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I've been writing articles for on-line sites like Helium since early 2000.  In addition to my articles appearing on Helium, I am an Arts & Entertainment featured contributor for Associated Content and I also write for DooYoo, as well as occasionally for Trivago and IgoUgo. In the past, I have written for Themestream, Epinions, Ciao.co.uk and Ciao.com. On many of these sites I'm known as "TheChocolateLady" or "ChocolateLady". I am also a published poet - both on-line and in print - and have a gourmet's passion for chocolate (I'm not a glutton or an addict).

I was born in Evanston, Illinois, USA and I lived there until I was 21. I then moved to Israel (which is called "making Aliyah"). Since my Aliyah I have lived on a (then) new Kibbutz in the south, a small development town in the north and now live in Jerusalem. I'm happily married to the most wonderful man I know, and we have three fantastic children.

My passion is ...

Chocolate

I know too much about ...

Chocolate

My parents always told me ...

to be polite

My childhood ambition ...

To be an actress

Why I write ...

Because I need to express myself

My first job ...

was selling cloth in a fabric store

My best moment ...

is yet to come, I hope!

My inspiration ...

My husband and three kids

Arts & Humanities > International Writers & Literature Book reviews: The Cat's Table, by Michael Ondaatje

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Michael Ondaatje (author of "The English Patient"), has a distinctively unique style to his writing. His literary voice could best be described as poetic and fluid that is also highly accessible. This comes through in all his writing, giving his work a deceptively simplistic feel, while remaining evocatively beautiful. However, he also likes to surprise his readers in the way he constructs his books, and each one is a bit different from his others. For instance, his last two novels, "Anil's Ghost" and "Divisadero", are almost conventionally structured. But others of his works, his latest n...

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