About the Author
Lee Hirsch‘s debut film,
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, is a feature documentary chronicling the history of the South African anti-apartheid struggle through a celebration of its musical heroes. This film was released to wide acclaim, winning the Audience and Freedom of Expression Awards at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Among the many honors the film received were five Emmy nominations and a win. Lee Hirsch was born and raised on Long Island, New York, and attended the Putney School in Vermont and Hampshire College. He currently lives in Manhattan.
Cynthia Lowen is an award-winning writer and recipient of the Discovery Prize. She is the coauthor of
The Essential Guide to Bullying forthcoming from Alpha Books, and her work has been published widely in journals including
A Public Space, Best New Poets 2008, Boston Review, Provincetown Arts, and
Tin House, among others. She is also the producer of
Going Home, a two-part documentary about teenage incarceration and recidivism. She lives in New York City.
Dina Santorelli is a freelance writer and editor who has written for a variety of publications, including
Newsday, First for Women and CNNMoney.com. She is the coauthor of
Good Girls Don’t Get Fat, a nonfiction book about girls’ self-esteem and body image (Harlequin, 2010), and currently serves as Executive Editor of
Salute and Family magazines for which she has conducted numerous celebrity interviews. Her first novel,
Baby Grand, will be published in fall 2012, and she blogs about the writing life at
http://makingbabygrand.com. She lives on Long Island, New York.
