Beth Adelman

Fiction Writer

New York City, NY
New York US

Author's Bio

Beth Adelman's short stories and fiction have been published in  Bodega, WORK, Woven Tale Press, Brilliant Corners, the Jewish Literary Journal, and Jewish Fiction .net.  She has received two BRIO Awards for Fiction from the Bronx Countil on the Arts. A story, Scenes from Childhood, was recently republished on the site, Literary Bronx.

Beth lives in New York City, and will soon publish her first novel, Three Lives in New York, which is about a real estate kickback scheme in New York during the 1970’s. 

  • Three Lives in New York is forthcoming in February 2026. Please contact Beth at her email address to order. 

She is now working on a novel about jazz musicians.

 

Publications & Prizes

Journals: ,
Brilliant Corners
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Jewish Fiction .net
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Jewish Literary Journal
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Prizes won: 

1992 and 1998: Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO awards for fiction

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Sholem Aleichem George Eliot Eric Auerbach W.B. Yeats Javier Marias Adrienne Rich
What I'm reading now: 
Fortunata and Jacinta by Benito Galdos, Nouvelles by Maupassant

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York City
Raised in: 
New York City, NY
New York
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Last update: Jan 20, 2026