IN THE HOLOCAUST’S SHADOW, IS THERE STILL LIGHT? – FICTION & NONFICTION

KEREN BLANKFELD is a long-form journalist with a special interest in investigative narrative nonfiction. A former staff writer for Forbes, her stories have also appeared in The New York Times, Reuters, the Toronto Star, and other publications. She teaches reporting and writing at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and has also taught at New York University’s graduate school. She has been a guest on CNN, BBC World News, and E! Entertainment. In 2013, Blankfeld served as a creative executive at New Regency Productions, where she worked with screenwriters and playwrights to develop material for movies and TV shows. She holds a B.A. in international relations and English from Tufts University and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. Blankfeld lives in New York with her husband and two sons.

LAUREN GRODSTEIN is the author of Our Short History: A Novel (Algonquin Books), The Washington Post book of the year The Explanation for Everything: A Novel (Algonquin Books), and The New York Times bestseller A Friend of the Family: A Novel (Algonquin Books), among other works. Her stories, essays, and articles have appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies and have been translated into French, German, Chinese, and Italian, among other languages. Her work has also appeared in Elle, NYT, Refinery29, Salon, Barrelhouse, Post Road Magazine, and The Washington Post. Grodstein is a professor of English at Rutgers University-Camden, where she teaches in the MFA program in creative writing.