American Evita: Lurleen Wallace

Narrative nonfiction: By Janice Law

Upcoming: Judge Janice Law at The Bookshelf in Thomasville, GA on 2/13

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Former Valdosta resident and founder of D.C.- based American Women Writers National Museum, Judge Janice Law, will sign her sixth book: nonfiction AMERICAN EVITA:LURLEEN WALLACE from 2-4 p.m. Saturday February 13 at The Bookshelf, 126 S. Broad Street, Thomasville, GA.

AE:LW is a biography of America’s third woman governor, Lurleen Wallace of Alabama (1967-68).

Law, who worked in the Public Relations office at what was then Valdosta State College from 1964-67, is a former Texas criminal court judge who still sits as a visiting judge. She is a former Assistant United States Attorney
(federal prosecutor), Assistant State Attorney (state prosecutor Florida), Assistant City Attorney (Houston), and staff attorney/law clerk to the federal judges of the second judicial district. She also did indigent criminal defense for nine years.

In October, she was the featured speaker at the annual luncheon honoring spouses of the justices of the U.S.Supreme Court, held at the Congressional Country Club. Attendees included Maureen Scalia, Mary Ann Kennedy, and JoAnn
Breyer.

Law has appeared on C-Span2/BOOKTV, and as a featured author at prestigious national book festivals. Her 2006 book Yield: A Judge’s Fir$t-Year Diary, was a 2007 finalist for the Texas Book Award.

Law wrote feature stories for the Valdosta Daily Times in the early days of her 14-year award-winning journalism career, which included working as a New York Times stringer in Houston. She was the first female bureau chief covering Florida State legislature for the (then) Fort Lauderdale News, now succeeded by the Sun Sentinel.

 

Appearance: Janice Law at the University Club on 12/2/15

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You are cordially invited to meet Janice Law, author of American Evita: Lurleen Wallace on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Law is a featured author at the annual Meet the Author Night & Book Fair 5:30-8 p.m. at the University Club, 1135 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. Free Admission and Open to the Public. See below for the full press release and a link to a full list of the authors who will be there that day.

The 26th Annual
Meet the Author Night
and Book Fair
 Wednesday, December 2, 2015
5:30 pm – 8 pm

Open to the Public
No Admission Charge

Don’t miss this opportunity to get up close and personal with over 60 authors and select gifts for book lovers of all ages.
Come and get a jump on your holiday gift-giving and chat up the author as they sign a copy of their book just for you and yours!

This favorite and always fun Club event, which is open to all members and the general public,
will feature more than 60 authors.

Full list of authors

For further information contact:
Judy Voorhis-Gutierrez, Book Fair Coordinator (jgutierrez@universityclubdc.com)

Janice Law at the Goat Mill Museum Store on 5/7/15

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Janice Law will be at the Goat Mill Museum Store in the Alabama State Capital, 600 Dexter, Ave., Montgomery, AL on Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 11 a.m. – 2p.m. She will be signing copies of her new book American Evita: Lurleen Wallace.

Before you go meet Janice tomorrow, watch this video in which she talks about the connection she made with both Lurleen & Evita while writing ‘American Evita: Lurleen Wallace’.

Janice Law at Ol’ Curiosities Book Shoppe in Monroeville, AL on 4/24/2015

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Below is an excerpt from the Ol’ Curiosities Book Shoppe website about Janice Law’s upcoming book signing.

Janice Law’s American Evita: Lurleen Wallace

 American Evita is a narrative, non-fiction book that weaves the stories of political figures Evita Perón and Lurleen Wallace together beautifully, offering insight into the characters, drives, and ultimate successes of both the Argentinean radio actress and the small-town Alabama girl, both of whom married men (Juan Perón and George Wallace, respectively) who sought and gained power, and both of whom would come into their own politically as young women.   Evita also divulges the life-threatening secret that was kept from both women by the men they loved and the way each handled learning that secret with ultimate grace and clear social conscience.

Event Information

Friday, April 24, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. the public is invited to meet Judge Law at Ol’ Curiosities Book Shoppe, 90 W. Claiborne Street, Monroeville, AL, where  American Evita: Lurleen Wallace will be available for sale and to be signed by author Judge Law.

The full article can be read on Ol’ Curiosities Book Shoppe’s website.