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Liza Wiemer is an award-winning educator with over twenty years of teaching experience. Her second novel, The Assignment, has received 12 honors, including being named a Sydney Taylor Notable Book. To date, The Assignment has also been translated to Russian, Polish, Italian, and Korean and has been optioned for film. In addition, Liza has had two adult nonfiction books and several short stories published. Since August 2020, she has presented over 600 talks and workshops across the globe. She’s been interviewed by media outlets like NPR, BBC, ABC, and gave a TedXTalk. Her debut picture book, Out and About: A Tale of Giving, was published  by Kalaniot Books in August 2023. Every month, she writes a kidlit column for the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. She serves on the board of the Holocaust Education Resource Center in Milwaukee. Liza received the honor of being named one of “The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2021” by the Algemeiner. Liza has two married sons and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, Jim.