In conjunction with the Jewish Book Council, the Jewish Federation of Omaha holds an annual author event featuring a Jewish author speaking in a relaxed setting. Typically, the event is held in the spring with light appetizers, beverages and desserts served.
About the Author:
B. A. Shapiro is the bestselling author of The Collector’s Apprentice, The Muralist, and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction and the Boston Authors Society Award for Fiction, among other honors. Before becoming a novelist, she taught sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University. She and her husband, Dan, divide their time between Boston and Florida.
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This program is made possible by the JFO’s membership in Jewish Book Council, with the support of the following JFO Foundation funds: Shirley & Leonard Goldstein Supporting Foundation, The Carl Frohm Memorial Foundation, Anonymous, Milton S. & Corinne N. Livingston Foundation Fund
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