About Ellen Feldman
Born 1941. Ellen Feldman is an American novelist, writer and opinion journalist.
Ellen Feldman (born 1941) is an American writer. She grew up in New Jersey and attended Bryn Mawr College, and graduated with B.A. and an M.A. in modern history. She also worked for a publishing firm in New York City and continued with graduate studies at Columbia University.
Feldman currently lives in New York City and East Hampton, New York. The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank (2005)
Lucy Lucy (2003), was about Franklin Roosevelt's love for Lucy Mercer, who was the social secretary of Eleanor Roosevelt, his wife. It was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2009.
Next to Love Her novel Next to Love (2011), tells the story of three Massachusetts women from the 1940s to 1960s. It was inspired by the true story of the Bedford Boys, a group of men from around Bedford, Virginia, many of whom were killed in the first few minutes of the D-Day landings.
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American writer
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Ellen Feldman was born in 1941 in New Jersey.
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Ellen Feldman is a novelist, writer and opinion journalist.
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