Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin

Susan Goldman Rubin

2000

Drawing of a shield with a book, a bullet, and a star over it, and the title "Vedem" across the top.
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Susan Goldman Rubin

b. 1939

Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in New York City, and lives in California. She is the author and illustrator more than forty children’s picture books and novels. Rubin teaches creative writing at the University of California Extension School Writers’ Program.

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