The author of this fictionalized family biography, a retired superior court law clerk, began her writing career during her first three years attending Pacific University in Oregon where she edited the campus newspaper and the literary magazine. Later she graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in literature and writing.
A voracious reader, she has written stories most of her life. Mesmerized by the stories her mother used to tell her about the ancestors who lived in Siberia, she interviewed her mother in depth and then began the reading and intense research necessary to bring this remarkable family odyssey to life. Relying on additional information gathered by her father many years ago and genealogical records assembled by her brother David, she was able to piece together an intimate picture of the struggles, tragedies and triumphs of people and times long gone.
Ms. Chamberlin-Levy grew up in California, Idaho, and Oregon. She came, her sister and a friend, to San Francisco in 1945. She currently lives in San Francisco and has three children and one grandson.
The author of this fictionalized family biography, a retired superior court law clerk, began her writing career during her first three years attending Pacific University in Oregon where she edited the campus newspaper and the literary magazine. Later she graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in literature and writing. 
A voracious reader, she has written stories most of her life. Mesmerized by the stories her mother used to tell her about the ancestors who lived in Siberia, she interviewed her mother in depth and then began the reading and intense research necessary to bring this remarkable family odyssey to life. Relying on additional information gathered by her father many years ago and genealogical records assembled by her brother David, she was able to piece together an intimate picture of the struggles, tragedies and triumphs of people and times long gone.