Myla Goldberg

November 19, 2012

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On this date in 1971, Myla Goldberg was born in Laurel, Md. She graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio in 1993 with a degree in English and soon launched her career as a novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, the celebrated “Bee Season,” was published in 2000. “Bee Season” was a New York Times Notable Book in 2000 and won the Harold U. Ribalow Prize and Borders New Voices Prize. The novel details a family’s problems and includes a Jewish character who loses his faith and converts to Hare Krishna. “Bee Season” was made into a 2005 movie. Goldberg’s other works include “Wickett’s Remedy” (2005), “The False Friend” (2010), and many short stories, some which have been published in Harper’s Magazine. Her book reviews have been published in The New York Times. She also plays banjo and accordion for the punk band “The Walking Hellos.” Goldberg and her husband, Jason Little, have two daughters.

Goldberg was raised Jewish and is a secular humanist.

“The diversity and vitality of American Jewish practice today means that I can be a secular humanist married to a non-Jewish atheist and still be part of a vibrant Jewish community that embraces my family.” 

— Myla Goldberg, Moment Magazine, June 2010

Compiled by Sabrina Gaylor  - www.ffrf.org