Roberta Silman s first story was in"The New Yorker"; other stories followed there, in"The Atlantic", "Redbook", "McCall s", "Hadassah", "VQR", "The American Scholar"and in many places here and abroad. Her books are"Blood Relations", stories; three novels, "Boundaries", "The Dream Dredger", and"Beginning the World Again: A Novel of Los Alamos"; and two children s books, "Somebody Else s Child"and"The Astronomers". Born in Brooklyn, brought up on Long Island, Silman graduated with honors from Cornell University and has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence. A recipient of Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, sh...