About this Event
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome the internationally acclaimed forensic psychotherapist Anna Motz for a discussion of her newest book, If Love Could K*ll — a groundbreaking work that looks at women who commit extreme acts of violence & cruelty, and the underlying oppression & abuse often at the heart of these crimes — with a discussion, audience Q&A, and book signing!
Anna will be joined in conversation by acclaimed author and editor Victoria Wilson. After the talk, Anna will sign copies of her book.
AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES
- This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating
- Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
- We encourage all guests to wear masks.
- The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Anna Motz was born in Oxford, England, and raised in New York City. She received a degree in psychology from Oxford University. She lives and works in Oxfordshire as a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and Psychotherapist and for Central and North West London NHS Trust, providing specialist consultation, assessment and treatment for high-risk women, in partnership with His Majesty’s Pr*son and Probation Service. Motz is a member of the Advisory Board for Female Offenders, under the U.K. Ministry of Justice.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Victoria Wilson, as Vice President, Executive Editor at Alfred A. Knopf, has worked with many writers, among them: Walter Abish, Alice Adams, Diane Ravitch, Laurel Ulrich, Susan Cheever, Eve Babtiz, Mary Beth Norton, Amy Klobuchar, Anne Somerset, Laurie Colwin, Peter Beard, Lauren Bacall, Diane Johnson, Mary Ellen Mark, William Gass, Brenda Wineapple, Peter Bogdanovich, Lorrie Moore, Anne Rice, Arthur Laurents, Sarah Chayes, Billy Dee Williams, Philippe Sands, Jill Ciment, George Stevens, Sapphire, Christopher Plummer, Helen Simpson, Meryle Secrest, Suzanne Simard, Ruth Gruber, Wendy Wasserstein, Jane Alexander, Rose Styron, Jacques d'Amboise, Amy McGrath and Erin Brockovitch.
After five decades at Knopf (a run almost as long as that of Alfred Knopf himself who was at the company he founded for 57 years, and Bob Gottlieb, her boss and mentor), Wilson has left to write full time and act as a consulting editor at Knopf.
Her acclaimed biography, , was published by Simon & Schuster. She is at work on the concluding volume of the Stanwyck biography.
Wilson has served on the board of PEN, Poets & Writers, was Vice President of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and was appointed by President Clinton to the US Commission on Civil Rights.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States
USD 5.00 to USD 32.66