Biography
Writing is Yvette's final career. She has been an entrepreneur, a professional actress, an advertising producer for a large New York Agency, and an administrator at Brown University. Her first book, award-winning, A Reluctant Life, is a memoir about the death of her husband and the process of grief. Clara at Sixty is the fictionalized sequel. Best Friends is her third non-fiction book, a chronicle of a twenty-seven-year friendship, played out in letters. Her fourth book is a historical fiction centered around a family whose known origins began during the 1492 Spanish Inquisition. She lives in New England at the edge of a waterfall. Contact: ynb.author@gmail.com
FEATURED IN THE SEPTEMBER, 2023 ISSUE OF DISCOVER RHODE ISLAND…AUTHOR OF THE MONTH
A DARK TIME: AN ARIA ANTHOLOGY, AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER- MY SHORT STORY, THE WIDOW BARRETT IS INCLUDED- page 53
LEDICIA’S KEY HAS RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION FROM THE 2023 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL IN THE GENERAL FICTION GENRE
November 18, 2018 Sunday -1 PM Reading and book signing, Best Friends at the Edward King House, Newport, Rhode Island
November 3, 2018. Best Friends nominated for a Dorry Award for best non-fiction.
October, 2019 Publication of “SELECTIONS” An ARIA Anthology now available- My Short Story: “A House of Knives and Scisscors.”
September 27, 2018 Thursday - Reading and Book signing for BEST FRIENDS
September 7, 2017, University of Rhode Island. Ollie Presentation. The Empowerment of Loss. Four authors, four books, four presentations. One discussion.
July 7, 2017 R.J. Julia Bookstore, Madison, CT. Reading
APRIL 7, 14, 21 2017 - 12:45- 2:45 - EDWARD KING HOUSE, NEWPORT, RI. SEMINAR, "SURVIVING LOSS"
MARCH 18, 2017 - SK LIBRARY - PEACE DALE, RI -LOCAL AUTHOR'S SHOWCASE. FROM 10 AM - 4 PM. MY PRESENTATION AT 3:25 PM.
MARCH 7, 2017 - RADIO INTERVIEW. 9 AM. WNRI 1380 AM. 95.1 FM- INTERVIEW WITH WAYNE BARBER'S AUTHOR'S HOUR.
FEBRUARY 18, 2017 CUMBERLAND LIBRARY: 1 - 4 PM. 1464 Diamond Hill Road - Cumberland, RI 02864 (401) 333-2552
The 4th Annual Rhode Island Author Exp0
Saturday, December 3, 2016 • 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rhodes on the Pawtuxet • 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, RI 029
Saturday, October 8, 2016 Indies Library Day, Westerly Library, Discussion and Presentations 1 - 4 PM
