HONORS and AWARDS
2017 American Society of Journalists and Authors Outstanding Book of the Year
2017 Featured Book Selection, Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month
2016-2017 Author on Tour for the Jewish Book Council’s Speaker Series
2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist
2016 Top 10 “New Normal” Blogs, The Jewish Week, for “Sensory Overload and Jewish Holidays”
2016 Notable Essay in The Best American Essays, for “A Room of My Own”
2013 Honorable Mention, Our Past Loves Essay Contest, for “Florid Feelings”
2009 Third Prize Winner Memoir in Prose, Memoir Journal, for “Love Is Like This”
2007 Glimmer Train Finalist, Poetry, for “Elegy”