Articles
Zoe writes about the challenges of “shelter in place” for the San Francisco Chronicle (March 31, 2020): Coronavirus: We’re On A Long, Slow Train to Destinations Unknown.
Read Zoe's article in the San Francisco Chronicle (Aug 24, 2017) Charlottesville rage rooted in white shame
Review of “Unforgettable” by Scott Simon (April 9, 2015)
The Night I Helped My Mother Die, Newsweek (September 26, 2015)
Zoe writes about her “adopted cousin,” Angus Fitzgerald Carter, for the Orlando Sentinel (August 31, 2014). ‘Adopted Cousin’ Sheds Light on Fate of Michael Brown.
Why White People Should Protest Racial Injustice, the San Francisco Chronicle (December 12, 2014)
News
May, 2010 - Foreign rights of Imperfect Endings sold to Taiwan and Korea.
O Excerpt: Imperfect Endings - oprah.com
Should Zoe Fitzgerald Carter and her family stand by as their mother commits suicide? A daughter's tale of the agonizing decision between life and death.
Imperfect Endings has been picked as one of Barnes & Noble's "Discover Great New Writers" books for 2010 - keep an eye out for the book in upcoming Barnes & Noble storefront displays!
Imperfect Endings gets Library Journal, 'Starred Review'
"First-time memoirist Carter comes close to perfection in this chronicle of her mother's quest to orchestrate her own assisted suicide." Read complete review
Interviews
A Mother’s Life and Death
-NPR: On Point with Tom Ashbrook
Zoe FitzGerald Carter’s mom called herup to schedule a day to die. She was aging, ailing, suffering — and she wanted to end it before it got worse.
listen to the interview
Zoe FitzGerald on Good Grief with Cheryl Jones–VoiceAmerica.com
The Beauty of Losing Someone In "My Family, My Memoir," moderator Kathleen Rooney talks with Zoe Fitzgerald Carter and Cornelia Maude Spelman – memoir writers whose books center on the unusual deaths of their mothers.
Classes & Events
Zoe will be appearing on a panel at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival, May 6, 2018
Zoe will be returning for her fourth year of teaching at the Mokale’ia Writers Retreat on Oahau, May 6-11, 2018
Zoe is teaching memoir (The Art and Craft of Storytelling) at the San Francisco Writers Grotto, April 11-May 2, 2018
Zoe will be discussing her book, Imperfect Endings, as well as sharing insights and advice on personal essays and memoir at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival May 6, 2017.
Mokule’ia Writing Retreat
Also, Zoe will be joining the faculty at the Mokule’ia Writing Retreat this year, May 7-12, 2017 Oahu.
http://campmokuleia.com/retreats/writers/
Presenter at the San Francisco Writers Conference 2016 - Litquake
Hot Flash Fiction: Steamy, Sexy, Super-Short Original Fiction by Women Old Enough to Know Better
Female authors of a certain age -- including a few New York Times bestsellers -- will dazzle on this entertaining evening exploring the many things that get us hot. Yes, that includes sex, but also other passions, from political causes to that farmers’ market cherry pie we can’t live without. Expect to laugh -- and maybe be forced to think. You don’t have to be a woman to attend, but it might help.
Doors open at 7 pm for cocktail hour and custom stylings courtesy of Flutter Eyewear.
Featuring: Faith Adiele, Anne Buelteman reading Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Zoe FitzGerald Carter, Audrey Ferber, Jane Ganahl, Molly Giles, Beth Lisick, Susanne Pari, April Sinclair, Ellen Sussman, Cameron Tuttle