Jan Cherubin
author of The Orphan's Daughter, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020, has an MFA in fiction and literature from the Bennington Writing Seminars. The Orphan’s Daughter was recognized by the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Cherubin received fellowships from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, and has studied with some of the masters including Bernard Malamud, John Gardner, Barry Hannah, and Alice McDermott. Her journalism, creative nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Los Angeles Magazine, New York Magazine, and others. Her plays and performances have been staged at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, and the Hollywood Improv.