Overview

• Nice Girls Don’t Win was published July 8 by Penguin Random House and explores Shallow’s journey from commune childhood to reality-TV stardom
• In the memoir, she details how “fawning”—a social survival strategy learned under guru Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati—earned her the “Black Widow” label on Survivor
• Shallow opens up about her brother’s skateboarding accident, his later overdose, her divorce from fellow contestant John Fincher and her coming out as queer in a relationship with comedian Mae Martin
• She is promoting the book with drag-themed launch events and interviews that highlight themes of trauma, empowerment and authenticity
• Shallow will compete on Survivor: Australia vs. the World in August, marking her fourth return to the franchise