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Anita Diamant, born in 1951 in New Jersey, spent most of her adolescence in Colorado and attended the University of Colorado – Boulder before

Anita Diamant by Brian Minkoff-London Pixels

Anita Diamant at a book signing in 2010

transferring to Washington University in St. Louis.  She followed her bachelor’s degree there with a master’s from Birmingham University in New York, finishing her college studies in 1975.

Diamant put her English degree to use as a freelance journalist until venturing into novels in 1985 with the publication of The Jewish Wedding.  She continues to write both fiction and non-fiction about Judaism and Jewish practice.

Diamant lives in Massachusetts with her family.

photo by Brian Minkoff-London Pixels

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