My memories as an immigrant professional woman in Ottawa, Canada 47 years ago. A new life after having survived the liberal war of a new country Bangladesh on December 16, 1971.
Graduate of Barnard College. BA, Program in the Arts: Playwriting. My first play was a finalist for the O'Neill Center Competition and was was scheduled for production twice: the first time, the theater owner died, and the season was shut down; the second time, the director committed suicide. For the benefit of the arts community, I got out of playwriting, and earned an MBA from Yale University. A
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Most people wouldn't put these authors together, but the ones whom I have read and whom I felt influenced me were Franz Kafka, Tom Stoppard and John Iriving. They didn't necessarily influence my writing, but they influenced me. My favorite author is Philip Roth, particularly his genre-bending Operation Shylock.
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Los Angeles, CA USA
Accomplishments
The Accidental Anarchist, is the winner of multiple awards, including the 2012 Readers Favorite Award for Historical/Cultural Non-Fiction, the 2012 International Book Award, and National Indie Excellence Award for a Historical Biography, and the 2011 “USA Best Books” Award for a Historical Biography.
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