My stepdaughter Becky, who lives in Tennessee, had a baby, Madeline, in January. Becky is such a joyful and calm mother. And Madeline is–objectively of course!–one of the world’s cutest, loveliest, most alert and thoughtful and interesting and adorable babies … Read More
When I get the few advance copies of a book from a publisher, I think hard about what it is best to do with them. When the advance copies of Matzah Belowstairs, my latest book, came out, I knew … Read More
My thirteen-year-old niece, Chloe Meyer-Gehrke, has read my novels inspired by my father’s World War II experiences. She also came to my book release parties and sat in the front row!
She got interested in the way Jewish refugees were … Read More
My newest picture book is out!
It is a happy, light-hearted story about a mouse family that needs matzah for Passover. They live under the floorboards beneath the apartment where the human Winklers live. And luckily the Winklers are … Read More