Elizabeth Rosner is an American novelist, nonfiction author, essayist, and poet. She is author of three novels and a poetry collection. ''The Speed of Light'' was translated into nine languages and won several awards in the US and in Europe, including being shortlisted for the

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. ''Blue Nude'' was named among the best books of 2006 by the ''

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''. ''Electric City'' was named among the best books of 2014 by NPR. The daughter of

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survivors, in 2017 Rosner published her first book of nonfiction: ''Survivor Cafe: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory'', an examination of inter-generational dynamics in the wake of surviving tragedy. The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' notes that "“Survivor Café — which combines moving personal narrative with illuminating research into the impact of mass trauma on a personal and cultural scale — feels like the book Rosner was born to write. Each page is imbued with urgency, with sincerity, with heartache, with heart." The book was a finalist for the

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'', the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and others. She lives in

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Published works

Non-fiction

*''Survivor Café'' (Counterpoint Press, 2017), San Francisco Chronicle best book of the year; Finalist for National Jewish Book Award in Contemporary Jewish Life & Practice

Novels

*''The Speed of Light'' (Ballantine Books, 2001) *''Blue Nude'' (Gallery Books, 2010) *''Electric City'' (Counterpoint Press, 2014)

Poetry collections

*''Gravity'' (Atelier 26 Books)

References

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