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TODAY Show’s Kathie Lee Gifford names ‘The Accidental Empress’ One of her “Favorite Things”

Screen Shot 2015-02-04 at 1.15.30 PMCue the song from The Sound of Music. La la la la la la These are a few of my favorite things!

If you, like me, are a huge fan of the TODAY Show, then you know that the hostesses with the most-ess, Kathie Lee and Hoda, regularly pick their “Favorite Things” and dish on them to the audience.

Guess what?! Kathie Lee Gifford named my novel The Accidental Empress her “Favorite Thing” this week!

It has been a whirlwind week getting set for the launch of this book, and I find myself feeling more and more grateful for all the support I’ve received. Thank you, Kathie Lee and Hoda, and I can’t wait to join you on the show in a couple of weeks!

See the full video on the TODAY Show‘s official website.

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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 fifth historical novel, The Queens Fortune, released February 2020 and her second children’s book, Poppy Takes Paris released May of 2020. Her instant bestseller The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post came out in early 2022. Her next historical fiction novel, Finding Margaret Fuller, hit the shelves March of 2024.
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