Anita Diament

My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding. ↗

— Anita Diament

#converted #husband #jim #judaism #just

As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system. ↗

— Anita Diament

#comfortable #did #doing #fellowship #gave

Biblical names are hot again. ↗

— Anita Diament

#hot #names

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. ↗

— Anita Diament

#explaining #fiction #got #historical #historical fiction

I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community. ↗

— Anita Diament

#i #jewish #jewish community #record #track

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop. ↗

— Anita Diament

#i #i love #jazz #kinds #love

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love. ↗

— Anita Diament

#deeply #even #getting #give #i

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12. ↗

— Anita Diament

#denver #early #early childhood #family #i

My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life. ↗

— Anita Diament

#events #followed #jewish #life #mostly

I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up. ↗

— Anita Diament

#her #i #mary #mary poppins #nanny