Leora Freedman's short stories have been published in The Virginia Quarterly Review, Frontiers, and other literary magazines. Among her many literary awards. Among her many literary awards is the Henfield Foundation/Transatlantic review Fiction Award. her experiences of living and traveling in Israel led to the writing of The Ivory Pomegranate, which received a publication award from the President of the State of Israel. the author now lives with her husband and daughter in the Sierra foothills of California.