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laurie gwen shapiro skip to content menu laurie gwen shapiro home about books reviews gallery events press other work contact close menu the riveting and cinematic story of a partnership that would change the world forever in 1928 a young social worker and hobby pilot named amelia earhart arrived in the office of george putnam heir to the putnam sons throne and hitmaker on the hunt for the right woman for a secret flying mission across the atlantic a partnership professional and soon otherwise was born order now laurie gwen shapiro has dug deep into the archives and emerged with an exhilarating tale of the adventurous life of amelia earhart and the remarkable relationship that helped to forge her legend yet shapiro goes even further stripping away the myths and revealing something far more profound and intricate and true the aviator and the showman is one terrific book david grann new york times bestselling author of the wager and killers of the flower moon see more praise for the aviator and the showman the aviator and the showman has been selected as a 2026 kansas notable book i m especially touched because this honor comes from librarians readers educators and the people who keep books alive long after pub week has come and gone amelia earhart left kansas but kansas never really left amelia her roots there shaped the woman the myth and the american icon she became recognitions include the new yorker read an excerpt of the aviator and the showman in the new yorker the june 9th issue about the author laurie gwen shapiro is an award winning documentary filmmaker and journalist whose writing has appeared in the new yorker the atlantic the new york times new york the daily beast slate and other publications she is the author of the stowaway simon schuster 2018 a bestseller and indie next selection and the aviator and the showman amelia earhart george putnam and the marriage that made an american icon viking 2025 named one of the best books of the year by npr amazon the new yorker smithsonian magazine the new york post and history com her new yorker piece the improbable journey of dorothy parker s ashes won the damn history award in 2021 she also received the gold medallion in people profiles from the silurian press club for her new york times profile of world war ii pilot si spiegel she is an adjunct professor in the graduate program at the nyu arthur l carter journalism institute where she teaches feature writing photo credit franco vogt contact email directly at lgsnyc gmail com follow laurie on twitter facebook instagram and goodreads back to top facebook instagram twitter copyright laurie gwen shapiro 2026