Motherhood. The most profound human experience is being put to the test.
Author Talia Carner's heart-wrenching suspense novels, PUPPET CHILD and CHINA DOLL, were hailed for exposing society's ills. Her newset novel, JERUSALEM MAIDEN, (HarperCollins, June 2011) depicts a woman's struggle for self-expression against her society's religious dictates.
Carner's reviews of others' books can be found at http://amzn.to/q3SBqc .
Her award-winning personal essays appeared in The New York Times, Chocolate For Women anthologies [Simon & Schuster], Cup of Comfort [Adams Media] and The Best Jewish Writing 2003 (John Wiley & Son). Her short stories were published in literary magazines such as Midstream, Lynx Eye, River Sedge, Moxie, Lilith, Rosebud, Confrontation and North Atlantic Review. An excerpt from JERUSALEM MAIDEN was named second (tie) for Eric Hoffer Short Prose Award, appeared in The Best New Writing 2011 as "Editor's Choice Award," and nominated to the Pushcart Prize.
JERUSALEM MAIDEN won the Forward National Literature Award in historical fiction category (Nov. 2011).
Before turning to writing fiction full-time, Carner worked for Redbook magazine, was the publisher of Savvy Woman magazine, and founded a successful marketing consulting firm servicing Fortune 500 companies. She taught at Long Island University's School of Management and was a volunteer counselor and lecturer for the Small Business Administration. In 1993 she was sent twice by the United States Information Agency to Russia, and in 1995 participated in the NGO women's conference in Beijing.
Her addictions include chocolate, ballet, Sudoku--and social justice.
