Shelly Sanders is the author of Daugh­ters of the Occu­pa­tion (Harp­er, 2022), a Cana­di­an best­seller for four weeks. The nov­el is inspired by the dis­cov­ery of her Jew­ish roots as an adult, and by her grandmother’s fam­i­ly, many of whom were mur­dered dur­ing the Lat­vian Holo­caust. Car­ol Mem­mott, of the Wash­ing­ton Post, says this ​“haunt­ing nov­el refers not only to the vic­tims of Latvia’s Holo­caust but also to their descen­dants, who car­ry the trau­ma of their ancestors.”

Shelly is also the author of three Young Adult his­tor­i­cal fic­tion nov­els (The Rachel Tril­o­gy, Sec­ond Sto­ry Press); the first received a Starred Review in Book­list, and two of the three were named Notable Books for Teens from the Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries.

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