The writing life. It’s what I wanted for years – and finally had the courage to embrace.
I’m an author of two published books, with a third forthcoming in spring 2020. I’m a partner in The Writers Circle, which offers creative writing classes to children, teens & adults in five NJ locations, a freelance writer and editor for corporate and nonprofit clients and an editor of creative writing – as well as the supremely proud mother of two grown children.
Beyond the Ghetto Gates Now Available for Pre-order!
I’m delighted to announce that my latest historical novel, Beyond the Ghetto Gates, will be published by She Writes Press on April 7, 2020!
Beyond the Ghetto Gates is a historical novel set during the turbulent days of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign (1796-97). When French troops occupy the Italian port city of Ancona, freeing the city’s Jews from their repressive ghetto, two very different cultures collide.
Now available for pre-order at: IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | Indigo | Amazon | Kindle | Books-A-Million| Book Depository | Google Play
As well as these local bookstores: The Book House, Millburn, NJ | Short Stories, Madison, NJ | [words] Bookstore, Maplewood, NJ | Watchung Booksellers, Montclair, NJ
Visit the page for more details and some advance praise.
Upcoming Events
January 11, 2020 – Resolve to Write workshop for The Writers Circle, at MONDO, Summit, NJ, 10am – noon
Make your literary New Year’s resolutions really happen with a morning of writing, story brainstorming, project planning, goal-setting and much more. TWC’s Director Michelle Cameron will give you the push you need to make writing your priority in 2020!
Don’t miss out on this chance to start your writing year off on the right foot!
Plus…
January 17-20, 2020 – Teaching Beginning Your Novel at the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, Seaview, NJ
April 19, 2020 – Launch Party for Beyond the Ghetto Gates, at MONDO, Summit, NJ, 2-4pm
See the Workshops/Events page for the Beyond the Ghetto Gates book tour.
I am thrilled to speak with book clubs, writing groups, and others – in person or via Skype – about the writing process, my novels and poetry, and any other topic you throw my way. Feel free to use the Contact form to reach out.
A Few Kind Words About My Books
The Fruit of Her Hands: The Story of Shira of Ashkenaz
A book as rich as the cover illustration, The Fruit of Her Hands is based on the life of Cameron’s 13th century ancestor, Meir Ben Baruch, a renowned Jewish scholar of medieval Europe. The Fruit of Her Hands is a dramatic fictional tale centered on the character of Meir Ben Baruch’s wife, Shira. The book paints a picture of the dawning of the renaissance; a society faced with prejudices and one woman’s fight for justice and equality. – Jewish Scene Magazine
The Fruit of Her Hands is equally rich as history and fiction. Most readers probably know that anti-Semitism was prevalent in Medieval Europe, but in Cameron’s skilled hands, the reader experiences with pounding heart how horrifying, brutal, and pervasive it was. . . . a book so rich with wonderful characters, vivid settings, and an absolutely lush and wonderful depiction of the strengths of the medieval Jewish home and community. This is a first-rate choice for Jewish book clubs. – The San Diego Jewish World
In the Shadow of the Globe
In The Shadow of the Globe is an astonishing surprise. Michelle Cameron has conjured a world and spun a poetic tale that not only honors and exalts Shakespeare and his universe but brings it to vivid, visceral, and heartbreaking life. It is a unique and breathtaking work of art inspired by the man and the theatre that defined humanity in its totality. — Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
I love your epic poem. It’s fun, insightful, imaginative. One might nitpick your chronology, but who cares? I am half-way through it, enjoying it immensely, but my heart leaped at Cuthbert’s advice to Peter Street on how to build a playhouse. How right, how accurate: a machine in which to act, not a celebration of the art of scenic design, not built in accordance with the physics of the motion picture projector, no ceremonial hall for wine-and-cheese shmoozing, no architectural monument to someone’s wealth. A machine in which to act, where the alchemy of the Playwright’s words in the actors’ bodies can be realized by the sense of the audience to create the delicate magic of theatre. God bless you, dear lady, you and Cuthbert nailed it. – Paul Barry, Founder of the NJ Shakespeare Festival and director of all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays
