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Elizabeth Graver

Elizabeth Graver
Elizabeth Graver’s fifth novel, Kantika, was inspired by her grandmother Rebecca, who was born into a Sephardic Jewish family in Istanbul and whose shape-shifting life journey took her to Spain, Cuba and New York. Kantika was awarded the 2023 Edward Lewis Wallant Award and a National Jewish Book Award and named a Best Historical Fiction Book and Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times. Elizabeth’s fourth novel, The End of the Point, was long-listed for the 2013 National Book Award in Fiction. Her other novels are Awake, The Honey Thief, and Unravelling. She teaches at Boston College. Find her online at elizabethgraver.com.


Remembering My Friend and Agent, Richard Parks

“You never know what you will get till you try.”
May 8, 2024  By Elizabeth Graver
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