Natisha Lance interviews author Meredith Ritchie to uncover a forgotten piece of history.

JULY 7, 2024- Meredith Ritchie Carolina’s Own Queen City News (Charlotte Fox 46). See Meredith and cover model Joy Farley discuss Poster Girls and the Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission’s book club on the Morning Show.

MAY 28, 2024 - “Online For Authors” with Teri M Brown is a podcast with authors, allowing listeners like you to “meet characters you’d like to invite for lunch.” Join Meredith and Teri to dive deeper into Poster Girls and further explore characters like Maggie and Cora.

MAY 16, 2024 - “Christina Capra, a budding producer and director, announced a new contract agreement for an exclusive option to produce a feature-length film based on the book, ‘Poster Girls.’“

MAY 13, 2024 - Poster Girls by Meredith Ritchie mentioned in an article on WCNC Charlotte. “On Monday, Corks, Cooks, & Books joined Charlotte Today with some delicious food, and locally written books. Here are some of the books co-owner Mindy Kuhn shared.”

MARCH 28, 2024 - North Carolina Reads is North Carolina Humanities’ statewide book club for 2024. North Carolina Reads features five books that explore issues of racial, social, and gender equity and the history and culture of North Carolina..

Learn more at nchumanities.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2023 - Meredith Ritchie joins host Jason Jeffries to discuss Poster Girls. Topics of conversation include acute empty nest syndrome, raising triplets, the World War II-era in Charlotte, NC, attitudes towards women and minorities in the 1940s, church, book clubs, and much more.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 - North Carolina Humanities’ popular statewide book club program, North Carolina Reads, has announced Poster Girls as one of the 2024 selections.

JUNE 5, 2022 - Season 2, Episode 8 of LOL for Aspiring Authors interviews Meredith Ritchie to learn more about her writing process in bringing the new historical fiction novel Poster Girls into the world.

APRIL 19, 2022 - Landis Wade interviews Meredith Ritchie about her experience through the writing and publishing process. They discuss what history can teach us through stories and the author reads a passage from Poster Girls at the end.

APRIL 17, 2022 - Author Meredith Ritchie elaborates on her motivations for writing Poster Girls in response to her own Act II.

APRIL 4, 2022 - Wells Fargo Senior Business Execution Consultant and author, Meredith Ritchie, was named by The Charlotte Ledger as a winner of the 2022 Forty Over 40 Awards.

MARCH 8, 2022 - On International Women’s Day, Meredith is interviewed by Ryan Pitkin on the underlying themes of the novel and the Queen City’s hidden past.

MARCH 4, 2022 - Meredith is interviewed by Michelle Boudin on how Covid-19 affected the writing of Poster Girls.

DECEMBER 20, 2021 - Check out a spotlight on Meredith Ritchie and her upcoming first novel, Poster Girls. In a blog post on Storied Charlotte, Mark West offers background on how Ritchie’s experience being a mother of triplets is reflected in her novel.

DECEMBER 16, 2021 - Check out an article exploring Meredith Ritchie’s road to writing her first-time novel Poster Girls. This piece on Charlotte is Creative’s “The Biscuit” also explores Ritchie’s time with the Charlotte Center for Literary Arts’ Authors Lab.

DECEMBER 6, 2021 - Watch Meredith Ritchie’s interview with WBTV QC@3’s Cheryl Brayboy. The interview dives into the history of Charlotte and the Shell Assembly Plant—the setting of Poster Girls. Visit the link below.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021 - Check out an article covering Poster Girls in the Charlotte Weekly (South Charlotte Weekly). The article explores why Meredith Ritchie wrote her first novel and the history behind it all. Visit the link below.