Leora Skolkin-Smith Explained

Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	Israeli-American
Education:	Sarah Lawrence College (BA, MFA)
Genre:	Literary Fiction
Notableworks:	Edges: O Israel, O Palestine, The Fragile Mistress, Hystera

Leora Skolkin-Smith (born 1952 in Manhattan, New York^[1]) is an Israeli-American novelist. Her first novel, Edges: O Israel, O Palestine, was selected and edited by Grace Paley for Glad Day Books.^[2] Leora Skolkin-Smith graduated (BA and MFA) from Sarah Lawrence College.

Edges: O Israel, O Palestine

Edges: O Israel, O Palestine is set in a pre-1967 Israel, during the Cold War. Characters are drawn from Israel's long-forgotten past, members of the 1940s Haganah and Jewish underground who find themselves displaced amidst the chaotic and complex tensions of an Israel just beginning to modernize and expand. Recently awarded a PEN/Faulkner Writers-in-the Schools stipend,^[3] EDGES was also picked by "The Bloomsbury Review's 25th Anniversary Issue as a "Favorite Book of the Last 25 Years".^[4] An original audio production of edges narrated by Tovah Feldshuh won an "Earphones Award" from Audiofile Magazine.^[5] EDGES was also a National Women Studies Association Conference Selection^[6] and a Jewish Book Council Selection, 2005.

Other accomplishments

• A panelist, on "Israel in Fiction" at the Miami International Book Fair, 2006
• A panelist, on "War in Writing", at the Virginia Festival of the Book, 2006
• A member of the National Book Critics Circle.
• Published in The Washington Post
• Published in The Quarterly Conversation
• Published in The Hamilton Stone Review^[7]
• Novel, Edges, developed into Feature Film by Triboro Pictures, retitled "The Fragile Mistress"^[8]
• Novel, Hystera,"^[9]
• Contributing Editor to Readysteadybook.com
• Cantaraville Three ^[10]

External links

• www.leoraskolkinsmith.com
• Forum Network interview
• The Fragile Mistress: The film adaptation of Edges.
• http://www.guernicamagazine.com
• http://www.fictionstudiobooks.com

References

1. Web site: Biography. Skolkin-Smith. Leora. 4 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20070213044543/http://www.leoraskolkinsmith.com/bio.htm. 13 February 2007. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: New Edition of Edges, O Israel, O Palestine. Snyder. Lauren. 4 January 2010. https://archive.today/20120918162928/http://www.redroom.com/authornewsitem/new-edition-edges-o-israel-o-palestine. 18 September 2012. dead. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Leora Skolkin-Smith biography. www.bookbrowse.com. 11 January 2010.
4. Web site: PEN Member Profile. PEN American Center. 11 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100413133132/http://www.pen.org/MemberProfile.php/prmProfileID/22197. 13 April 2010. dead. dmy-all.
5. Web site: 'Edges" The Audiobook of Award-Winning Novel Starring Tovah Feldshuh Wins Audiofile's Magazine's Earphone Award. emediaworld.com. 4 January 2010.
6. Web site: NWSA Conference Intro. 32. 4 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090220021704/http://www.nwsaconference.org/2006/downloads/intro06.pdf. 20 February 2009. dead. dmy-all.
7. Web site: Hamilton Stone Authors. Hamilton Stone Editions. 11 January 2010.
8. Web site: The Fragile Mistress. 4 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100114000356/http://www.fragilemistress.com/. 14 January 2010. dead. dmy-all.
9. Web site: Hystera. 30 November 2011.
10. Skolkin-Smith . Leora . Hystera . Cantaraville . Who's in three . 3 . 2008 .