Those were always magical hours when I was a teen. Laura Silverman’s most popular book is B Is for Beer. Why would someone want to blow them out of the sky? People who look after a close relative who is an addict or experiences long-term mental illness tell us their stories. Then Alice, who’s in the first flush of her relationship with Simon who seems perfectly normal – except that he flinches at the slightest touch. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. Laura Silverman was born on June 10, 1966 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA as Laura Jane Silverman. An anthology was the perfect tool to get a variety of Jewish stories and perspectives on the shelves all at once. Laura Silverman is a writer and editor who advocates "truly shameless indulgence" on her blog, Glutton for Life. I love doing research. That character can’t be Black and Jewish and queer and autistic! Katherine: Laura and I knew each other because we debuted the same year (2017), and she reached out with an idea that in a time of rising antisemitism, we could counter it with Jewish teens living contemporary, hopeful, funny, joyous, contemplative lives. I can! And those identities are all tangled up in each other. The twins plus their fairy minder, the pixie-elf hybrid Lazuli Heitz, are lucky to escape with their lives. There’s a lot more pressure and anxiety riding on editing and managing an anthology! I could write and read banter all day long, and a love/hate romance let me indulge in that! While we generally do not seek to edit or actively moderate comments, our spam filter prevents most links and certain key words from being posted and the Forward reserves the right to remove comments for any reason. A girl meets her new boyfriend’s family over Shabbat dinner. John Lee, By: Girl Out of Water was a Junior Library Guild Selection, and You Asked for Perfect was named to best teen fiction lists by YALSA, Chicago Public Library, and the Georgia Center for the Book. Vigorous debate and reasoned critique are welcome; name-calling and personal invective are not and will be deleted. It came together better than either of us could have dreamed, honestly. John Grisham, Narrated by: Matt Bates, By: Why did you feel this was important? The United States government has an asset who can turn the Iraqi commando against his masters: James Reece, the most-wanted domestic terrorist alive. How to have fun. It also made me excited because I love nothing more than a good workplace comedy. The Forward welcomes reader comments in order to promote thoughtful discussion on issues of importance to the Jewish community. I love that they do that too because publishing can be so weird about “oooh, that’s too much, don’t you think? Laura: “It’s a Whole Spiel” is a common Jewish phrase used to describe a long or complex story. I also think that Spiel’s in conversation with a lot of the ‘identity-based’ anthologies, including Black Enough like Laura mentioned, Unbroken edited by Marieke Nijkamp, and All Out (and All Out Now) edited by Saundra Mitchell. The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Forward. Two best friends put their friendship to the test over the course of a Friday night. I love the friction between two characters who can so easily get under each other’s skin. Where does the anthology’s title, It’s a Whole Spiel, come from? We’ve never been a monolith. I love it, but it’s a lot more brain space. I love the friction between two characters who can so easily get under each other’s skin. Here you will find a wide array of writers — and non-writers — reflecting on Jewish issues, life-cycle events, spirituality, culture and more. As a death doula, she helps her clients fix what is left undone so they can peacefully make the final transition. Did you have to learn a lot about the time periods featured in the Balloonmakers duology? I’m so excited to share Up All Night with the world! You will fall in love with this insightful, funny, and romantic Jewish anthology from a collection of diverse Jewish authors. I looked at my bookshelf a few years ago and only found a couple of YA novels featuring Jewish characters (Becky Albertalli’s The Upside of Unrequited and Rachel Solomon’s You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone). We wanted Orthodox and Reform characters to sit side by side, as well as characters of different sexuality, ability, and race. Laura: Growing up, I never encountered books with Jewish characters unless a book was about the Holocaust. What are the differences between the process of editing/curating an anthology and writing a single story? Now as an adult, I have friends who celebrate and observe and interact with Judaism in a huge variety of ways and it is a really incredibly fulfilling part of my life. They give space and life and joy to a story and identities that publishing might worry can’t be pitched in one line. Sass, Mariama Lockington, Aida Salazar, and Marieke Nijkamp). Each of these series is pretty different—District Ballet is a pretty internal, emotional book that hinges on recovery and therapy and reconciling change. That’s so MUCH.” Except there are real-life people who are Black and Jewish and queer and autistic! The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. We have everything from rom coms to ghost stories in the anthology, and I’m truly in love with every contribution. Did you have any specific themes in mind for their stories or did you allow them to choose on their own? After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. Enjoy when you’re online, underground or mid-flight. Editing has a lot more responsibility, a lot more conscious choice associated with it, and a lot more management skills. And all of them have characters whose identities reflect those of their authors. How did you tap into different aspects of writing for these two series and what about writing them was very much the same? I went out to Oak Ridge, Tennessee where Ilse works during The Spy with the Red Balloon and I stayed in a house built for the Manhattan Project workers, the exact kind of house that the girls in Spy would have lived in. Take your pick from the world’s largest selection of audiobooks including best sellers, latest releases, sci-fi, fantasy and more. Zara Ramm, By: Ten years ago, I went to a high-pressure high school. James Lindsay, Narrated by: And I love banter. They also contributed stories to Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens and All Out Now: Queer We Go Again. Honestly, the books coming out are so good, I can’t even keep up with them. A group of Jewish friends take the trip of a lifetime. Jack Carr, Narrated by: Get 1 audiobook a month, good for any title. I’m so so excited for this anthology. A Jewish boy falls in love with a fellow counselor at summer camp. I love it, but it’s a lot more brain space. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Where does the anthology’s title, It’s a Whole Spiel, come from? The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The attacks are being coordinated by a shadowy former Iraqi commando who has disappeared into Europe’s underground.

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