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Allison at Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row Lit Fest 2016!

Love a good Literary Festival in the summer in Chicago? Then please come join us at the Printers Row List Fest this weekend!

Glamour Girls: Melanie Benjamin Allison Pataki, Gioia Diliberto moderated by Elly Fishman

Panel
  • Sunday 11:00 am — 11:45 am
How the allure of beauty and glamour manifests itself in the imagination and literature will be discussed with historical novelists Melanie Benjamin, author of “The Swans of Fifth Avenue” and Allison Pataki, “Sisi: Empress on Her Own,” and Gioia Diliberto author of “Diane von Furstenberg: A Life Unwrapped” in a conversation with Elly Fishman of Chicago magazine
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Allison Pataki

Allison Pataki

Allison Pataki is a New York Times Bestselling author with a passion for telling the stories of leading ladies lost in history. Her debut novel, The Traitor’s Wife, came out in 2014 and her second novel, The Accidental Empress, came out in February 2015. Allison’s third New York Times Bestseller, Sisi: Empress on Her Own, hit shelves March 2016. In 2017 her fourth historical novel, Where the Light Falls, was published. Beauty in the Broken Places was released in 2019, a Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience. In May 2019 she published her first children’s book, Nelly Takes New York. Her latest and fifth historical novel, The Queens Fortune, releases February 2020 and her second children’s book, Poppy Takes Paris releases May of 2020.
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post
An epic reimagining of the remarkable life of Marjorie Merriweather Post, the American heiress and trailblazing leader of the twentieth century.
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The Queen's Fortune
A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s heart, created a dynasty, and changed the course of history—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Traitor’s Wife, The Accidental Empress, and Sisi.
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