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Sarah Tomlinson

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Eight months ago today, my dad’s friend Deb helped me to get the police in Everett, MA to perform a wellness check on him, as he hadn’t been answering his phone. He had died in bed, a day or two after our last visit. John Fabian Rand was deeply curious, a great talker, and in the end, a loving & supportive father, who gave me the nickname “Wise Counsel” and invented the holiday, “National Daughter’s Day.” For someone whose first memory was being taken away from his mother by a social worker, and who lost 35 years to a severe gambling addiction, it was remarkable that he healed as much as he did & stepped up to help me with my memoir about our relationship, “Good Girl.” And that he was able to end his days with the dignity of his own version of emotional sobriety, and a roof over his head, thanks to the Section 8 housing program & the good people at the Everett Housing Authority. If you know me, you’re well aware that deep conversation is one of my great loves. This is something I got from my father & I miss our wonderful, wild talks most of all. ❤️ by @duchessofrock

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Slow life in Marseilles taken in Marseille Corniche Kennedy by @duchessofrock

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So happy to have @duchessofrock at the 2025 Burbank Book Festival 🫶

Sarah Tomlinson, a former music journalist, has been a ghostwriter since 2008, penning more than 20 books, including five New York Times bestsellers. Her debut novel, The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers (Flatiron Books), published in 2024, was written in-between assignments for a who’s who of celebrity clients. In 2015, she published the father-daughter memoir, Good Girl (Gallery Books).

#burbank #burbankbookfestival by @duchessofrock

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What a thrill to be in the brilliant, colorful, kooky orbit of the incomparable @betseyjohnson whose frocks I have adored forever. Thank you to @studioct.design @estysmundo & @giuliana_mayo for inviting me to tag along for this magical night. Santa, please gift me one of Betsey’s lovely boudoir paintings! 💜 by @duchessofrock

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Good morning, rainy Los Angeles! Put on your Wellies and come say hello at the always fabulous @latimesfob !! I couldn’t be more excited for my panel: Lifestyles of the Rich and Less-Famous: Memoirs of Cultural Icons by the People Who Knew Them Best” with @elliotmintz / @adam_nimoy / Cory Leadbeater. I loved all of these books & am excited to discuss! 3:30 pm today. Hoffman Hall, Edison Auditorium. ✨✨✨✨✨ by @duchessofrock

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LA friends, come out to support a worthy cause - 826LA - & see a bounty of talented writers, who also happen to be lovely people! I’m going to give a little sneak peak of my new novel, which I handed in on Monday. Plus, I live for light refreshments, don’t you?! Wednesday, March 26, 6 to 9 pm, The Time Travel Mart in Echo Park 🧡 by @duchessofrock

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Massive thanks to @storiesbooksandcafe for hosting my friend @kateysagal & I last night & to everyone who came out to give such a warm welcome to my paperback & even give copies a forever home. Like many artists, I am not a natural salesperson, but step right up, my fine feathered friends, have we got a deal for you?!?! 😉 Many have asked how to support me as I rebuild from the fire & purchasing a paperback would do so much. Gift it to your crush. Put it in a little free library. Carry it as a fashion accessory (gorgeous cover, right?!?!) Link to bookshop.org in bio. Thank you & big love! 🩷🧡💛 (photo by @meredithmaran & video by @piperferguson) by @duchessofrock

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Chaucer’s Books hosts actor and author Russ Tamblyn for a book talk and signing of his memoir Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling Through Hollywood . Mr. Tamblyn will be in conversation with his co-author on this book, Sarah Tomlinson.

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Chaucer’s Books
3321 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105-2623 taken in Chaucer's Bookstore by @duchessofrock

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Thank you to @molmcguigan & @usweekly for shining a light on the clandestine world of ghostwriters & including such a lovely shoutout to my own tell-all novel, Ramblers. I’m honored to be included among so many of my talented peers. 🩷🧡💛💚 by @duchessofrock

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Hello, my friends! It has been quite a year, to say the least. Walking out of the fire, celebrating my birthday, finishing a draft of my 2nd novel, feeling grateful for the generosity & kindness of my family, friends, writing community & total strangers. And now, it’s time to gather & celebrate the paperback launch of Ramblers & the joy of collaboration. I’ll be in conversation with my friend @kateysagal who I was privileged to edit when she wrote her incredible essay collection “Grace Notes.” We’ll be talking about that process, creativity, & rock ‘n’ roll. Please join us! One week from today: Tuesday, February 25 at 7 pm at the gem @storiesbooksandcafe 🩷🧡💛 by @duchessofrock

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Chaucer's Books is hosting actor and author Russ Tamblyn for a book talk and signing of his memoir Dancing on the Edge: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling Through Hollywood. Tamblyn will be in conversation with his fantastic co-author, Sarah Tomlinson.

Join us! In store. Thursday, February 27 at 6:00 PM.

About the Book:
Perfect for old and new fans alike, Dancing on the Edge is an intimate and powerful story about the singular life of one of our most gifted storytellers, artists, and stars of the silver screen.

With more than eighty years as a celebrated artist and actor under his belt, Russ Tamblyn is a cherished figure to name among cinephiles and pop culture fans alike, working with such legendary directors as Robert Wise, David Lynch, and Quentin Tarantino. He tumbled through his acclaimed starring role in the original West Side Story as an actor and acrobatic dancer, taught Elvis Presley some signature dance moves, and became an unlikely visionary in the counterculture movement of the sixties alongside peers and friends Henry Miller and Dennis Hopper.

Russ deftly guides readers through his star-studded life and his search for a deeper, more connected existence: attending school with Elizabeth Taylor, earning an Academy Award nomination for Peyton Place, dropping out of Hollywood at the height of his career to become a fine artist in Topanga Canyon, and forging a lifelong friendship with Neil Young. He shares the painful breakup of a twenty-year marriage and the joy of finding true love and inspiration as a husband, father, and mentor in his own right. by @duchessofrock

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Happy Paperback Launch Day to Me! My debut novel, “The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers” is out everywhere today in paperback!! ✨✨ Same gorgeous cover! Same baby ghostwriter heroine Mari Hawthorn, writing rock memoirs & solving mysteries…LA friends, come help me celebrate on Tuesday 2/25/25 @storiesbooksandcafe 💚💛🧡🩷 by @duchessofrock

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