Meet the Authors: Star Crossed: A True Romeo & Juliet Story in Hitler’s Paris

Authors Heather Dune Macadam and Simon Worrall will discuss their new book, Star Crossed Lovers: A True Romeo & Juliet Story in Hitler's Paris. 

With gorgeous prose that springs off the page, coupled with deep research and a gift for bringing unique moments in history into vivid focus, the authors bring to life the story of ill-fated artists Annette Zelman and Jean Jausion. Their dazzling and passionate love affair at Paris’s renowned Café de Flore in the run-up to World War II ended in betrayal and tragedy.

Drawn from never-before-published family letters and other treasures, as well as archival sources and exclusive interviews, the book offers precious insight into the Holocaust and the lives French people bravely led under the Hitler regime. This breathtaking true story of beauty, art, liberation, and the transformative power of love resonates with an intimate story of undying devotion, seen through the prism of history.

Authors Macadam and Worrell are a husband-and-wife writing team who have earned separate accolades. Macadam is author of the acclaimed PEN America Award finalist nonfiction Holocaust history book 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz, while Worrall has written two acclaimed books and spent his childhood in Paris – a city they beautifully portray here, full of art, music, love and light.

All are welcome to attend. Books will be available for purchase and signing.