Tova Mirvis is an American novelist. She is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and holds an masters of fine arts degree in fiction writing from Columbia University School of the Arts. Mirvis' family has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, since 1874 when her German-born grandmother moved there at age two. Wendy Shalit essay Mirvis was the subject of a 2005 essay by Wendy Shalit entitled "The Observant Reader" in The New York Times Book Review which accused Mirvis, an Orthodox Jew, of writing ostensibly "'insider' fiction (that) actually reveals the authors' estrangement from the traditional Orthodox community." Mirvis defended herself in an essay in The Forward. Writings Mirvis's published works include: Books Novels Memoir Shorter works Essays and other pieces "Untamed novel, Untamed life," Beyond The Margins Stories References Sources http://media.www.touroindependent.com/media/storage/paper790/news/2006/01/01/Features/Tova-Mirvis.On.Balance.Motherhood.And.Moving.Beyond.Stereotypes-1308385.shtml http://www.exclusivebooks.com/interviews/ftf/tova_mirvis.php?PHPSESSID=of70o22c2grqpg9gf7tm74s5n0 External links Living people 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American women novelists Jewish American novelists Writers from Memphis, Tennessee Writers from Newton, Massachusetts 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers Columbia University School of the Arts alumni 1972 births Novelists from Massachusetts Novelists from Tennessee Columbia College (New York) alumni 21st-century American Jews