Alyson Richman Explained

Alyson Richman
Occupation:	Novelist
Alma Mater:	Wellesley College
Notableworks:	The Lost Wife

Alyson Richman is an American writer best known for The Lost Wife, a tale of a husband and wife who are separated in a concentration camp during World War II and reunited 60 years later at their grandchildren's wedding.^[1] Her novels have been published in more than 25 languages and have received both national and international acclaim.^[2]

Background

Richman graduated from Wellesley College in 1994^[3] and received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.^[4] She currently lives with her husband and two children on Long Island, New York.

Bibliography

• The Mask Carver's Son: A Novel (Bloomsbury 2001)^[3]
• The Rhythm of Memory (formerly entitled Swedish Tango: A Novel)^[5] (Simon & Schuster 2004)^[3]
• The Last Van Gogh: A Novel (Berkley 2006)^[3]
• The Lost Wife (Berkley 2012)^[4]
• Saint-Exupéry
• The Garden of Letters (Berkley 2014)^[4]
• The Velvet Hours (Berkley 2016)
• The Secret of Clouds (Berkley 2019)
• The Thread Collectors (2022)
• The Time Keepers (2024)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alyson Richman on her LI Reads pick 'The Lost Wife' . Wendy Smith . 29 Mar 2012 . Newsday.com . . 26 Sep 2014.
2. Web site: Alyson Richman and Jenna Blum - "Garden of Letters" and "Grand Central" . . wellesleybooksmith-shop.com . . 26 Sep 2014.
3. Web site: ALUMNAE AUTHORS . . wellesley.edu . . 26 Sep 2014.
4. Web site: Alyson Richman . . berkleyjoveauthors.com/ . . 26 Sep 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015039/http://berkleyjoveauthors.com/author471 . 12 August 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
5. Web site: Biography: Alyson Richman . . bookreporter.com . 26 Sep 2014.