Leora Krygier
Author Interview - Leora Krygier
Author of Do Not Disclose, A Memoir of Family Secrets Lost and Found
A mysterious file and a stranger’s World War II postcard propels a second-generation Holocaust survivor on a haunting journey of betrayal and redemption, giving her the courage to confront her own family’s buried secret.
Author Interview - Leora Krygier
Author I draw inspiration from: Charlotte Bronte, and all the women who came before me who struggled to get their voices heard.
Author Interview - Leora Krygier | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: In an oversized armchair with the sun coming in from the window
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Scout, from To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, love her grit.
Author Interview - Leora Krygier | Book Character I’d Like to be Stuck in an Elevator With
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: At seven years old I knew I wanted to become a writer and author, penning micro-autobiographies and poems.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: paperpack
The last book I read: A Million Nightingales, Susan Straight
Author Interview - Leora Krygier | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: computer, although I scribble lots of notes on torn-off pieces of paper
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Would love to be BFF's with Nancy Drew (Carolyn Keene)
Author Interview - Leora Krygier | Book Character I’d be Best Friends With
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: photographer
Favorite decade in fashion history: Love the roaring twenties, the soft feminine looks that liberated women from corsets!
Place I’d most like to travel: A missed trip to Japan. :-(
My signature drink: Not a cocktail girl, but lI ike an Italian or Japanese beer once in awhile.
Favorite artist: Jasper Johns
Number one on my bucket list: New Zealand
Anything else you'd like to add: I'm a photography buff, love taking and posting photos on Instagram and get a lot of inspiration from nature.
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Insta: @leorakrygierauthor
Facebook: @leorakrygier
Author Bio: Leora Krygier is a former Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Division judge. She’s the author of When She Sleeps (Toby Press), which was lauded for its “luminous prose” (Newsweek) and praised by Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus. It was also a New York Public Library Selection for “Best Books for the Teen Age.” She’s also the author of Juvenile Court: A Judges Guide for Young Adults and their Parents (Rowan & Littlefield) and Keep Her (She Writes Press), a young adult novel reviewed as a “vibrantly dazzling literary cocktail on the restorative powers of love.” She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David.
