Ellen Brazer
Biography
My name is Ellen Brazer and I am an award-winning author of historical fiction. My first book, Hearts of Fire won Hadassah’s prestigious Myrtle Wreath Award, an award previously won by Maya Angelou. I was recently listed in the top 10 Best-Holocaust-Related-Novels on Amazon along with Elie Wiesel, Sarah's Key, Ann Frank and the Boy in the Stripped Pajamas.
My second book, Clouds Across the Sun is a historical novel. I was recently ranked #8 on i-tunes for my book. In the past year I have spoken to over 5,000 people. I have been the featured speaker at: Jewish Museums, Temple Sisterhoods, Brandeis Alumni, Woman’s Clubs, Book/Author luncheons for Hadassah, National Council of Jewish Women, Jewish Heritage Clubs and Yiddish Clubs. I was featured at the Holocaust Documentation Center, the Denver Book Fair, Brandeis/Hadassah Conversations in Rye, New York, and Boca Raton, Florida and at the Beth Tfiloh synagogue in Baltimore, Maryland.
Please see my website: http://www.ellenbrazer.com to see dates I have booked, read reviews, learn about me, and read some.
Summary: Before the end of WWII, Hitler charged a group of his most trusted and brilliant comrades with a mission—educate your progeny and then elevate them to positions of power throughout the world. Steeped in fact and impeccably researched, Clouds Across the Sun is the story of just one of these children.
From Naples, Florida, New York City, and Washington D.C., to Israel and then the killing grounds of Vilnius, Poland (Lithuania) this story is one of great romance, discovery, redemption, and enlightenment as Jotto Wells discovers her Jewish soul and unravels the intrigue surrounding a plan to take over the government of the United States.
When I talk I speak about the real people that inspired my writing and became the fictional characters in my novels.
I live on South Beach, where I sit on many boards. I have extensive public speaking experience. Writing is my passion, and what you are about to read is the culmination of hard work and determination.
I have had two of my short stories published in an anthology by Carnegie Mellon University.
I am currently working on a fictional manuscript set in the year 130 CE, when the Jews defeated the Romans and ruled Israel for three years.
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