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Leah Oppenheim

Leah Oppenheim graduated from Swarthmore College, where her fiction appeared in several literary magazines. She currently lives in Brooklyn and works as a seventh grade teacher in Hoboken, NJ.

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Charlotte Zolotow

Writer and editor Charlotte Zolotow wrote over 70 children’s books. Her best-known story is William’s Doll, which was produced as a short film and as a song for the popular children’s album Free to Be … You and Me. Some of Zolotow’s books approach difficult topics such as gender roles, death, single parents, and conflict.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Leah Oppenheim." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/oppenheim-leah>.