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Published Writing

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“Our First Ever Kidlit Open Mic” SCBWI Westchester Blog April 7, 2025 Link:https://scbwiwestchester.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/our-first-ever-kidlit-open-mic/

"A Sunny Day" and "Even in Bookstores" included in THE ECHOES: REMEMBERING 9/11, a journal edited by Julia Rust, White Plains Library October, 2021.

"Tiny Cranberry and Walnut Rolls Story and Recipe" in Jacob Burns Film Center's 20th Anniversary Breaking Bread: Jewish Food Stories and Recipes October, 2021

"Harry Shokler Sketch" and "At the Sink" in Pause & Reflect Again, More Stories From Behind the Window January, 2021

"This Morning's Visitor" from WRITING THE EVERYDAY NOW: A COLLECTION, BUTTERFIELD LIBRARY EVERYDAY WRITERS November 2020

  "Yetta Cut and Ripped Off the Arms of Her Blouse, Just Like She Ripped Her Clothes in Mourning" Medium October, 2020

Excerpt from THE PEDDLER'S DAUGHTER in "Raise Your Words" The Writing Institute's Newsletter Sarah Lawrence College 2020 

 "Becoming Characters" in Vivian Kirkfield's #50 Precious Words March 4, 2019

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"Why I Write" in The Writing Institute's Newsletter of Sarah Lawrence's College February 20, 2019

"Serendipity at the Scarsdale Library" Scarsdale10583.com February 20, 2019

"Nick Bruel: How Did the Dog Find Out?" SCBWI Metro and Westchester, NY Chapter Blogs 2018

"If You Asked an Editor of Picture Books" in SCBWI Westchester, NY Chapter Blog 2018

"How Judy's Garden Grows" in Arthritis Today July, 2017

 "Interview with Jacqueline Goldstein, author of Ms Murphy's Makeover "in TheGoodBookCorner.com 2016

Readings

Read excerpt from FRANK REHER’S FAMILY BAKERY, AN IMMIGRANT STORY, Historical Fiction Picture Book, at Open Mic SCBWI Westchester 4/7/25

"Lilacs, A Healthy Attachment" Scarsdale Public Library Readings on themes of Reimaginings, Reinventions, and Reawakenings May 2021

Excerpt from THE PEDDLER'S DAUGHTER in "Writing Right Now Podcast:" The Writing Institute of Sarah Lawrence College 2020

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"One Thing Led to Another" Writes & Bites in Rye, NY on Zoom May 28, 2020 

Talks

 Sharing experiences researching the Reher Bakery, the family who ran it, and the community intersecting with it for a picture   book at Jewish Federation of Ulster County's Day of Learning on Zoom January, 2021

Author Talk to Grade 2 Classrooms at Quaker Ridge School, Scarsdale, NY, summer nursery school at MidWestchester JCC New Rochelle, NY and Scarsdale/Edgemont Teachers' STI Picture Book Course, Greenacres Library Scarsdale, NY 2016.

Contests

Honorable Mention for Reading Excerpt at Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY-Revised beginning THE PEDDLER’S DAUGHTER February 27, 2025

 Honorable Mention–– Nice Use of Cultural Elements"The Winning Recipe"  Susanne L Hill's 11th Annual Holiday Contest Dec. 9, 2021

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