Author event! Nicola Kraus x Jenny Bicks

Zibby's Bookshop is excited to host Nicola Kraus and Jenny Bicks to celebrate the launch of Nicola's latest novel, THE BEST WE COULD HOPE FOR!

About the book:

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a powerful novel about family, the weight of secrets, the choices we make, and the repercussions of the decisions made for us.

When Bunny Linden abandons her three children with her older sister, Jayne, in 1972, she knows Jayne will be the perfect mother. The mother Bunny, a teen runaway, could never be.

As months turn into years without word, Jayne and her husband, Rodger, a rising journalism star, strive to give the children the opportunity to flourish and feel loved. When Jayne and Rodger finally have a child of their own, a seemingly stable home is built. But then, after nearly a decade, Bunny resurfaces and sets a chain of events in motion that detonates all their lives.

As adults, their children try to reassemble the pieces and solve the mystery that has always haunted them. Who were their parents? What really happened between them? And who is ultimately to blame for the destruction? But will the answers they seek set them free―or lead to something far more damaging than anyone imagined?

About the speakers:

Nicola Kraus has coauthored, with Emma McLaughlin, ten novels, including the international #1 bestseller The Nanny Diaries, Citizen Girl, Dedication, and The Real Real. Nicola has contributed to the Times (of London), the New York Times, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Town & Country, and Maxim, as well as two short story collections to benefit the War Child fund: Big Night Out and Girls’ Night Out. In 2015 she co-founded the creative consulting firm The Finished Thought, which helps the next generation of aspiring authors find their voice and audience. Through her work there, she has collaborated on several New York Times nonfiction bestsellers. For more information, visit www.nicolakrausauthor.com.

Jenny Bicks is a television and film writer and producer. Her series credits include “Seinfeld,” “Dawson’s Creek” and HBO's "Sex and The City". She wrote on “Sex and The City” for all six seasons, rising to the rank of executive producer. Her work on the series earned her several major awards, including an Emmy® Award, multiple Golden Globes and Producers Guild Awards and three WGA nominations.

Bicks created and show-ran comedy “Leap of Faith”, starring Sarah Paulson, for NBC and dramedy "Men In Trees", starring Ann Heche, on ABC. She Executive Produced and Show-ran Showtime’s critically acclaimed “The Big C,” starring Laura Linney, for all four seasons. Her work on that show earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She Executive produced and show-ran “Divorce”, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, for HBO and she recently completed the second season of her half hour mocumentary series “Welcome to Flatch” for Fox. She is currently developing her half-hour comedy “One Euro” for Apple with Paul Feig directing as well as adapting the best-selling “Nanny Diaries” for Warner Brothers TV.

In the feature world, her writing credits include “What a Girl Wants,” “Rio 2” and “The Greatest Showman” starring Hugh Jackman. That film garnered three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture. Disney is currently preparing for Showman for a stage production. She is currently adapting Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel “Sex and Vanity” for Sony Pictures and a spy comedy to be directed by Paul Feig for Paramount.

Her short film, “Gnome”, which she wrote and directed, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and went on to win numerous awards around the world.

Bicks has taught and mentored at The Sundance Labs, Hedgebrook, Humanitas and The Austin TV Festival, among others.

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