers representing the 2026 finalists for the Lammy Award in Lesbian Memoir/Biography.

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Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Art Spy by @michelleyoung.bsky.social !!!! So excited for Michelle!!! Maybe buy one?

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Art Spy is a finalist for a @LambdaLiterary.org Award for Best Lesbian Memoir/Biography! This nomination means a lot because of how deeply I researched Rose Valland's partner Joyce to bring them both to life. I spent 3 months just on that aspect & am truly touched it struck a chord with readers.

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Peter Steinberg @peter23.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Art Spy by @michelleyoung.bsky.social on here!!! Woo hoo!!!!

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Very honored that The Art Spy is a finalist for the Lambda Literary award!

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I have a new piece out at @forward.com closing the loop on a story I started writing about four years ago. It's taken me to New Mexico, Colorado & is tied directly to my book The Art Spy. Also, Congress will debate the HEAR Act on Nazi looted art this afternoon buff.ly/4aRlzT3

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His family was forced to sell their precious Pissarro painting before fleeing Nazi Germany; will he finally see justice?

Lilly Cassirer's last living heir awaits a legal ruling on a Camille Pissarro masterpiece

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

For Read Across America Week I went to read to my daughter’s 2nd grade class. As an author I felt a responsibility to convey how fun reading & writing is. I read 3 books: Five Stories by Ellen Weinstein, The Book with No Pictures by @bjnovak.bsky.social & one on Taiwan where my parents are from

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I do love a great bookstack. Great to see The Art Spy in @HarperCollins.bsky.social Women's History Month book picks!

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The Art Spy is on Goodreads' list of nonfiction reads for Women's History Month! Excited to see books by friends incl Sisterhood of Ravensbrook (Lynne Olson), Wild for Austen (Devoney Looser), Woman of War (Suzanne Cope), Paris Undercover (Matthew Goodman)

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New Nonfiction to Read This Women's History Month

Each year, in honor of Women's History Month, we like to pull together some kind of curated collection featuring nonfiction books on women's hist...

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Gigi Hadid, Sydney Sweeney and...me! What do we have in common? We've all been at the New York Stock Exchange recently! Here I am speaking on their podcast about my FAVORITE TOPIC of all time: the NYC pneumatic tube mail system tv.nyse.com/podcasts/vid...

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The Pneumatic Tube Network that Connected the NYSE - Podcasts - New York Stock Exchange - An Ice Exchange

Long before fiber optics and wireless networks, bursts of compressed air kept Wall Street moving. NYSE curator Dave D’Onofrio goes Inside the ICE House with archivist Anna Melo and urban historian Mic...

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The styling for Love Story about JFK Jr. & Carolyn Bessette is spot on. I worked at Calvin Klein in the 2000s as a fashion merchandiser. We were only allowed to use black paper clips and white Post It notes. We could only receive white flowers, preferably orchids. Black desks, chairs, hangers...

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Catch me on the New York Stock Exchange podcast talking about the women who transformed finance! Also on Spotify: buff.ly/qZi9sSb buff.ly/jRNMBtt

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History Series: Trailblazing Women Who Transformed Finance and Created a New Wall Street

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What an honor! The Art Spy is a finalist for the Marfield Prize, the National Award for Arts Writing. I’m in amazing company, including my friend Christopher Gorham, author of Matisse at War, a book I blurbed! We'll also both be at the Savannah Book Festival this weekend!

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Bianca Vandenbos @booknotions.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It was fun watching @tokyovice.bsky.social & @michelleyoung.bsky.social in this interview! I can’t wait to meet you both one day! Thank you Jake for mentioning the blog and I! 🥳 youtu.be/46lDhrghRUY?...

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From Undercover Reporter to Tokyo Vice: Jake Adelstein’s Life Inside Japan’s Crime World

YouTube video by I'll Get The Tip

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I've been doing a lot of podcasting and the episodes are out! First up: me and advertising legend Peter Friedman interviewing another legend: undercover yakuza reporter and crypto expert @tokyovice.bsky.social on I'll Get The Tip www.youtube.com/watch?v=46lD...

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From Undercover Reporter to Tokyo Vice: Jake Adelstein’s Life Inside Japan’s Crime World

YouTube video by I'll Get The Tip

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Excited to share that The Art Spy was named to the Texas Library Association's 2026 Texas Topaz Reading List! "It’s a story about courage, persistence, and how one person’s quiet actions made a lasting impact on history."

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

14 years ago I was cast in Steven Soderbergh's film Side Effects w/ Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta. Soderbergh wanted a cellist for a scene. I had my own trailer, hair & makeup & got to work 1 on 1 with Soderbergh! Discovered unpaid royalties today updating my SAG address!

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Finding all these love notes after the holidays is making me so happy!

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Thank you to Jewish Community Voices for recommending The Art Spy in these cold months! "In this well-written book, Young gives Valland the recognition she deserves. “The Art Spy” is non-fiction that reads like fiction." buff.ly/kXciMFE

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A good book will help keep winter’s chill away - Jewish Community Voice

When it’s too cold to go out in the evening, grab a cozy chair and a warm drink and settle in with a good book. We’re still working our way through all the new fiction that has recently arrived. Why…

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

How do you get kids these days to read? Read together & lead by example. Their self-prompted reading sesh: Charlotte: Harper's Bazaar Emma: Taking in the Picasso MoMA retrospective (she has opinions! 😂) Me: Reading about crypto crime in Japan (The Devil Takes Bitcoin) by @tokyovice.bsky.social

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Michelle Young @michelleyoung.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

On this 250th anniversary of #JaneAusten's birth, here is my mom's copy of Pride & Prejudice that she gave me when I was 8. I loved it so much, I got in trouble with my 4th grade teacher for reading it under my desk! Well Mrs. F, I am now an author myself! Also don't miss Wild for Austen!

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hana martin @nitramanah.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Don't miss this amazing conversation ⤵️

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