ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Beth Carol Solomon has worked in classified advertising in New York City. She has volunteered her time at the Clove Lakes Nursing Home and at the Silver Lakes Nursing Home for senior citizens, P.S. 16 and Willowbrook State School for special needs individuals, the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Alzheimer’s Foundation, and at the Staten Island University Hospital. She has a B.A. in psychology, a B.A. in English, a B.A. in history, a double B.A. in women’s studies and sociology, and an M.A. in English. She has graduated with honors, and as magna cum laude and dean’s list student. She took adult education classes in bookkeeping, astrology, short-story writing, and computers. She has appeared in several Who’s Who publications. She published her first book, Collected Works, which consisted of several personal memoir accounts and two novellas. She had stories and poems published in several anthologies. Her hobbies include reading, writing, country/Western music, meditation, self-help, creative visualization, and family life. She lives in Staten Island, New York.