Author Events
Upcoming Events
The Hamilton Wenham Library
Hamilton, MA
Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 6:30–7:30 PM
With signing to follow at Paper & String Books
Book Talk at Jolie Tea
Beverly, MA
Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 3:30–5 PM
Bedford Books
Bedford, NY
Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 4:30–6 PM
Past Events
Green Apple Books
San Francisco
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 7 PM
The Corner Bookstore
New York City
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 6 PM
Media Coverage for When She Was Ours
Los Angeles Book Review
When She Was Ours by Anna Nordberg is one of those quietly emotional novels that sneaks up on you. I didn’t expect to feel so invested so quickly, but within the first few chapters, I was completely pulled into Astra’s world, a place shaped by love, loss, and the complicated weight of family expectations.
Manhattan Book Review
There’s a quiet maturity to When She Was Ours by Anna Nordberg that really stayed with me. This isn’t a book that demands your attention with dramatic twists; it earns it through emotional honesty. As someone who’s seen a few seasons of life, I found myself drawn less to the surface story and more to the deeper questions it raises about resilience, responsibility, and the invisible ties within families.
Paraphrase Podcast with Stephen Fishbach
Debut novelist Anna Nordberg joins author Stephen Fishbach to talk about escalating stakes in scene-setting, being pigeon-holed into a genre, and how to transmogrify your own personal grief into a work of art.
Hasty Booklist Author Interview by Ashley Hasty
Anna discusses her writing process, what books inspired her the most, and what literary character she thinks she'd be best friends with.