Carol Bergman

Carol Bergman's short stories, poems, and creative nonfiction have been published in Willow Review, Onion Review, A Room of One's Own, Absinthe Literary Review, The Bridge, Potpourri, Epiphany and many other publications in the US and the UK. "Objects of Desire," appearing in Lilith and Whetstone Literary Review was nominated for a 1999 Pushcart Prize in nonfiction. "Another Day in Paradise; International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories," with a foreword by John le Carré, was published by Orbis Books (US/​Canada) and Earthscan Books (UK/​Commowealth) in October, 2003 and was nominated for the prestigious J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. It has been translated into Korean and Chinese. Her feature articles, essays, reviews and interviews have appeared in numerous publications in the UK and the US including The New York Times, The Times (of London), The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily News Magazine, The Amsterdam News, Newsday, Cosmopolitan, Woman's World, Family Circle, Art Times, Cineaste, and Salon.com. She is the author of two film biographies (Mae West & Sidney Poitier) and the ghostwriter of Captain Kangaroo's autobiography, "Growing Up Happy." A memoir, "Searching for Fritzi," was originally published in 1999 and has recently been updated and revised as an e book. A book of novellas, "Sitting for Klimt," was published in 2007 and has received the Barnes & Noble/​iUniverse Editor's Choice, Publisher's Choice and Reader's Choice awards. It is permanently installed in the Neue Galerie Bookstore. Her expanded mystery thriller, "Say Nothing," will be released in April, 2019. "Water Baby; Five Novellas," was published in the Fall of 2011. Another novel, "What Returns to Us," was published in the Fall of 2013. Carol has a BA from the University of California at Berkeley and an MA in Media Studies from The New School. She is one of the founding faculty of Gotham Writers' Workshop and has been teaching in the NYU writing program since 1997. She is also a writing coach, book doctor, editor, and co-owner of Mediacs, a full-service publishing company. Most of her private clients are working on books, but a few are experimenting with shorter forms. Most have succeeded in getting their work published. Others have completed essays for MFA applications, or personal family histories that they have either self-published or presented as memoirs to publishers and agents. www.carolbergman.net