 Stirling had announced in June 2015 that over the course of two and a half years, she had completed an autobiography, "The Only Pirate at the Party", published by Gallery Books.Co-authored by Brooke S. Passey, Stirling's sister, the book was released on January 12, 2016, and was listed at #10 on "The New York Times" hardcover nonfiction best-seller list for January 31, 2016.The book's title owed its origin to Stirling's diagnosis of cross-dominance in the second grade, for which an eye patch was prescribed.