D. Dina Friedman
D. Dina Friedman is the author of two award-winning novels, Escaping Into the Night (Simon & Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar, Straus, Giroux), and one book of poetry, Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press). In this collection, Friedman draws on her childhood in multicultural Queens, her adulthood in rural New England, her travels to India and the U.S./Mexico border, and her years as an activist working for Middle East peace and immigration justice. Originally from New York City, Dina moved to western Massachusetts in the 1980s, where she now lives next door to a farm with six hundred cows. Visit her website ddinafriedman.com and subscribe to her blog on the writing life at www.ddinafriedman.substack.com.