Media Coverage of Sharon Dukett
July 32, 2023
No Rules is included in author Rita Dragonette’s list of The Best Novels of the Vietnam War era by Women.
While No Rules is a memoir, rather than a novel, Rita included this book along with four others that she recognized as the best books about this time.
Rita Dragonette is the author of the novel The Fourteenth of September. In 1969, as mounting tensions over the Vietnam War are dividing America, a young woman in college on an Army scholarship risks future and family to secretly join the anti-war counterculture and is ultimately forced to make a life-altering choice as fateful as that of any male Lottery draftee.
Read Rita’s reasoning behind her best book selections on Shepard.com here.
January 10, 2023
Sharon Dukett was a guest on the Charlotte Readers Podcast, Episode #321
Sharon joined six other authors on episode 321 of this extensive podcast series, voted Best Charlotte Podcast. They answer questions, share tips, and offer ideas based on their marketing and sales experiences.
Executive producer Landis Wade is a recovering trial lawyer, dog and sports lover, host of Charlotte Readers Podcast, speaker, teacher, moderator, fly-fisherman and author of mutiple books and stories.
Listen to this episode on Spotify Also available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Tune-In, Android, and Stitcher
November 5, 2022
Sharon Dukett was a member of a panel “Writing Your Life: Memoir:”
During the 2022 Indie and Local Author Celebration sponsored by the Norwalk Public Library, Sharon participated in a panel discussion along with authors Gabi Coatsworth, author of Love’s Journey Home, Deborah Levison, author of The Crate, and Dana Buckmire, author of Everything Will Be Okay.
July 11, 2022
Sharon Dukett was a guest on the Storytellers Radio Show and Podcast on Authors on the Air Global Radio Network with host Grace Sammon
Grace Sammon interviews Sharon on her radio show and podcast The Storytellers, which focuses on individuals who choose to leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Each episode engages guests and listeners in the story behind the story of authors, artists, reporters and others who leave a legacy of storytelling.
Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies and travelled to 35 states and 8 foreign countries. Her fourth book and debut novel The Eves is an intergenerational story about lives lived well and lives in transition. It is a novel that challenges each of us to ask who we want to be in the world, regardless of our age.
May 18, 2022
No Rules is named Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books (Adventure)
February 15, 2022
Sharon Dukett was a guest on Books and Beyond on SEC-TV with host Jimmy Bennett
This episode of Books and Beyond with host and author Jimmy Bennett appeared on Southeastern Connecticut Television (SEC-TV). It can be replayed on Youtube.
November 17, 2021
Sharon Dukett was a guest on the Soulful Series Chat with host Annie Cathryn
This episode of Soulful Series Chat appeared on IGTV (Instagram TV). The entire Soulful Series Chat series can be viewed by following @msanniecathryn on Instagram.
Annie Cathryn’s debut novel, The Friendship Breakup, a mom-com, will be published by Alcove Press in February 2023. Her essays have appeared in YourTango, Moms Don’t Have Time to Write, and Moms Don’t Have Time to Grieve.
August 20, 2021
Sharon Dukett was interviewed by Lisa Lucca on the 99th episode of her radio show Live True at KTAL-LP. Listen to it now in the archives.
In this recording of the radio show, Sharon and Lisa discuss the story behind writing her memoir No Rules, how that time changed her life, and what she’s working on next.
Lisa Lucca is a #Blogher Voice of the Year and a contributing author to A Guide to Getting It: Purpose & Passion and Water Cooler Diaries. She is included in the 2021 collection, Crone Rising by Jazz House Publications. Lisa hosts a weekly radio show, Live True, and is a life and writing coach, helping others pursue their soul’s calling while continuing to answer the call of her own. She lives in southern New Mexico with her partner, Mark Mathias, the co-author of their epistolary memoir, You Are Loved. Her memoir, Ashes to Ink, was published in Fall 2021.
August 3, 2021
Sharon Dukett was interviewed by Wayne G. Barber on The Author’s Hour at WNRI radio, a weekly radio show on Worldwide Livestream.
In this podcast recording of the radio show, Sharon and Wayne discuss writing her memoir No Rules, and how the differences back then would prevent this story from taking place today. More from Wayne G. Barber here.
June 10, 2021
Sharon Dukett was a guest on the podcast The Travel Addict with host Malcolm Teasdale.
Sharon discusses her travel obsession, including the 10,000 miles she hitchhiked in 1972 on The Travel Addict Podcast with Host Malcolm J. Teasdale.
May 28, 2021
No Rules is named a Bronze Medalist in the 25th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) for Autobiography III (Personal Struggle / Health Issues)
Link to come
May 28, 2021
No Rules is named a Finalist in the 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards for Memoir
May 25, 2021
Isidra Mencos writes about four memoirs worth reading
She recommends four books including Blow Your House Down by Gina Frangello, Inheritance by Dani Shapiro, In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado, and No Rules by Sharon Dukett.
Isidra Mencos was born and raised in Barcelona. She freelanced for prestigious publishing houses, traveled the world as a tour leader, and worked for the Olympic Committee. In 1992 she moved to the U.S. to enter a PhD program on Spanish and Latin American Contemporary Literature at the University of California, Berkeley; she also taught at this university Spanish language, literature, culture, and creative writing for twelve years. Her piece “My Books and I” was listed as Notable in the Best American Essays Anthology (2019).
Her debut memoir “Promenade of Desire—A Barcelona Memoir” will come out October 2022 at She Writes Press.
May 14, 2021
No Rules is named Winner in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards (IBA) for Memoir (Historical / Legacy)
April 17, 2021
Sharon Dukett gave a presentation on Hybrid Publishing to the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association for their April monthly meeting.
In this presentation “Hybrid Publishing: What it is, what it isn’t, and how to decide if it’s right for you,” Sharon explains what hybrid publishing is, how to vet a hybrid publisher, and the pros and cons of hybrid publishing versus traditional or self-publishing.
March 8, 2021
Sharon Dukett was a guest on the podcast Stories That Empower with host Sean Farjadi.
On this podcast, Sharon spoke with Sean about depression, connecting with others, becoming empowered, and throwing off the rules that were causing unhappiness.
March 1, 2021
Sharon Dukett was featured as the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Member of the Month for April
Read about Sharon Dukett and her book No Rules in the March edition of Authority, the newsletter for Connecticut Authors and Publishers.
February 8, 2021
Sharon Dukett gave a presentation on “What to Include in Your Memoir (and What to Leave Out)” for the Southwest chapter of Connecticut Authors and Publishers (CAPA)
Are you writing a memoir, or thinking about it? In this session, Sharon discussed the techniques she used for identifying the content that belongs in your memoir, and how to part with the stories that do not.
January 16, 2021
Sharon Dukett in a presentation and reading at the Blackstone Library
On the 50th anniversary of when the book No Rules begins in January 1971, Sharon discusses the times, her experiences, and reads from the book.
September 7, 2020
Sharon Dukett is interviewed by Keith A. Spencer for Salon.com
Keith A. Spencer writes about Sharon’s book No Rules and interviews her in this article: “Counterculture memoirist Sharon Dukett on what we learned (and forgot) from the hippies.”
September 1, 2020
No Rules is named a Finalist in the 2020 Readers Favorite Awards for Non-fiction – Women’s
See the results of the 2020 Readers Favorite Awards here.
August 28, 2020
Sharon Dukett and No Rules were featured in an article by Tim Jensen, a staff writer for The Patch.
In an article titled “Fascinating Memoir Written By South Windsor Native,” Tim Jensen writes about her memoir and her writing journey.
August 19, 2020
No Rules was featured today on the blog by author Nan Pokerwinski, where she interviews me about the the events in the book, and the process of writing and publishing it.
Nan is the author of Mango Rash: Coming of Age in the Land of Frangipani and Fanta, about her childhood in the 1960s when her family moved to Somoa.
July 30, 2020
Sharon Dukett in Conversation with Rita Dragonette and Ilene English. Moderated by Brooke Warner.
A virtual event sponsored by The Book Cellar.
July 23, 2020
No Rules is named a Finalist in the 2020 International Book Awards for Autobiography / Memoir
See all results of the 2020 International Book Awards here.
July 9, 2020
July Virtual Book Club for the National Association of Memoir Writers
Sharon Dukett speaks with Linda Joy Myers of the National Association of Memoir Writers with a focus on the following:
- How do you write an honest memoir without apologizing for your past?
- 4 ways I sought help to complete this book.
- What do you include and what do you remove?
- Why I chose my publishing path.
June 24, 2020
Women’s Stories: A Interview Series on Memoir
Sharon Dukett is interviewed by author Lainey Cameron in her new series of ten-minute spotlights on women’s memoir.
June 4, 2020
Women’s eNews selects No Rules: A Memoir as the book of the week
Women’s eNews is an award-winning nonprofit news service covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women’s perspectives on public policy.
With writers and readers around the globe Women’s eNews’ audience stretches from New York City to New Delhi and all points between, reaching an estimated 2.5 million readers each year.
June 3, 2020
Writing Lessons: What to Include in Your Memoir
Sharon Dukett’s guest blog on on the website of memoir coach Marion Roach Smith.
June 3, 2020
An Interview with John Busbee on The Culture Buzz: Sharon Dukett spoke with John Busbee about her memoir No Rules.
One of the KFMG’s charter programs, The Culture Buzz creates an eclectic two hours of arts, culture, history, literature and more every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Authors, artists, musicians, filmmakers, actors and a wonderful array of cultural creatives making Greater Des Moines a better, more interesting, place.
May 22, 2020
Dropping In with Diana Dewey on VoiceAmerica: Sharon Dukett spoke with Diane Dewey about her book No Rules.
Ever dream of leaving home as a teen, headed for California and freedom? It’s 1971 in Connecticut, and sixteen-year-old Sharon’s parents think that, because she’s a girl, she should become a clerical office worker after high school and live at home until she marries and has a family. But Sharon wants to join the hippies and be part of the changing society, so she leaves home and heads out. Upon arriving in California, Sharon is thrown into an adult world for which she is unprepared, and she embarks on a precarious journey amid the 1970s counterculture. On her various adventures across the country and while living on a commune, with friends and lovers filtering in and out of her life, she realizes she must learn quickly in order to survive—as well as figure out a way to reconcile her developing spirituality with her Catholic upbringing. It’s a story of belonging, independence, of surviving against the odds. Is freedom just another word for nothing left to lose as Janis Joplin sang?
April 27, 2020
Authority Magazine: Interview with Sharon Dukett