Helen Benedict
01/05/12: Helen Benedict is a professor of journalism at Columbia University. She is the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her most recent novel, SAND QUEEN, is set in the Iraq War, and was published in August 2011 by Soho Press. Culled from real life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, SAND QUEEN offers a story of love, courage and struggle from the rare perspective of two young women on opposite sides of a war.
SAND QUEEN is based on Benedict’s research for her most recent nonfiction book, THE LONELY SOLDIER: THE PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ . THE LONELY SOLDIER has won several awards, including the EMMA (Exception Merit in Media Award) from the National Women's Political Caucus and the Ken Book Award, both in 2010.
Benedict has testified twice to Congress on behalf of women soldiers, and lectures at colleges and military academies around the country about gender justice and the military. Her book and play about women soldiers inspired the February 2011 class action suit against the Pentagon and Secretaries of Defense Rumsfeld and Robert Gates on behalf of military women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted while serving.
Benedict's other novels are THE EDGE OF EDEN, THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE, THE SAILOR'S WIFE, BAD ANGEL, and A WORLD LIKE THIS. Read the full description.
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January 5, 2012: Helen Benedict is a professor of journalism at Columbia University. She is the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her most recent novel, SAND QUEEN, is set in the Iraq War, and was published in August 2011 by Soho Press. Culled from real life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, SAND QUEEN offers a story of love, courage and struggle from the rare perspective of two young women on opposite sides of a war.
SAND QUEEN is based on Benedict’s research for her most recent nonfiction book, THE LONELY SOLDIER: THE PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ . THE LONELY SOLDIER has won several awards, including the EMMA (Exception Merit in Media Award) from the National Women's Political Caucus and the Ken Book Award, both in 2010.
Benedict has testified twice to Congress on behalf of women soldiers, and lectures at colleges and military academies around the country about gender justice and the military. Her book and play about women soldiers inspired the February 2011 class action suit against the Pentagon and Secretaries of Defense Rumsfeld and Robert Gates on behalf of military women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted while serving.
Benedict's other novels are THE EDGE OF EDEN, THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE, THE SAILOR'S WIFE, BAD ANGEL, and A WORLD LIKE THIS.
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January 5, 2012: Helen Benedict is a professor of journalism at Columbia University. She is the author of six novels and five books of nonfiction. Her most recent novel, SAND QUEEN, is set in the Iraq War, and was published in August 2011 by Soho Press. Culled from real life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, SAND QUEEN offers a story of love, courage and struggle from the rare perspective of two young women on opposite sides of a war.
SAND QUEEN is based on Benedict’s research for her most recent nonfiction book, THE LONELY SOLDIER: THE PRIVATE WAR OF WOMEN SERVING IN IRAQ . THE LONELY SOLDIER has won several awards, including the EMMA (Exception Merit in Media Award) from the National Women's Political Caucus and the Ken Book Award, both in 2010.
Benedict has testified twice to Congress on behalf of women soldiers, and lectures at colleges and military academies around the country about gender justice and the military. Her book and play about women soldiers inspired the February 2011 class action suit against the Pentagon and Secretaries of Defense Rumsfeld and Robert Gates on behalf of military women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted while serving.
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