Events & Press

Lecture and presentation for Il Cenacolo Italian Cultural Club held at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club in March of 2022. | Blog post based on this lecture: How The Godfather Movies Changed My Life: A Proud Granddaughter of Abruzzo

KGO Radio Armed Services Network – LADY IN ERMINE ON THE BIG SCREEN: Hear legendary film critic Jan Wahl tell who plays Sofonisba. Listen here: https://youtu.be/3_0jgi6d5-c

2016 Finalist in Fiction, San Francisco Writers Conference

Commonwealth Club of San Francisco – Renaissance Artist Sofonisba Anguissola – February 2020 | archive & recording

Featured at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy


“Lady in Ermine captures Sofonisba’s 16th century, from lavish court life to its treatment of women,”
–Ferrante Anguissola d’altoe`, Milan

Featured at the Prado Museum book store, Madrid, Spain.




“Auguro mucho éxito con su novela” [I predict a lot of success with your novel.]
–Cristina Aloisetta, Directora Gerente/ General Manager Prado Bookstore, Museo Nacional Del Prado Difusion, October 22, 2019, opening day A Tale of Two Women Painters

Sausalito Books By The Bay – Interview & Book Talk, October 2020

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books – April 2020

The San Diego Museum of Art – Book talk and gallery tour – March 2020

Litquake & Women’s National Book Association – Speaking Memory: Remarkable Hidden Histories and Stories You Won’t Forget (San Francisco Ferry Building Store) – October 2019 | Litquake archive

Tuscon Festival of Books – March 2020 | Video

Book launch Museo Italo Americano – January 24th, 2020

Featured on Art Herstory.com

SF North Beach Festival – June 2020

America-Italy Society of Philadelphia – book talk – May 2019

Biordi Art Imports – book talk & signing – May 2020

Book Passage – Book talk – November 2019