Ellen Feldman
Ellen Feldman is an American writer who crafted this critically acclaimed novel drawing on her extensive historical background.
She grew up in New Jersey and attended Bryn Mawr College, the same institution her protagonist Millie attends in the novel.
Feldman earned both a B.A. and M.A. in modern history, later pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University.
Her professional experience includes working for a publishing firm in New York City, expertise that informs Millie's career trajectory and the novel's publishing denazification plotline.
Feldman currently resides in both New York City and East Hampton, New York, continuing her career writing historical fiction that explores complex moral questions.
