Beth Rosen, in her writing and in her work with patients, explores the desire to keep secrets, tell lies, and find creative ways to tell the truth. She came from a family that liked to tell stories, both true ones and fabrications. Beth is a psychotherapist, former adjunct professor and a writer. Her personal essays have been published in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Canadian Jewish News, The Chicago Tribune and The Riverdale Press. When she was a young girl she heard how her cousin survived the Holocaust and felt compelled to write this story seventy years later. Learn more....

Cindy Rizzo is a member of The Beacon for Democracy and Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, and a published author of five Jewish and sapphic novels, as well as several essays and short stories. She is a philanthropy and non-profit consultant devoted to social justice for all, "Putting Ideas and Values into Words and Strategy." She has served as VP for Social Justice at Arcus Foundation, focused on LGBT rights and conservation of great apes and gibbons. She lives in NYC with her wife and three cats.

Beth Rosen's book "Saved By a Lie" may be purchased here: Buy Saved By A Lie

Saved By a Lie

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