Tucson Festival of Books | Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, New York, Slate and Aeon. She comes to the festival with "The Aviator and the Showman," which explores the relationship between Amelia Earhart and George Putnam before she and her plane disappeared. Shapiro now lives in New York City and is an adjunct professor in the master's program at NYU's Journalism Institute.

Communities: secular Jewish

Scheduled events:

Off the Beaten Path

These authors tell treacherous, courageous, and pioneering stories of adventurers whose offbeat travels capture our imaginations and all our senses.

Integrated Learning Center Room 120 (Seats 300, Wheelchair accessible)

Sat, Mar 14, 4:00 pm - 4:55 pm
History / Biography
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)

Panelists: Nathalia Holt, Sam Kean, Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Moderator: Mark McLemore
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Hudson Group, Marshall Foundation, Cary and Christy Sandman

Who Was Amelia Earhart, Really?

Amelia Earhart is one of the most famous names in the history of aviation, but who was she, really? In some ways, Earhart's life was as mysterious as her death, and in this discussion author Laurie Gwen Shapiro will look at the aviator's life ... and her legend.

Arizona Daily Star Stage (Seats 250)

Sun, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 1:55 pm
History / Biography
Signing area: Signing - Arizona Daily Star (following presentation)

Panelist: Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Moderator: John Humenik
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Arizona Daily Star

Books:

The Aviator and the Showman

Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon
History / Biography
Penguin Group
July 2025
ISBN 9780593295908
512 pages
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The Stowaway

A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
History / Biography
Simon & Schuster
January 2019
ISBN 9781476753874
272 pages
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