Judy Gold­man is the prize-win­ning author of a mem­oir (to be pub­lished Octo­ber 2012), two nov­els, and two poet­ry col­lec­tions. An excerpt from her mem­oir appeared in Real Sim­ple mag­a­zine. Her work has been pub­lished in many lit­er­ary jour­nals and antholo­gies, her book reviews in The Wash­ing­ton Post and The Char­lotte Observ­er. She’s been a com­men­ta­tor on pub­lic radio and is a pop­u­lar cre­ative-writ­ing work­shop teacher. She has spo­ken to Jew­ish groups across the country.