Traci Medford-Rosow is the author of four books. She is a partner in the New York City law firm Richardson & Rosow. Previously, she worked at Pfizer as Senior VP and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Global Head of IP Litigation and General Counsel of Europe. She is the founder of the College Education Milestone Foundation.Traci has made numerous guest appearances on radio shows, podcasts, and at book signings. She lives in New York City with her husband. They have two adult children.
UNSHELTERED LOVE: Homelessness, Hunger and Hope in a City under Siege by Traci Medford-Rosow (Morgan James Publishing, 2023).
Unsheltered Love is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Amazon Charts and #1 Barnes & Noble bestseller. It is also the Eric Hoffer Grand Prize winner 2023 and a BIBA 2024 winner. Unsheltered Love is the prequel to Chasing Light (February 2026).
Unsheltered Love is a first-hand reported account of how the pandemic greatly exacerbated an already dire homelessness situation in New York City. In March 2020, the usually crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan were empty, stores were closing, people were afraid to go out. But homeless people were still on the streets, cold and very hungry, and much less able to panhandle in the deserted city. Unable to ignore their suffering, the author and her husband started walking the empty streets in their neighborhood, handing out food to the men and women they met. As they showed up, trust replaced the fear and suspicion that had existed within them, as well as within the homeless people they befriended. They listened as the homeless revealed their daily struggles living on the streets, as well as the details that had led to their homelessness.
Unsheltered Love also provides an in depth look at one of the ten characters in the story—a homeless woman named Maggie Wright who adds her perspective to the narrative. Following each chapter is a journal entry written by Maggie—her viewpoint of the same events in the story, as well as an inside look at her personal journey into homelessness and her rise out of it. Her entries provide a look into the psychology of homelessness, what can lead a person to this fate, and more importantly, bind them to it.
CHASING LIGHT: Two Women, Their Mothers, and a Secret That Changed Their Lives by Traci Medford-Rosow and Maggie Wright (Morgan James Publishing, 2026).
Chasing Light is a lyrical meditation on grief, memory, and the fragile beauty of everyday life. At its core, it is a story of resilience, forgiveness, and the transformational power of human connection. It sheds light on the overlooked realities of homelessness and addiction, while emphasizing the importance of compassion and second chances.
The book chronicles the intertwined journeys of two women—Maggie Wright, a formerly homeless woman, and Traci Medford-Rosow, a New York City attorney, set against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The storyline unfolds in two parts—Asleep and Awake—representing the emotional and literal awakenings of the women. Through a series of fragmented reflections and evocative vignettes, both authors weave together personal history, family stories, and fleeting moments of wonder in the face of deep personal loss. Anchored in landscapes both internal and external, the book explores what it means to hold on to people, to light, to the essence of things that inevitably slip away.
Maggie recounts her descent from suburban motherhood into homelessness, driven by an opioid addiction that evolved into alcoholism and, eventually, a dependence on synthetic drugs. Her harrowing experiences include abuse, poverty, and the constant fight for survival on the streets of New York. Maggie’s path toward redemption includes reentering college in her 40s, reclaiming her dignity, and rebuilding her life with support from Traci.
Traci’s narrative explores the psychological impact of her own upbringing with a mother addicted to Valium, revealing long-suppressed trauma and secrets. As the women’s friendship grows, their shared histories of familial pain and addiction form a powerful bond, ultimately guiding each toward healing.
In spare, poetic prose, Chasing Light invites the reader to move slowly, to remember, and to bear witness to the light within us all that endures.
UNBLINDED: One Man's Courageous Journey through Darkness to Sight by Traci Medford-Rosow and Kevin Coughlin (Morgan James Publishing, 2018).
Unblinded is a USA Today, Amazon, IndieBound, Publishers Weekly and Barnes and Noble bestseller. It has been published in English, German and Turkish. Unblinded received a starred Kirkus Review and was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2020.
Unblinded is the true story of New Yorker Kevin Coughlin, who became blind at age thirty-six due to a rare genetic disorder known as Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Twenty years later, without medical intervention, Kevin’s sight miraculously started to return. He is the only known person in the world who has experienced a spontaneous, non-medically assisted, regeneration of the optic nerve. Unblinded follows Kevin’s descent into darkness, and his unexplained reemergence to sight.
INFLECTION POINT: War and Sacrifice in Corporate America by Traci Medford-Rosow Pegasus Books, 2015).
A true story that reads like a suspense thriller, Inflection Point by Traci Medford-Rosow provides not only an insider’s look into the massive pharmaceutical industry, but an emotionally charged story of personal conflicts, defeats and victories. Medford-Rosow spent ten years of her life in an epic battle to protect the patent rights of a corporate giant, Pfizer; a battle that opened old wounds and challenged her beliefs of right from wrong. The underlying stories, the sub-plots in Inflection Point are intricately woven into the primary back-room and court battles that keep the reader involved and turning the pages.
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