LidJeanneBlasberg

I'm a voracious reader and the author of the novels Eden, and The Nine. Always hunting for writerly detail, I’ve been known to stare or eavesdrop on the table next to me. Call it research or maybe an over-developed sense of empathy; I’m fascinated by human nature. At heart, I’m really still that only child who played for hours with imaginary friends. Now my imaginary friends are characters on the page, flawed but honest, people worth spending time with. My stories may echo timeless struggles, but they are spun with my own peculiar slant. I am the founder of the Westerly Writer’s Workshop, and I sit on the boards of the Boston Book Festival and Grub Street, one of the country’s leading creative writing centers. My husband and I have three grown children and split time between Boston, MA and Westerly, RI. When not writing, I can be found playing squash, skiing, or taking in the glorious sunsets over Little Narragansett Bay.