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Oriana Fallaci was born a rebel. She fought beside her father at age fourteen in Italy's Resistance against the Nazis and overcame poverty, the lack of a university education, and relentless sexism in the newsroom. By 1973 when she moved to New York, Oriana Fallaci was hailed by Newsweek as the greatest interviewer of her day. She became famous for her courageous and hard-hitting interviews with Kissinger, Arafat, Meir, Khomeini, and other world leaders--not to mention the most prominent celebrities and artists of her day. That same year, 1973, she did what no journalist is supposed to do: she fell in love with one of her subjects, Alexander Panagoulis, the Greek poet and hero. Oriana had finally found what she longed for: a full life. But can a woman ever have it all, or does life always exact a price? Oriana is the first novel about the glamorous and fearless Italian journalist whom Christiane Amanpour has called her role model for asking tough questions--and who holds a place beside Mike Wallace and Barbara Walters when naming world-class interviewers. This biographical novel tells the story of one of the first women to break through the glass ceiling of journalism, a woman who wasn't afraid to speak truth to power and who revolutionized her field, all while trying to balance her career with love and happiness.

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Anastasia Rubis's writing has appeared in the New York Times, Huffington Post, New York Observer, Creative Nonfiction, North American Review, [PANK], Fiction International, and Literary Mama. One of her stories, ""Girl Falling,"" was named a Notable Essay in Best Essays of 2014. Another, ""Blue Pools,"" was included in the anthology Oh, Baby. She cowrote and codirected a thirteen-minute documentary titled Breakfast Lunch Dinner: The Greek Diner Story on YouTube. She earned a BA magna cum laude from Brown University and an MA from Montclair State University, where she taught essay writing. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter and spends summers in Greece, where her parents were born. Anthoula Katsimatides is an actor, writer, producer, and voice-over artist. A member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA, a true artist at heart, her passion for storytelling comes through with every role she performs and every word she reads. As a child of Greek immigrants, Anthoula is proficient in the Greek language and has mastered a Mediterranean accent. She was born, raised, and currently lives in NYC with her husband, dog Dixie, and two kitties, Nacho and Stripey. Having earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in education, Anthoula was an account executive in the advertising world and then a high school English teacher. Later she worked with former governor George Pataki as a community affairs assistant. After September 11th, 2001, the governor appointed Anthoula to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation where she worked on the massive rebuilding effort. Subsequently, she was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to the board of directors of The National September 11th Memorial & Museum, where she continues to volunteer in the effort to never forget.

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