Local Author Series featuring Janice Mitchell and her book, My Ticket to Ride: How I Ran Away to England to Meet the Beatles

Meet Janice Mitchell Hear her true-adventure coming-of-age tale set in the exhilarating first wave of Beatlemania Janice Mitchell, Author of My Ticket to Ride: How I Ran Away to England to Meet the Beatles and Got Rock and Roll Banned in Cleveland Hear Janice Mitchell's true story from 1964 and enjoy lunch. There will be a book signing opportunity and a chance to buy her book at the event. April 22, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Location: Michael Schwartz Library, Rhodes Tower, Join us virtually or in-person in RT 502 Please register here It’s 1964, and 16-year-old Janice is struggling in an unhappy home in Cleveland when she falls suddenly, deeply in love … with the Beatles. They and their music stir in her an ecstatic new sense of freedom. With a friend, she hatches a bold plan to escape their dreary lives and run away to London to meet the Fab Four. Janice Hawkins-Mitchell is a nationally recognized, award-winning investigator who has worked on high-media capital, criminal, and civil cases in New York City, including the Wendy’s Massacre and the Carnegie Deli Murders. She has also worked on international investigations for Hard Rock Café, Planet Hollywood, Warner Bros., Rolex, Gucci, Levi Strauss, and other trademarks. After uncovering new evidence in a criminal case that led to a wrongfully convicted man’s conviction being overturned, Hawkins-Mitchell was interviewed on Court TV by Rikki Klieman, who dubbed her “a modern-day Nancy Drew.”