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Gefilda Is Getting a Little Smaller: Bringing Her Adventures to Young Readers
Gefilda Is Getting a Little Smaller: Bringing Her Adventures to Young Readers Gefilda Fische has battled demons, chased spirits, wielded ancient Jewish artifacts, and somehow turned a shopping cart into a perfectly respectable piece of supernatural equipment. Now she’s getting ready for a new challenge: younger readers. I’ve started working on a children’s book featuring Gefilda, tentatively titled Passover Possession. The story takes one of my favorite ideas from The Adventu
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Oct 292 min read
Finding My Voice After Fifty: My Essay for Women Writers, Women’s Books
I’m delighted to share my essay, “Finding My Voice After Fifty: How Faith, Cancer, and an Unexpected Dream Led Me Back to Writing,” published by Women Writers, Women’s Books. In the piece, I write about the rather winding road that eventually led me to become a novelist—from studying philosophy and religion, to converting to Judaism, to surviving throat cancer, and finally to writing The Adventures of Gefilda Fische. I didn’t publish my first novel until after fifty. One of t
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Sep 201 min read
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