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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

A Visit from Author Jeff Gottesfeld

I'm a very fortunate woman. I grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and graduated high school with so many talented people. So when my friend and author Jeff Gottesfeld said he would come speak to my 7th and 8th graders, I jumped at the chance.

Jeff is an accomplished writer for page, stage, screen, and television. On the fiction side, his children’s picture book THE TREE IN THE COURTYARD (Knopf, 2016) has garnered a number of starred reviews and was an Amazon.com pick-of-the-month  His other works include the Los Angeles Times bestseller ANNE FRANK AND ME and the New York Times bestselling teen series THE A-LIST under an alias. He also co-wrote the adult novel HOW TO TEACH FILTHY RICH GIRLS  which became the CW television series PRIVILEGED. His current focus is on books and plays featuring heroes and heroines from diverse cultures  For television, he was Emmy-nominated and a Writers Guild Award winner for THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and wrote the Paramount movie  BROKEN BRIDGES.

When he visited my school on Tuesday, Jeff read THE TREE IN THE COURTYARD, which is based on the story of the large tree which Anne Frank was able to see from the attic where her family was hidden from the Nazis. The students asked terrific questions and posed with Jeff in a few photos. Yes, that is me crouching in the photo below. Just wish that student had been facing the camera!!