Nora Gold

Nora Gold is a prize-winning Canadian author, activist, and the founder and editor of Jewish Fiction .net.[1][2] Her essays, commentary, and reviews have appeared in the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, the Literary Review of Canada, and Haaretz. In 1998, Gold's collection of short stories, Marrow and Other Stories, won a Canadian Jewish Book Award and was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award. Gold's recently published first novel, Fields of Exile, has received enthusiastic reviews and praise.[3][4]

Background

Nora Gold was born in Montreal in 1952. The daughter of the late Alan B. Gold, former Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec, and Lynn Lubin Gold, a professor of English literature, Nora Gold received her MSW and PhD in social work from the University of Toronto. From 1990 to 2000 she worked as an associate professor at McMaster University, before leaving academe to pursue writing full time. She currently serves as Writer-in-Residence and Associate Scholar at the Centre for Women's Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.[5] Gold holds both Canadian and Israeli citizenships.[6]

Writing

Gold's first book, Marrow and Other Stories, was published in 1998 by Warwick. It was praised by critics and writers alike[7] upon its release, and went on to receive the Louis Lockshin Prize for Short Fiction at the Canadian Jewish Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Award.[8]

In 2014 Gold published her first novel, Fields of Exile, which deals with anti-Israelism within academic settings.[9] The novel was very well-received by critics, and The Forward named it one of 5 Jewish Books to Read in 2014.[10]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "About Jewish Fiction .net". Jewish Fiction .net. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jewish Fiction Finds a New Home on the Internet". The Algemeiner. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Wisse, Ruth. "The Herd of Independent Minds". Mosaic Magazine. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Sylvetsky, Rochel. "A Novel of Ideas in the Era of Anti-Israelism". Op-ed, Arutz Sheva, Israel National News. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "CWSE Writer-in-Residence Program". OISE University of Toronto. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Brawarsky, Sandra. "Jewish Fiction Online". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Member Profile: Nora Gold". Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014 Toronto Jewish Literary Festival". Koffler Centre of the Arts. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Posner, Michael. "Leftist Canadian author explains her slow drift to the right". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  10. ↑ Dreifus, Erika. "5 Jewish Books To Read in 2014". The Forward. Retrieved 20 November 2014.