Bio

Anita Diamant is a Jewish-American fiction and non-fiction writer. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. A Master’s Degree in English soon followed from Binghamton University in upstate New York. Diamant started her career as a freelance journalist in Boston in 1975, writing for many magazines and newspapers including the Boston Globe, the New England Monthly and Self magazine. Diamant wrote about issues ranging from celebrities and popular culture to politics and medical ethics. Soon after her experience in journalism, Diamant transitioned into self-help books. Her specialty focused on Jewish life guidebooks that embraced the Jewish community, especially supporting the female members of the society. After gaining success with the guide books, Diamant decided to try her hand at fiction novels. Her first book was called The Red Tent, and became a New York Times Bestseller. This book addresses female roles and perspectives in the male-centric world of the Bible and how the women in the novel were able to maintain friendships. This theme continued throughout the next three of her novels, all of which contain women supporting each other and using their friendships as a source of strength and happiness. Diamant’s popularity grew and now she has books in 25 countries world-wide. 1