Alison Leslie Gold

Alison Leslie Gold is an American author. She has written numerous books but is probably best known for her research about the Holocaust and Anne Frank. She is the writer of the books Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped Hide the Frank Family, which she wrote with Miep Gies, and Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend, which was based on the memories of Anne Frank's childhood friend, Hanneli Goslar.

Biography

Gold was born and grew up in New York City. Gold was educated at the University of North Carolina, Mexico City College and the New School for Social Research in New York City. Gold has written a number of books of both non-fictional and fictional genres, and has also done journalism. She also writes for radio and television. Gold enjoys traveling and divides her time in Greece and New York City.

Notable books written by Alison Leslie Gold

• Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped Hide the Frank Family
• Love in the Second Act
• Fiet's Vase and Other Stories of Survival Europe 1939
• The Devil's Mistress: The Diary of Eva Braun: The Woman Who Lived and Died with Hitler : A Novel
• Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend
• Clairvoyant: The Imagined Life of Lucia Joyce

Notable awards and nominations

• 1988- Won Christopher Award for Anne Frank Remembered
• 1997- Nominated National Book Award for The Devil's Mistress
• 1998- Won the Notable Children's Book Award for Memories of Anne Frank

External links

• http://www.alisonlesliegold.com/alisonlesliegold/Home.html (the website of Alison Leslie Gold)

• http://www.readprint.com/author-11629/Miep-Gold-Alison-Leslie-Gies-books#anchor_books
• http://www.aup.edu/cwt/events/gold.htm
• http://www.aup.edu/cwt/events/gold.htm
• http://www.alisonlesliegold.com/alisonlesliegold/Biography.html
• http://www.alisonlesliegold.com/alisonlesliegold/Books.html
• http://www.borders.com.au/by/alison-leslie-gold/