Welcome to the blog of Shirley Russak Wachtel, author, professor, and guest-lecturer. Among others, Dr. Wachtel has written a series of interactive mystery books for children, In the Mellow Light (a poetry collection), The Story of Blima — A Holocaust Survivor, the memoir My Mother’s Shoes, The Music Makers, and Three for a Dollar, a collection of short stories.
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Shirley is Professor Emerita of English at Middlesex College in New Jersey. Her short stories and poems have appeared in various literary journals. She earned a Doctor of Letters Degree from Drew University, and in 2017 she received the Middlesex County College Scholar of the Year Award.
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