Check out @wnyc's The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast interview with Mark Hertsgaard, author of BIG RED'S MERCY. Mark shares the story of Deborah “Big Red” Cotton, a Black racial justice activist, who forgave the young Black men who shot her during a mass shooting in 2013. 🕯️
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'SHAKE IT UP, BABY is a gritty account of the Beatles’ rise to fame. Shake It Up Baby breaks down The Beatles’ concerts, business deals, sleepless nights, and bloody fights month by month during the transitional year of 1963,' writes PopMatters. 🎶 popmatters.com/beatles-shake-…

‘You have to see it in context’: a survivor explores the backstory to a Mother’s Day mass shooting theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Ken McNab's Shake It Up, Baby! –breaks down the Beatles’ concerts, business deals, sleepless nights, and bloody fights month by month during the transitional year of 1963. – Peter Thomas Webb

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#PMPick Shake It Up Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania and the Mayhem…

Excited to share my new essay for The Wall Street Journal, about the importance of 'self-expansion' for relationships, based on some research for my new book.

Feeling romantic inertia? The science says: forget the candlelit dinner and go for a hike, writes David Robson wsj.com/lifestyle/rela…

My book has arrived and I’m pre-signing the first batch at Browseabout Books. On sale June 4! Pegasus Books Leah Spiro

Thrilled to announce my debut novel, THE GOOD DAUGHTERS, a friendship and coming of age story set in London in 1912, as four friends risk everything for the right to vote. Thank you to my agent Shannon Hassan & editor Pegasus Books books for believing in me and in this story! 💜

BookSparks is taking it to the courts this summer and I’m so excited to see Hall of Mirrors on their #SRC2024 lineup! 🎾🏆📖 Which books are you set on reading this summer? #GameSetRead  ✨📚src2024.booksparks.com Pegasus Books

My Young Elizabeth research highlight was holding history in my hands British Library: an incomplete New Testament containing a poem written by Elizabeth. Check out my book for my theory, it’s a tantalising possibility! 📚 C.45.a.13. Michael O'Mara Books Pegasus Books

What a joy to join FOX 5 DC and Marina Marraco this afternoon to chat about the Boy Scouts rebrand to Scouting America. My first (!!) live TV interview was an absolute blast.

“Wounded in the biggest mass shooting in modern New Orleans history, African American activist Deborah Cotton embodied a true-crime parable of America’s Obama-Trump era,” writes The Nation on BIG RED'S MERCY by Mark Hertsgaard. ✍️
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Here's a slice of my Substack for a sunny afternoon Headline Non-Fiction Pegasus Books

BIG RED'S MERCY author Mark Hertsgaard explains the story of Deborah Cotton and how the New Orleans Mother's Day tragedy foreshadowed the Black Lives Matter Movement. Read more in NOLA.com.
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MORALLY STRAIGHT author Mike De Socio joins FOX 5 DC to discuss the Boy Scouts of America's rebrand to 'Scouting America' and the importance of LGBTQ+ inclusivity!
fox5dc.com/video/1453398

AN ASSASSIN IN UTOPIA author #SusanWels discusses her new book and James Garfield's Presidency on History Hit💥 with Don Wildman! 🇺🇸
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The news about Scouting America is a great step toward gender inclusivity, but I'd love to see the org go even further. For The Advocate, I wrote about why they must fully embrace nonbinary youth: advocate.com/voices/boy-sco…

What is the mystery surrounding the great Everest explorer George Mallory? FALLEN author mick conefrey tells all in CrimeReads! 🏔️
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TO THE GORGE is officially out and available everywhere books are sold.

To the Gorge is a story about my 460-mile run across the Oregon PCT to celebrate my brave and inspiring mom. It's a story born from loss, but it's a lot about live. tinyurl.com/ycyfh3bt

Check out the The Post and Courier's interview with #JasonRyan about his new book SWAMP KINGS, which tackles the string of crimes tied to the Murdaugh family –– which flew under the radar for far too long. ✍️
postandcourier.com/free-times/art…

Thanks so much to the brilliant Helen Edwards for sending me this photo of #Lightborne 's stellar review in last Sunday's The Times and The Sunday Times. It's almost as good as seeing the real thing!