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Arcade Books Window Blitz (Rye, NY): July 10, 2018


Rye Library Launch Event (Rye, NY): July 10, 2018




Bryant Park Reading Room (NYC, NY): July 11, 2018

In conversation with author Fiona Davis
Bookseller: Kinokuniya
St. Martin’s Press publishing team: Jordan Hanley, Brittani Hilles, and Lauren Jablonski
Lucy was a Miss Subways finalist in the 40s!


Kerri Rosenthal Concept Shop (Westport, CT): July 12, 2018

Hosted by Kerri Rosenthal and Elizabeth Moyer (Pretty Pink Tulips)


Portrait painted by Kerri!

Ellen's Stardust Diner (New York, NY): July 17, 2018

Miss Subways winners from 1946-1976
1940s Miss Subways: Enid Berkowitz Schwarzbaum (July ’46)
1950s Miss Subways. LtoR: Marie Crittenden Kettler (Jan/Feb ’57), Mary Gardiner Timoney (May/June ’53), Ellen Hart Sturm (Jan/Feb ’59)
1960s Miss Subways. LtoR: Dolores Mitchell Byrne (Jan/Feb ’61), Rosalind Cinclini Catena (Jan-June ’65), Eileen Ryan Keating (July/Aug 1969), Maureen Walsh Roaldsen (Feb-Aug ’68)
1970s Miss Subways: Ayanna Scott Lawson (April-Oct 75), Josephine Lazzaro O’Halloran (Dec ’75-April ’76), Sonia Dominguez (June-Oct ’74), Heide Hafner (May-Oct ’76)

Ellen Hart Sturm, Miss Subways March/April 1959
Susie interviews Ellen
Ellen treated the audience to a song
Fox5 interviewing Enid
Being interviewed for Fox5

I loved meeting Enid in person after having interviewed her over the phone.
Marie Crittenden Kettler (Jan/Feb ’57)
Dolores Mitchell Byrne (Jan/Feb ’61)
Rosalind Cinclini Catena (Jan-June ’65)
Maureen Walsh Roaldsen (Feb-Aug ’68)

Sonia Dominguez (June-Oct ’74)
Ayanna Scott Lawson (April-Oct 75)
Josephine Lazzaro O’Halloran (Dec ’75-April ’76)
Maureen Walsh Roaldsen (Feb-Aug ’68)

Mary Gardiner Timoney (May/June ’53) was another Miss Subways I interviewed while researching my novel. It was wonderful to meet her!
Eileen Ryan Keating (July/Aug 1969)
Thanks for coming Sharon and Joanne!
Signing a book for Lucy, a finalist from the 40s.

Couldn’t resist 😉

Books are Magic (Brooklyn, NY): July 26, 2018

Have always wanted to take a photo in front of this mural at Books are Magic!
With author Carola Lovering (Tell Me Lies)
Jamie Blynn, US Magazine, interviewed us

Author Nicola Krauss
Author Jamie Brenner
Author Georgia Clark
Bookstagrammer NYCBookGirl, Morgan Hoit
Thanks for coming, Gentry!

Thanks for coming, Benjamin!
Author Nora Zelevansky
One last shot…

Politics and Prose (Washington, DC): July 26, 2018

In conversation with authors Michele Campbell (SHE WAS THE QUIET ONE), Rea Frey (NOT HER DAUGHTER), and Kelli Clare (HIDDEN)

Dune Deck Beach Club (Westhampton Beach, NY): July 28, 2018

Authors Elyssa Friedland and Cristina Alger
Book sales by Harbor Books, Sag Harbor

Book cover treats by Treat House NYC


The Subway Girls In The Wild

Barnes & Noble, NYC
Barnes & Noble, PHiladelphia
Kinokuniya, NYC
Barnes & Noble, Fifth Ave
Barnes & Noble, South Bend, IN

Village Bookstore, Pleasantville, NY
The Voracious Reader, Larchmont, NY
Kimberly Williams Paisley
The Subway Girls in Israel

The Subway Girls In The Subway

NYC by @bookbaristas
NYC by @shes.always.reading
NYC by @shes.always.reading
Boston by @jennablum

Boston by @pureaders
Boston by @pureaders
Boston by @pureaders
Los Angeles by @booksfortheliving
Los Angeles by @booksfortheliving

Los Angeles by @booksfortheliving
Los Angeles by @booksfortheliving
Los Angeles by @booksfortheliving
Los Angeles by @danidsfavereads
Los Angeles by @danidsfavereads

Encino Launch Event (Encino, CA): August 2, 2018

With author Allison Winn Scotch
With Allison and bookstagrammer @coffeebythenovel



Book Soup (West Hollywood, CA): August 3, 2018

With author Taylor Jenkins Reid



NBA Women's Network (New York, NY): August 15, 2018


Adventures By The Book at Ignite Bistro (Carlsbad, CA): August 18, 2018

With author Liz Fenton



Princeton Book Club (Princeton, NJ): August 22, 2018


New Rochelle Book Club (New Rochelle, NY): September 13, 2018


Peachtree City Book Club (Peachtree City, GA): September 17, 2018


Westerville Book Club (Westerville, OH): September 24, 2018


SPANX Event (Atlanta, GA): September 25, 2018

With SPANX Founder/CEO Sara Blakely
With Sara Blakely and author Jesse Itzler
Being interviewed by Bookstagrammer Alex @the.blonde.bookworm

@the.blonde.bookworm

With author Kimberly Belle
Bookstagrammer @edreviana


Scarsdale JCC (Scarsdale, NY): September 27, 2018

From L to R: Moderator Lynda Cohen Loigman, Jackie Friedland and Amy Blumenthal

Community Synagogue of Rye (Rye, NY): October 4, 2018


Bucks County Book Fest (Doylestown, PA): October 14, 2018

From L: Janet Benton, L.A. Chandlar, Lauren Grodstein


Houston Book Launch (Houston, TX): October 16, 2018

With hosts Krista Hensel & Cindy Hill Burnett and author Amy Poeppel
Book event guests
With author Katherine Center
McKenna Jordan from Murder By The Book

Book club lunch guests

Rye Book Club (Rye, NY): October 18, 2018


Coco and Co. (Delray Beach, FL): October 23, 2018

Moderator Kirsten Stanley, Coco and Co. owner Carrie Delafield, and event host Penny Kosinski
Flo from Book Nerds Across America

With my cousins Dina and Michael

Ridgewood Book Club (Ridgewood, NJ): October 25, 2018


Nashville Book Party (Nashville, TN): November 6, 2018

My host Dorothy Sifford
Jennifer Puryear of Bacon on the Bookshelf blog moderated the event
Amazing balloons by Vroom Vroom Balloons!
Book sales by Parnassus Books


Miami JCC Women's Day Luncheon (Miami, FL): November 8, 2018




Houston JCC Book Lovers Lunch (Houston, TX): November 12, 2018

With author Rosellen Brown and event Patron Sponsor Joyce Cramer (also known as the only photo, ever, where I look tall)

Atlanta JCC Book Festival (Atlanta, GA): November 14, 2018

With author Kitty Zeldis and moderator Adrianne Murchison
The festival poster
A Capella Books pop-up shop

Larchmont Public Library (Larchmont, NY): November 18, 2018


College of Staten Island (Staten Island, NY): December 2, 2018

Sid Jacobson JCC (East Hills, NY): December 6, 2018

Scarsdale JCC (Scarsdale, NY): December 7, 2018

Woman's Club of Larchmont Book and Author Luncheon (Larchmont, NY): December 14, 2018


With authors Julia Pierpont and Richard Sandomir

Harrison Book Club (Harrison, NY): January 9, 2019


Rye Book Club (Rye, NY): January 15, 2019


Main Line Reform Temple (Wynnewood, PA): January 22, 2019



Purchase Free Library (Purchase, NY): January 31, 2019


Tully Library (Tully, NY): February 4, 2019


Streetman Book Club (Streetman, TX): February 22, 2019


Ramsey Free Library (Ramsey, NJ): February 27, 2019







Kaplen JCC Sunday of Strong Women (Tenafly, NJ): March 24, 2019



Greenwich JCC (Greenwich, CT): March 27, 2019

With authors Dawn Raffel and Angela Himsel

Levis JCC Literary Afternoon (Boca Raton, FL): April 2, 2019


Russell JCC (North Miami Beach, FL): April 2, 2019


Mandell JCC Book Festival (W. Hartford, CT): May 14, 2019


With author B.A. Shapiro and moderator Jillian Puzzo of BookBarCT

Old Oaks Country Club Lecture Series (Purchase, NY): September 22, 2019


Rye Book Club (Rye, NY): October 15, 2019

Closter Public Library Meet the Author (Closter, NJ): October 28, 2019



Harrison Public Library Meet the Author (Harrison, NY): November 20, 2019




Woman's Club of Rye Club Day (Rye, NY): January 7, 2020

Winner of the raffle prize that raised money for the Club’s efforts: an ARC of We Came Here to Shine

The Benjamin School Book Club (Palm Beach, FL): January 27, 2020


Dallas Book Club: December 16, 2020

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