Parvati Shallow is a five-time Survivor competitor, two-time winner, and breakout star of The Traitors on Peacock — and, since 2025, a national bestselling author. Her memoir, Nice Girls Don’t Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power (The Dial Press, July 2025), traces her path from a childhood spent in a Florida commune to becoming one of reality television’s most recognizable and scrutinized figures — and the personal reckonings, including the loss of her younger brother and a difficult divorce, that pushed her toward genuine self-acceptance.

Shallow narrates the audiobook herself, and the memoir has drawn praise from figures across entertainment and culture, including Adam Grant, who called it “gripping and liberating,” and Bowen Yang, who described it as a book that “blew me away.” Beyond the page and the game, Shallow has built a second career as a speaker and coach, using her own hard-won lessons on image, ambition, and public scrutiny to help others navigate their own reinvention.

Few people understand the collision of performance and real life better than Parvati Shallow. Join her for a candid conversation on fame, survival, and storytelling at the Salt Lake Book Festival.