Author Archives: justinemrubin

Friends. Readers. All of whom I'm so grateful for. Something horrible has happened, beyond what my imagination could possibly conceive. Last Friday, June 9th, my beloved husband, partner and friend passed away suddenly from a massive AVM brain aneurysm. Ronen Shacham was his name and there was no kinder, more compassionate, curious, excitable and lovelyContinue reading “when the writer has no words”

It's a pretty surreal and incredible feeling to listen to smart women discuss your characters so passionately! Especially after a week plus of being quarantined with two sick kids. Thanks to my good friend Lisa Shore for suggesting Inheriting Edith to her book club aka The Book Club Mafia and to all of them forContinue reading “Big Fun with The Book Club Mafia!”

A lovely evening speaking about Inheriting Edith and a gorgeous flier!

As a former Rights person in the industry myself, the fact that Inheriting Edith has been published both as an exquisite Audiobook narrated by Cassandra Campbell, and will be published in Large Print by Center Point next month fills me with happiness, gratitude and pride. Recently, I jumped for more joy to learn that YediotContinue reading “The Exquisite Joy of Subrights Sales!”

Atlanta, if you're around and interested, please join me at SCAD's Ivy Hall on January 19th at 6:30 PM for a reading and book signing. The event is free and open to the public, not to mention an incredible honor and one of the true highlights of my career thus far. Hope to see you!Continue reading “Somebody Pinch Me”

Thrilled to be this month's pick for the Hadassah Book Club at The Levite JCC in Birmingham! Thank you Mindy Cohen, for your support and to all the ladies who came out yesterday on such a bleary afternoon!

So grateful to the Marcus JCC of Atlanta for inviting me to be part of their 25th Annual Book Festival yesterday. It was an honor to share the stage with fellow author Jonathan Rabb and my friend and moderator, Lisa Shore. A fantastic crowd and a fantastic festival!       

Honored to be interviewed by THE Joshilyn Jackson on Amazon! Scroll down to the "From the Publisher" section to check it out!    

Gush of gratitude to my Aunt, Alice Fishman; Karen Freedland at the JCC of Ann Arbor and Kathi Tobey at the University of Michigan's Silver Club Memory Program.The Silver Club women were fabulous and so very kind to me, as was the crowd at the JCC's cocktails, Q&A and signing event at the gorgeous ShinolaContinue reading “Thank you Ann Arbor!”