author, journalist, documentary director - - Amelia Earhart's biographerhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mukpoe36s22uMy latest piece is up at The Forward. I wrote it today. Joel Shapiro gave Blue to the Kennedy Center as a permanent installation. Permanent lasted seven years. https://forward.com/.../joel-shapiro-jewish-sculptor.../ #JoelShapiro #KennedyCenter See less02 Sep 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukpoe36s22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mkxuv43zlk2yMay 16 & 17, noon to 2. Rare photos, hidden NYC, George Putnam drama, and Amelia’s first NYC home. @untappedny.bsky.social One-time tour. Members free. Non-members can buy tickets. Book here. ✈️ https://www.untappedcities.com/amelia-earharts-new-york-laurie-gwen-shapiro/03 May 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxuv43zlk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mjimoi4j7k2gMagic hour! Filming at Amelia Earhart’s old house today! More on this news to come. I did a lot of research here and know the family who lives here well. Hanging with the mayor of Harrison too! #ameliaearhart15 Apr 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjimoi4j7k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mj3hbvz6ac22Wilmington, NC. April 16. The Fuzzy Needle I’ll be reading from The Aviator and the Showman, then in conversation with John Jeremiah Sullivan, whose work I greatly admire, with live music by Julia Rothenberger. Talking Amelia Earhart! Proceeds go to local literacy efforts. Come if you’re nearby.09 Apr 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3hbvz6ac22https://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mgxeeyq5n22gMy new piece up at @smithsonianmag.bsky.social for Einstei’s birthday and Pi Day! #einstein #piday https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/albert-einstein-played-with-these-building-blocks-as-a-child-heres-how-they-helped-shape-his-magnificent-mind-180988349/13 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxeeyq5n22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mfx6ix2yhc2lThis one came together fast. Posted a Neil Sedaka song, an old camp friend said her dad played with him in the Catskills, and 24 hours later I had an oral history for The Forward from the dad, Howie Tichler. https://forward.com/culture/808891/neil-sedaka-appreciation-catskills/28 Feb 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfx6ix2yhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mezenijczk2mhttps://forward.com/culture/570827/frederick-wiseman-menus-plaisirs-les-troisgros/17 Feb 2026 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mezenijczk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mbtu25nol22rNew book news: I’m writing a narrative nonfiction story about Albert Einstein. Grateful to my agent @peter23.bsky.social at UTA and my editor Emily at Viking, who steered The Aviator and the Showman. Very ready. And so very grateful. @unitedtalentagency.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social07 Jan 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtu25nol22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3mb5jzqsokk22This landed in my inbox today! On Wednesday, January 7 at 6:30 pm, I will be in conversation at The New York Historical with David Rubenstein for the History with David Rubenstein series. We will talk Amelia Earhart, and also George Putnam, the P.T. Barnum of Publishing. @nyhistory.bsky.social29 Dec 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5jzqsokk22https://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3maykrclnik2xThe Aviator and the Showman was included on the New York Post's 30 Best Books of 2025 - I don't always agree with their political coverage but I am startled all the time how good their book coverage is. This is true! Go figure. Here's the whole article - https://nypost.com/.../enterta.../the-30-best-books-of-2025/27 Dec 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3maykrclnik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m7qkwmwtp22oThis made my day. History.com named The Aviator and the Showman one of the Best New History Books of 2025. One of 12 books! @vikingbooks.bsky.social @history.com Link in comments. https://www.history.com/articles/best-new-history-books-202511 Dec 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qkwmwtp22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m7lwqjkanc2e❤️‼️‼️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7lwqjkanc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m75vjy6d5s2r6 a.m. at Baltimore airport, headed to the first stop on my three-city Texas run. Houston, Austin, Waco. Killing time with the news on my phone and spot in the New York Times holiday gift guide there is a little “also consider” line for The Aviator and the Showman! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/books/review/books-holiday-gift-guide.html04 Dec 2025 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75vjy6d5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m73y6s4rss2kMiami! Back for one night only to moderate Susan Orlean’s new memoir JOYRIDE at Books & Books Coral Gables on Dec 12 at 7 pm. She is one of the writers who nudged me into nonfiction as a fan, and this is my favorite book of the year so far. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-susan-orlean-laurie-gwen-shapiro-tickets-1617739023969?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshiosi03 Dec 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73y6s4rss2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m6hqu237cc26A top 10 history book year at Smithsonian “Shapiro reveals a more complex Earhart than often acknowledged, a woman who was ‘ambitious, courageous, intelligent, curious, sexual, overconfident, lazy, kindhearted, shrewd and flawed.’” @smithsonianmag.bsky.social https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ten-best-history-books-of-2025-180987706/25 Nov 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hqu237cc26https://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m6fdujzgv22yVery happy to share that NPR’s annual roundup “Books We Love” feature (2025 edition) included THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN! @npr.org24 Nov 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fdujzgv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m6czcfdxgs2iExcited! I will be on CSpan’s BookTV from the Miami Book Fair, talking about The Aviator and the Showman and the marriage of Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam. There are so many writers here! - feel very grateful to be interviewed for television. @vikingbooks.bsky.social #ameliaearhart23 Nov 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6czcfdxgs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m5wbaw637s2jA YouTube link for my ABC News Australia appearance talking Amelia Earhart https://youtu.be/vCgubujNmK0?si=-C9inPR_8J05B9jf18 Nov 2025 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wbaw637s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m5vzpp7o5c2eA few screenshots from my appearance this morning on The World on ABC News Australia. https://iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2508V182S00 My segment is LONG and begins at 35:34 and runs to 46:35.18 Nov 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vzpp7o5c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m5tzpsce3k2fgift link quoted in the Times today! #ameliaearhart https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-amelia-earhart-flight-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.108.bL19.8jAbliqyPlcF&smid=url-share17 Nov 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tzpsce3k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m5k7aqjvns2hSo happy and grateful to have The Aviator and the Showman named one of Amazon’s best biographies and memoirs of 2025 https://www.amazon.com/b/?_encoding=UTF8&node=17296225011&ref_=cct_cg_BOTY25EN_2a1&pf_rd_p=f0e76aae-2ab8-4c83-9cd4-2aa59dc3a8cd&pf_rd_r=XGTHKV30B93Z8JWD40DW13 Nov 2025 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5k7aqjvns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m5fel2xbzc2lWhat an honor to be interviewed by @npr.org Scott Simon https://open.substack.com/pub/scottsimonspeaks/p/scott-simons-open-book-laurie-gwen?r=iemc12 Nov 2025 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5fel2xbzc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m52e5qitk22nI am the latest guest on THE BOWERY BOYS, my favorite podcast. Dreams come true! Talking about Amelia Earhart, natch! #ameliaearhart @boweryboys.bsky.social https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2025/11/the-many-mysteries-of-amelia-earhart.html07 Nov 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52e5qitk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m476s7cups2mone time Amelia Earhart in NYC walking tour Dec 9 - only 20 spots. @untappedny.bsky.social https://www.untappedcities.com/amelia-earharts-new-york-laurie-gwen-shapiro/27 Oct 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m476s7cups2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lauriestories.bsky.social/post/3m2cl2atz3k2p🚨 Registration is open! Date: Thursday, Oct 9. Time: 6:00–8:00pm EDT Location: 20 Cooper Square, Room 7C I'll be at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU for a lively conversation between me & Daniel Zalewski, esteemed Features Director of The New Yorker. He is the best in the business. https://events.nyu.edu/event/367149-in-conversation-the-new-yorkers-daniel-zale03 Oct 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:secdubauilx5uvc6dfhd7a7p/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2cl2atz3k2p