Award-winning writer Pamela Reitman has numerous publications in literary journals, news outlets, and magazines. About her forthcoming novel, Charlotte Salomon Paints Her Life, winner of the AWP Prize for the Novel, Parul Kapur, writes: “a gorgeous, haunting portrait of a willful young Jewish woman who paints to save her life, to remember everything in images and words, as Nazi jackboots approach.”

Pamela believes that, like many women artists of the past, Charlotte Salomon deserves more attention, and to spread the word about her, she developed a passionate desire to imagine the life and work of this young German-Jewish genius in fiction. Her hope is that her novel will propel readers to discover and appreciate the artist’s work for themselves.

Pamela is retired from a career in public health and years of community service in the fields of Alzheimer’s Disease and mental health. She received a B.A cum laude in English from Columbia University and a Master of Public Health in Environmental Science from the University of California Berkeley. As Director Emerita of Makor Or: a Jewish Meditation Center in San Francisco, she likes to participate in Jewish life and learning and serve people in their search for meaning and a better relationship with their own humanity and that of others. She is lay ordained in the Soto Zen Buddhist tradition.

Her work and recognitions can be found here

Short Stories, Poetry, Essays, Recognitions, and Complete List of Published Works

Memberships
AWA Affiliate
California Writers Club (Redwood Writers)
Women’s Fiction Writers
The Historical Novel Society
Women’s National Book Association