Andrea Simon is the author of five award-winning, published books: the groundbreaking memoir/history, Bashert: A Granddaughter’s Holocaust Quest; historical fiction, Esfir Is Alive; a novel-in-stories, Floating in the Neversink; and her latest novel, Did You Have the Life You Wanted? Andrea holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York, where she has taught writing. Students from her course “Writing About Your Mom without Guilt” created the anthology, Here’s the Story ... Nine Women Write Their Lives, of which Andrea is the editor and a contributor. A native New Yorker, she lives in Manhattan with her husband.