MONTCLAIR, NJ (January 21, 2026) — On Monday, February 21, at 4 p.m., the Montclair Public Library will welcome Amy Wallace, the ghostwriter of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, to a Zoom talk with Gabrielle Glaser (“American Baby”), a bestselling author, journalist and documentary film producer. The program is part of Open Book / Open Mind, MPL’s popular, long-running literary conversation series.
Registration is free and required. Register at tinyurl.com/OBOMWallace
The conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A and copies of “Nobody’s Girl” with bookplates signed by Wallace will be available at Watchung Booksellers.
“Giuffre’s heartbreaking story is sure to provoke thought and spark discussion,” says Library Director Radwa Ali. ”Join us for an unforgettable evening.”
“Nobody’s Girl” was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. The publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, announced in December 2025 that the book had sold over 1 million copies worldwide within just two months of its release.
Amy Wallace worked with Virginia Giuffre for four years to craft her story into a memoir. Unfortunately, Giuffre’s early life prepared her all too well for the exploitation of Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, who had a keen eye for vulnerable, wounded girls. But she reclaimed her agency, making a daring escape from Epstein’s clutches at 19. Giuffre’s decision to speak out years later helped send both serial abusers to prison and her photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. Tragically, Giuffre took her own life in April 2025, leaving behind an unequivocal statement that she wanted the book to be published.
“Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions sided with the perpetrator over his victims. . . . But it is also a book about how a young woman becomes a hero. . . . Important [and] courageous.” —The Guardian
A longtime Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times journalist, Amy Wallace splits her time between books and magazines. Her magazine work has appeared in GQ, Wired, The New Yorker, New York, Esquire, Vanity Fair, Details, The Nation, the New York Times Magazine, Elle, and other national publications. Two of her profiles have been nominated for a National Magazine Award.
She has ghostwritten two additional books: the New York Times bestseller “Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration” with Ed Catmull, then president of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation, and “Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company,” by Jeff Immelt, the former CEO of GE.
Gabrielle Glaser is the author of “American Baby” and a New York Times bestselling author and journalist whose work on mental health, medicine, and culture has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and many other publications. “Her Best Kept Secret: Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control” was a New York Times bestseller. Glaser is the co-producer of the documentary film “Generations Stolen,” about the forced adoption of Native American children, which aired on PBS’s Local, U.S.A. She lives in Montclair and is a member of the Open Book / Open Mind advisory committee.
This season of Open Book / Open Mind will also include Ann Patchett (“Whistler”), Christina Baker Kline (“The Foursome”), Nicholas Boggs (“Baldwin: A Love Story”), Tayari Jones (“Kin”), Michael Luo (“Strangers in the Land”), and Daniel Okrent (“Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy”).
The Open Book / Open Mind series is presented by the Montclair Public Library with the generous support of The Montclair Public Library Foundation, Watchung Booksellers, Dr. Alex and Doris Malaspina, David and Mary Lee Jones, and our individual Underwriters, the First Congregational Church, Amanti Vino and The George Montclair.