I am a Guardian writer based in New York.

I blog here for Guardian U.S

My new book, SHE LEFT ME THE GUN: MY MOTHER'S LIFE BEFORE ME, is published this spring by The Penguin Press (U.S), and Faber (U.K). The book I wrote before that was about musicals.

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May 17th, 2013 Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA 02138 Reading/signing

May 21st, 2013 Books&Books, Coral Gables, FL, 33134-5008 Reading/signing

May 22nd, 2013, Malaprop's Bookstore&Cafe, Asheville, NC 2880 Reading/signing

May 28th, 2013, Tattered Cover, Denver, CO 80206 Reading/signing

May 29th, 2013 Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA 94925 Reading/Signing

May 30th, 2013 Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena, CA 91101 Reading/signing

May 31st, 2013 Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA 98122 Reading/signing

June 26th, 2013 BookCourt, Brooklyn 11217 Reading/Signing