Author Caitlin Moran Launches HOW TO BUILD A GIRL at Strand Tonight

Strand is thrilled to welcome Caitlin Moran to Strand tonight, July 7th from 7 to 8 p.m. as she launches the paperback release of her critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling novel How to Build a Girl.

Caitlin Moran had literally no friends in 1990, and so had plenty of time to write her first novel, The Chronicles of Narmo, at the age of fifteen. At sixteen she joined music weekly, Melody Maker, and at eighteen hosted the pop show Naked City. Following this precocious start she then put in eighteen solid years as a columnist on the Times--both as a television critic and also in the most-read part of the paper, the satirical celebrity column "Celebrity Watch"--winning the British Press Awards' Columnist of The Year award in 2010 and Critic and Interviewer of the Year in 2011.

The eldest of eight children, Caitlin read lots of books about feminism--mainly in an attempt to be able to prove to her brother, Eddie, that she was scientifically better than him. Caitlin isn't really her name. She was christened 'Catherine.' But she saw 'Caitlin' in a Jilly Cooper novel when she was thirteen and thought it looked exciting. That's why she pronounces it incorrectly: 'Catlin.' It causes trouble for everyone.

Caitlin Moran has been rightly called "the UK's answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one" by Marie Claire and among other praise, her novel How to Build a Girl has been called "thrillingly rude" and "laugh-out-loud-funny."

Come to our Rare Book Room to celebrate the book's much anticipated paperback release of and meet the literary powerhouse for yourself!

Buy a copy of How to Build a Girl or a $15 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. The event will be located in the Strand's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at our store at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.

For more about the event, go to www.strandbooks.com/event/caitlin-moran.