About AlisonAlison Solomon is the author of four mystery novels, the most recent being Before She Left. She has recently released Timing Is Everything as an audiobook. In January 2019 she was very excited to re-release her re-edited debut novel, "Along Came the Rain" (origially published by Sapphire Books.) ACTR received fantastic reviews and was a Goldie finalist. In November 2018 her third novel "Timing Is Everything" was voted Best of the Bay for a novel by a Tampa Bay author. She has published numerous articles and chapters on feminism, mental health and diversity in academic textbooks, anthologies, journals and newspapers. For several years she wrote a bi-weekly, humorous, lesbian-feminist column that ran in the Philadelphia Weekly and an advice column in the Sacramento Jewish Voice. Her short story, “Lilian's afternoon,” about an older lesbian with Alzheimer’s, was published in the Lake Chapala Review and she has short stories in several anthologies. She is happily married to Carol, her partner of 26 years, and has two rescue dogs who very kindly allow her to live with them and take care of them.
Publications: "Before She Left." Wild Girl Press, 2020 "Timing Is Everything." Wild Girl Press, 2018 Craving." Conference Call (anthology), Bella Books 2017 "Devoted: A suspense novel." Wild Girl Press, 2017 "The Dental Hygienist's Dilemma." Our Stories Continue (anthology), Sapphire Books 2016 "Along Came the Rain." Sapphire Books, 2016. "Rosa and Sadie." Do You Hear What I Hear? Holiday Anthology, YLVA, 2015. “Lillian’s Afternoon.” Lake Chapala Review, April 2009. “Cultural Sensitivity.” Mexico Insights, 3 part series “Why Do They Make So Much Noise? November 2008 “Why are They So Cruel To Dogs?” October, 2008 “Being Politically Correct South Of the Border.” September 2008 "Dear Dvora." Jewish Voice, monthly advice column, 2001 to 2005. "The Real Life of a Welfare Queen." Philadelphia Forum, March 28, 1998. "Clinical Diagnosis Among Diverse Populations: A Multicultural Perspective." Chapter, Questions of Gender: Perspectives and Paradoxes. Ed. Anselmi, Dina and Anne Law. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998. “The Truest Voices (Battered Women in Prison.)” Double Time, Vol 3, No.3, 1995. “Witch Hazel.” A Humorous Feminist Bi-Weekly column. Philadelphia Weekly, 1994-5. “Praise the Dykes and Pass the Lipstick.” January 12, 1994. “What you Do When You’re Doing what you Do.” January 26, 1994 “Kicking and Screaming.” February 9 1994 “Making Hey While the Sun Don’t Shine.” February 23, 1994 “The Right Man, and Welcome to Him.” March 9, 1994 “Drop that Test Tube – Find the Child.” March 23, 1994 “False Memories or True Monsters.” April 6, 1994 “It’s Not the Sayin, it’s the Doin’.” April 20, 1994 “In Memoriam, Claude.” May 9, 1994. “Allies, not traitors: Marrying Out I the Gay Community.” May 23, 1994. “We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Fabulous.” June 1, 1994. “There She Goes, Miss America…and the Sooner the Better.” June 15, 1994 “Please Do Not Use My Name.” June 29, 1994. “Making Out…s: An inside view of the dyke softball league.” July 13, 1994 “And They Call Us Queer: a Lesbian Dialogue on Hetersexual Sex.” July 27, 1994 “People with WHuMP have nothing to Whine About.” August 10, 1994. “An Open Letter to Janet Reno.” August 24, 1994. “A Time of Thanks.” September 7, 1994. “Leave Mom Alone.” September 14, 1994. “Help Them Out of the Closet.” Sepember 28, 1994. “What’s With This Hetersexual Marriage Crap?” October 12, 1994. “Sometimes Men Have to Be Left Out.” October 26, 1994. “These Toys Aren’t Us.” November 9, 1994. “Loving Women Means Loving Vegetables.” November 23, 1994. “Is She Your Roommate, Girlfriend or Lover?” December 7, 1994. “JFL Seeks…Answers.” January 4, 1994 “People With WHuMP.” Sacramento News and Review, November 10, 1994. “A Heart in Politics: Jeannette Rank and Patsy Mink.” Philadelphia Weekly, November 30, 1994. “I’m OK, My Shrink Isn’t.” Au Courant, March 27, 1994. "Clinical Diagnosis Among Diverse Populations: A Multicultural Perspective." Chapter 25, Assessment, A Sourcebook for Social Work Practice. Milwaukee: Families in Society Press, 1993. “An Empty Womb.” In Childless by Choice, Ed. Irene Reti, Santa Cruz: Herbooks, 1993. "Clinical Diagnosis Among Diverse Populations: A Multicultural Perspective." Families in Society, Vol. 73, No. 6, 1992. "The Reproduction Industry in Israel." Chapter, Calling the Equality Bluff: Women in Israel. Ed. Sefer, Marilyn and Barbara Swirsky. London: Pergamon Press, 1990. "A Feminist Approach to Infertility." Chapter, Infertility: Women Speak Out. Ed. R. Klein. London: Unwin Hyman, 1989. “A Decade of Action.” Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Rape Crisis Center, 1989 (Hebrew) "Integrating Infertility Crisis Counseling into Clinical Practice." Reproductive and Genetic Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1988. “Rape is Only the Beginning.” Noga, (Israel Feminist Journal), 1987 (Hebrew) |