Jude Berman

Jude Berman grew up amid floor-to-ceiling shelves of books in many languages. In addition to a love of literature, her refugee parents instilled in her a deep caring for cultural diversity and social justice. Jude has a BA in art from Smith College and an EdD in cross-cultural communication from UMass Amherst. After a career in academic research, she built a freelance editorial business and ran two small indie presses. Jude is the author of The Die and The Lie (metaphysical speculative fiction), The Vow (historical fiction), and Shot: A Dictionary of the Lost (political fiction / short stories). She lives in Berkeley, CA.