MARK SHAW at Books Inc. Palo Alto

Join author and friend of the store Mark Shaw at Books Inc. Palo Alto for a reading and signing of his new novel, Girls Around the World!Bestselling author Mark Shaw reveals for the first time the untold details of the inspiring friendship in the mid-1930s between Dorothy Kilgallen, the intrepid young journalist, and Amelia Earhart, the courageous, pioneering aviatrix. Their mutual support ran deep, with Dorothy covering up close Amelia’s historic 1932 solo transatlantic flight, and Amelia taking a strong, personal interest in Dorothy’s famous 24-day “Race Around the World,” celebrated this year on its 90th anniversary, against two older male reporters in 1936.As Dorothy put it, “I’m off on a race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men. I’ll circle the globe by plane, blimp, motor, train and bus, perhaps even by camel or bicycle if they’ll get me where I want to go.”When Earhart’s plane was lost at sea, Kilgallen wrote a July 7, 1937 NY Evening Journal article which included a compelling account as to why Earhart’s plane had mysteriously disappeared while revealing that “My heart is with Amelia Earhart today, wherever she is—and I pray that wherever she is, she is safe.”Without question, Girl Around the World describes the enormous respect these strong-willed, pioneering women had for each other as they risked their lives smashing one glass ceiling after another._____Mark Shaw, a noted historian and the bestselling author of The Reporter Who Knew Too Much is a former noted criminal defense attorney and ESPN, USA Today and ABC trial analyst for the Mike Tyson, O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant cases. He is also a respected investigative reporter who has published nearly 30 books including biographies of Tyson, spy Jonathan Pollard and Holocaust survivor Cecelia Rexin as well as six touching on the assassination.Presentations and interviews about Mr. Shaw’s last five books have garnered more than 16 million YouTube views. Mark’s alma mater Purdue University is archiving his body of work alongside those of Neil Armstrong and Amelia Earhart (press release at https://tinyurl.com/yyth7afp.)More about Mr. Shaw, a member of the California Bar and the Thomas Merton Society is available at https://www.markshawbooks.com.