Best-selling author Delia Ephron's career has spanned decades and genres. She has written novels, children and YA books, movies, plays, and magazine articles, all infused with wit, humor, and striking honesty. In her latest memoir, Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life, she details falling in love again after the loss of both her husband and her sister (and writing partner) Nora...only to find her "happily-ever-after" interrupted by a devastating diagnosis. 

Delia Ephron will join BLR Board Member Perri Klass for a special conversation about her life and career. The discussion will include her latest book, her experience moving from literature and journalism to Hollywood and off-Broadway, and the themes present in her work: joy, tragedy, and everything in between.

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Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter, essayist, and playwright. Her novels include the New York Times bestseller Siracusa and The Lion Is In. She has written books of essays (Sister Mother Husband Dog (Etc.)), books of humor (How To Eat Like A Child), and books for children and young adults. Her movie credits include You've Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, This is My Life, Michael, and Hanging Up (based on her novel). Her play, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, written with her sister Nora Ephron (based on the book by Ilene Beckerman), ran for two years off Broadway and has been performed internationally.

Perri Klass is a BLR Board Member, professor of journalism and pediatrics at NYU, and national medical director of Reach Out and Read, a national program which promotes early literacy through pediatric primary care. Her newest book, The Best Medicine: How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future, is an account of how victories over infant and child mortality have changed the world. 

Praise for Left on Tenth:

"Delia Ephron’s stunning Left on Tenth will make you believe in love again, and also in miracles. And it’s so very, very funny."—Sarah Dunn, author of The Arrangements

“Delia masterfully and hilariously reminds us that there is always more life to be found just around the corner. A powerful, beautiful, life affirming testament to hope and meaning in the darkest hour. Somehow it felt like the answers to all of the big questions were immediately lurking in the text, and like any decent existentialist and searcher, I couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting.”
—Natasha Lyonne, writer, director, actor