News
Winner – Memoir Showcase, click above
TV, Radio & Podcast Interviews
KOMO News 4 – Local Author Flips the Fairy Tale Narrative on Its Head With New Book
Let’s Talk Memoir Podcast – Becoming the Hero of Our Own Story – with Ronit Plank, host
Northwest Book Talk KXRW radio interview 99.9 FM
Ira’s Everything Bagel – Noshing with Deb Miller
The Well-Tended Life Podcast – Rewriting Stories That Hold Us Back – with Keri Wilt, host
Adapt Me Podcast – Host Emily Malek and I discuss how to make the book into a Broadway play
The Healing Place Podcast – Learning to be Your Own Hero – with Teri Wellbrock, host
Stopping by the John and Heidi Radio Show – Broadcast on 313 Stations Across America
The Lisa Wexler Show – Follow Passions, Not Fairy Tales
Cyrus Webb – Author Deb Miller Stops by Amazon LIVE
Big Blend Radio Conversation – Mother and Daughter
Articles
Brevity Blog – Once Upon an Epigraph
Aspire Magazine – Top 10 Inspirational Books List
GirlTalkHQ – No More Fairy Tales – Debut Memoir Empowers Women To Write Their Own Happily Ever After
Sanctuary Magazine – Book Excerpt from Chapter 1
Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb and Deb Miller
Interview with the Chick Who Reads Everything
Women Writers, Women’s Books – From Damsel to Warrior, How Disney Princesses Shaped My Memoir
One More Exclamation Book Blog
Herself360 – Reinvention After 60 – And Why You’re Never Too Old to Flip the Script
Healthy Aging – Why Writing Your Story Might Be the Most Rewarding Thing You’ll Ever Do
Carmel Current – Debut Memoir Urges Readers to ‘Forget the Fairy Tale’
Shepherd – The Best Books About Modern-Day Warrior Princesses
Citywide Blackout – Five by Five: Charting Your Own Path to Happiness
Events
She Writes Press Publisher Retreat Panelist, Why the Name Matters: Rebranding Memoir as True Stories, Palm Springs, CA Oct 10
Write on the Sound, writing conference, presenting session on Marketing Memoir, Edmonds, WA, Oct 3-4
Northwest Book Fair, Vancouver, WA June 27 10am-3pm, Bonus: KXRW 99.9 FM Northwest Book Talk radio author interview to promote the book fair
The Pursuit of Happiness in the Modern World, speaker Purdue Women’s Conference 2026 June 25, Omni Severin Hotel, 40 W Jackson St, Indianapolis, IN
Truckee Literary Crawl Featured Author, Tahoe City, CA April 11
San Diego Writers Festival, Coronado Public Library, Panel On Love: Failed Fairytales, Complex Realities, and Finding Yourself March 28, Panelists: Bonnie Comfort, Deb Miller, Zoe Shaw, Katherine Woodward Thomas
Memoir Showcase by the International Memoir Writers Association in San Diego. Watch the award-winning scene from the book performed by Ruth Russell on stage. Check out the video here or in the “Book” Gallery!
Third Place Books, Ravenna: The Pursuit of Happiness Panel. Dr. Deb Miller with UW prof Tabitha Kirkland, PhD, and Ronit Plank, author and Let’s Talk Memoir podcast host.
Village Books Author Event: Bellingham/Fairhaven: with Dr. Anna Eblen, Emeritus Professor of Communication at Western Washington University
Barnes & Noble River Crossing Author Event: Indianapolis, IN with journalist, Samantha Kupiainen
Main Street Books Author Signing: Lafayette, IN
Morgenstern Books Author Event: Bloomington, IN, the largest independent bookstore in Indiana with Dr. Jennifer Maher of Indiana University
Fables & Fairy Tales Bookshop Author Signing: Martinsville, IN
Viewpoint Books – Author Event: Columbus, IN with Dr. Brenda Weber of Indiana University
Barnes & Noble Greenwood Author Signing: Greenwood, IN
PNWA Annual Conference – Panel: Grand Ballroom, Hilton Doubletree Seattle, Not Your Mother’s Memoir with author, Leslie Johansen Nack.
Liberty Bay Books – An Evening of Resilient Women. Enjoy a wine & cheese tasting and good conversation with three local authors at a charming indie bookstore.
Experience a Theatrical Crossover Book Launch, Barnes & Noble, Issaquah, WA. Applause, applause! Scenes from the book performed by local actresses from Eastside Catholic. Check out the video clips in the gallery!
Pub Day at the Pub – Celebrate FTFT’s publication day with Books and Beer, at Postdoc Brewing in Redmond, WA. Who loves a free beer? A portion of sales donated to Cedar Crest Academy.