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Tania Hershman

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http://www.taniahershman.com

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Short Stories, Literature & Fiction, Science

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July 2007

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Born in London in 1970, I moved to Jerusalem, in 1994, and after 15 years in Israel, my partner and I, and our two cats, moved to Bristol in August 2009. After making a living for 13 years as a science journalist, writing for publications such as WIRED, NewScientist, the MIT Technology Review and Business 2.0, I gave it all up to write fiction.

My second collection, My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions, will be published by Tangent Books in Spring 2012 and will contain 55 short short stories.

My first short story collection, The White Road and Other Stories, was commended by the judges of the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers.

I am currently writer-in-residence in the Science Faculty at Bristol University. I received a grant from Arts Coun...more

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My Mother Was An Upright Piano... nearly here!

Well, it's all kicking off now! I'm delighted to announce that my new collection, published May 3rd, is now available for pre-order!

A collection of 56 short fictions, here are a few lovely things I cajoled writers I greatly admire to say about it:

"Funny, fresh, lyrical. These stories are like colorful glass lozenges holding the substance of our everyday lives, sparkled up by the unusual and wo... read more »

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Books by Tania Hershman

Average rating: 4.48 · 79 ratings · 25 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The White Road and Other Stories 4.50 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	My Mother Was An Upright Piano: Fictions 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 3 by Debbie Moorhouse (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Beverly A. Jackson (Goodreads Author), J.M. McDermott 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science by Ra Page (Editor), Kate Clanchy, Frank Cottrell Boyce 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	Jawbreakers by Calum Kerr (Editor), Valerie O'Riordan (Editor), Jenn Ashworth (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	On the Clock: Contemporary Short Stories on Work by Jeff Vande Zande (Editor), Josh Maday (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pete Fromm 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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A Body Made of You

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Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science

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The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic

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Tania is now friends with Aliya Whiteley
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Tania gave to: Cold Light by Jenn Ashworth (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2012	My rating:
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Tania gave to: Jubilee by Shelley Harris read in March, 2012	My rating:
I found this book very poignant, remembering the Jubilee in 1977 quite clearly, but also because it's an excellent story, so well told. Harris knows how to unspool just enough to keep you guessing, keep you turning page after page, and the ending is...more
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Tania marked as to-read: Y by Marjorie Celona	My rating:
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Tania gave to: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2012	My rating:
I read this book in one sitting and from a beginning which I thought was leading to one type of story, Bender took me on a journey through the tribulations of family life which I found deeply moving. Her use of the magical, which is simply stated and...more
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