Young is the New York Times bestselling author of the Program novel series. Her tweet has seen by 7.7 million people and garnered hundreds of encouraging responses, and tales of similar experiences. Michael Northrop, a bestselling graphic novel author, tweeted: “It stings, but it’s a blip.” Author Lija Fisher wrote: “I was at an event with two other authors, nobody came, so we photoshopped in an adoring crowd.” Young later responded saying she didn’t know how “common this was until now”, and reiterating how “ashamed” she was by the no-show. She added the outpouring of support “has been incredible” and that she wanted to “show up for all of you from now on”. https://twitter.com/suzanne_young/status/1641121195281248263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641121195281248263%7Ctwgr%5Edd5ba8940dcb5d2d64c160db240f96118380844f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joe.co.uk%2Flife%2Fauthor-cries-all-the-way-home-after-no-one-shows-up-to-her-book-signing-event-391801 https://twitter.com/mdnorthrop/status/1641071093493514240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641071093493514240%7Ctwgr%5Edd5ba8940dcb5d2d64c160db240f96118380844f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joe.co.uk%2Flife%2Fauthor-cries-all-the-way-home-after-no-one-shows-up-to-her-book-signing-event-391801 https://twitter.com/BradBurton/status/1641504169692389392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641504169692389392%7Ctwgr%5Edd5ba8940dcb5d2d64c160db240f96118380844f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joe.co.uk%2Flife%2Fauthor-cries-all-the-way-home-after-no-one-shows-up-to-her-book-signing-event-391801 https://twitter.com/Lucaswoodland/status/1641429560787869696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1641429560787869696%7Ctwgr%5Edd5ba8940dcb5d2d64c160db240f96118380844f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.joe.co.uk%2Flife%2Fauthor-cries-all-the-way-home-after-no-one-shows-up-to-her-book-signing-event-391801 Irish Times journalist Roisín Ingle said of Youn’s initial tweet and the response to it: “This is one of those beautiful cases of someone expressing vulnerability and everything turning around for them.” In December, authors such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman shared their own humbling moments in a Twitter thread, after fantasy author Chelsea Banning tweeted: “Only 2 people came to my author signing yesterday, so I was pretty bummed about it. Especially as 37 people responded ‘going’ to the event. Kind of upset, honestly, and a little embarrassed.” Gaiman tweeted in reply: “Terry Pratchett and I did a signing in Manhattan for Good Omens that nobody came to at all. So you are two up on us.” And Atwood added: “I did a signing to which nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help.”