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Anita Diamant
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Anita Diamant

Anita Diamant is the bestselling author of the novels The Red Tent, Good Harbor, and The Last Days of Dogtown, as well as the collection of essays, Pitching My Tent. An award-winning journalist whose work has appeared regularly in The Boston Globe... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Cultivate cheerfulness... and gratitude.
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My life in 8 words: "Friend-filled, creative, busy, well-fed, healthy, bookish,talky, blessed."
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August 30, 2010
With the paperback release of DAY AFTER NIGHT, I'm doing a few readings around New England: New Hampshire last week, Vermont...
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Excerpt 1 from Good Harbor
Dec 07, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Pitching My Tent
Oct 19, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The New Jewish Wedding, Revised
Aug 30, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
Good Harbor
Aug 17, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
The Last Days of Dogtown
Aug 17, 2012
Author Voices:
On the road again
Aug 31, 2010
Author Revealed Answer:
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Aug 31, 2010
Day After Night will be released on August 10, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Aug 10, 2010
Day After Night is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 10, 2010
Author Appearances have been announced:
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The Last Days of Dogtown
Jan 07, 2010
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Anita Diamant Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Cultivate cheerfulness... and gratitude. Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. The blue eyes. Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. Virginia Woolf. I ask questions and just listen to her talk. If I could get up the nerve, I'd ask about the suicide. Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. I'd like to be a lake. Q. What’s your best quality? A. Loyalty Learn more about Anita Diamant

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Huffington Post Canada, May 24, 2013
...Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley The Neverending Story, Michael Ende The Red Tent, Anita Diamant The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks Villette, Charlotte Bronte Watership...
Examiner.com, May 16, 2013
...Gabaldon, "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen, "West with the Night" by Beryl Makham, "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. 3. Who are some historical fiction authors you have interviewed or worked with? I...
Okotoks Western Wheel, May 1, 2013
...the two. The second is The Pilot’s Wife by Antoinette May. It is a story reminiscent of Anita Diamant’s Red Tent. It is a novel about the Roman Empire at the time of Christ and captures the culture, mores and excesses of that period. Keep in mind...
Taranaki Daily News, April 17, 2013
...extramarital affairs, it's all there in the Old Testament. Which is why I was super-excited to read Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, a retelling of the story of Dinah, who appears as a minor character in the Old Testament and was the daughter of Jacob,...
Noodls, April 5, 2013
...Neale Donald Walsch, author of the 'Conversations with God' series; Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, author of Kosher Sex' and Anita Diamant, author of 'The Red Tent', arguably the world most popular historical novel on women in the Bible. Lisa has also...
Chicago Tribune, January 19, 2013
...but we still set a lovely tea table after each discussion. Our recent titles "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant, "After Long Silence" by Helen Fremont, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, "The Curious...
TwinCities.com, December 31, 2012
...Still Alice,' by Lisa Genova; 'The Secret Life of Bees,' by Sue Monk Kidd; 'The Red Tent,' by Anita Diamant; and recently read fave 'The Snow Child,' by Eowyn Ivey. "Gotta go. 'The Lotus Eaters,' by Tatjana Soli, is calling. So many books! And I am...
Washington Post, May 26, 2013
...Run Regional Library, 8051 Ashton Ave., Manassas. 703-792-4530. NOVA Novel book club, participants discuss Day After Night by Anita Diamant. 7:30 p.m., Chinn Park Regional Library, 13065 Chinn Park Dr., Woodbridge. 703-792-4800. Wednesday, May 29 ...
Huffington Post Canada, May 24, 2013
...Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley The Neverending Story, Michael Ende The Red Tent, Anita Diamant The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks Villette, Charlotte Bronte Watership...
Huffington Post Canada, May 24, 2013
...Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley The Neverending Story, Michael Ende The Red Tent, Anita Diamant The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks Villette, Charlotte Bronte Watership...
New York Blueprint, May 22, 2013
...monthly celebration of the new moon, and combining with the more recent global red tent movement (based on Anita Diamant's book " ".), Through the lens of Judaic and earth-based traditions, using ritual, sharing, song and movement, we meet to honor...
Examiner.com, May 16, 2013
...Gabaldon, "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen, "West with the Night" by Beryl Makham, "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamant, and "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield. 3. Who are some historical fiction authors you have interviewed or worked with? I...
Okotoks Western Wheel, May 1, 2013
...the two. The second is The Pilot’s Wife by Antoinette May. It is a story reminiscent of Anita Diamant’s Red Tent. It is a novel about the Roman Empire at the time of Christ and captures the culture, mores and excesses of that period. Keep in mind...
Superior Telegram, January 11, 2013
...Lives of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd and March 4 to discuss “The Red Tent: A Novel” by Anita Diamant. Many classes are free, others are available at the low cost of $3 or $5 per class. Everyone is welcome to participate. For information, call...