Book cover of “The Revolutionary.” Photo via Amazon.com A Pulitzer Historian Has Another Winner She has spent years researching, and then giving readers fascinating takes on, people like Cleopatra, the Salem Witches,... News 26 Oct 2022 | 11:36
“Heave on the Hudson” book cover. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Azzarone Down By the Riverside Riverside Park is longer than Central Park by an extra 18 blocks. It stretches long and lean against the Hudson River with... News 13 Sep 2022 | 01:28
Cover of “The Scandalous Hamiltons.” Photo courtesy of Bill Shaffer The New York Scandal that Captivated America During the Gilded Age In 1889, Robert Ray Hamilton, the great-grandson of Alexander Hamilton, was looking to divorce the sex worker who had supposedly... News 29 Jul 2022 | 11:44
Author Zibby Owens. Photo: Kyle Owens The Park Avenue Podcast Queen Turned Author Upper East Sider Zibby Owens is on the move. The 45-year old energetic Jewish mother of four and “Good Morning America” regular... City Arts 06 May 2022 | 12:53
Author Mike DeCapite. Photo: Nathaniel Siegel A Lover in the City He wouldn’t say it, shy and mellow as he is, but Mike DeCapite has written the New York novel of the moment. A love story... News 01 Mar 2022 | 01:45
Photo via Amazon.com Bridging the American Islands James Hime is an Arkansas-born, sometime-New Yorker and currently world-traveled Texan whose first book, “The Night of The... Voices 16 Feb 2022 | 03:42
Photo via Amazon.com A Music Mogul Writes About the ‘Hollytics’ of 2020 New Yorker Danny Goldberg has had a long and varied career. He has run prestigious record companies, managed folks like Kurt... News 02 Nov 2021 | 11:25
Erik Larson speaking in Toronto, 2015. Photo: Wanderland, via Flickr Erik Larson Tells a Ghost Story Erik Larson has taken us inside a World’s Fair in Chicago in 1893, filled with magic, mystery and murder. He has taken us... News 28 Sep 2021 | 02:16
Caricature of Hirschfeld by Don Bevan. Courtesy of Sardi’s Hirschfeld: The Life Outside the Lines For decades, the name “Nina” conjured thoughts of hidden squiggles, swirls, and surprises, as thousands of fans hunted for... City Arts 08 Sep 2021 | 01:21
Author Lauren Layne. Photo: Anthony LeDonne Love is in the Air (and Online) on the Streets of New York Lauren Layne was always destined — or determined — to become a writer of romance novels. “I don’t know if it was just fate... News 26 Jul 2021 | 10:15
Author Lea Geller. Photo: Jason Roth A Beach Read Set in What New Yorkers Consider the Country If you’re searching for a New York-centric beach read with a fun and (somewhat) relatable twist, look no further than Lea... News 14 Jun 2021 | 11:51
Photo via Amazon.com Eli’s Final Chapter Even though I enjoyed talking with Eli, I saw him too infrequently to imagine that he would someday teach me about living... Voices 04 Jun 2021 | 10:40
Photo via Amazon.com A New Book That Takes Us Back His friends, and many in the entertainment business, still call him Woody. And while he has penned some well-known films,... News 26 May 2021 | 01:02
Photo via Amazon.com A New Book About Our Old City Thomas Dyja, who lives on the Upper West Side, has spent the last eight years raising two children, publishing a book about... News 07 Apr 2021 | 12:02
Photo courtesy of Bob Gruen A Life of Chronicling Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Bob Gruen says he has been thinking of writing a memoir for 50 years. Now 74, and with the help of journalist Dave Thompson,... News 17 Mar 2021 | 12:38
