Author Visit: An Evening With Marie Newman

Join us for a lively evening with A Life Made From Scratch: Lessons From a Controversial Congresswoman, Mompreneur, and Unstoppable Political Activist author Marie Newman. 

Books will be available for sale, courtesy of our neighborhood bookstore, Dandelion Bookshop, and the author will autograph books after the program. 

About the author
Marie Newman is a former congresswoman, nonprofit CEO, marketing executive, author of A Life Made from Scratch and When Your Child Is Being Bullied: Real Solutions, antibullying activist, former Moms Demand Action spokesperson, and national LGBTQ+ advocate. In addition to those roles, she is a mom of two adult children, consultant, and podcaster. Marie Newman is known for building movements and solving the toughest problems. Her motto has always been: When you do not see the solution you desperately need, make it from scratch!

Marie has been frequently interviewed on MSNBC, CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS over the last decade for her congressional work and before that, her activism. She has also been interviewed by The New York Times, Elle magazine, Teen Vogue, Ms. Magazine, The New Yorker, Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun Times and many other national publications. She has penned multiple OpEds on hot topics over the last several years. Newman is a sought after speaker by national organizations and universities on women’s rights, gun reform, LGBTQ rights and economic equity across the nation before, during and after her time in Congress.  She lives in Lagrange, Illinois with her husband and beagle, Iggy. Marie is working on a new novel, a work of fiction, likely to be released in 2026 and a new podcast launching in 2025.