Boris Fishman

Boris Fishman (born 1979) is an American writer. He is the author of the novel A Replacement Life, a 2014 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, in which a young Jewish-Soviet immigrant assists his grandfather in defrauding the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany until they are caught. Fishman’s second novel, Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo (2016), tells the story of a New Jersey couple who adopt a difficult baby from Montana.[1][2]

Personal life

He was born in Minsk to a family of Jewish-Soviet origin, formerly the capital of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Byelorussia, and presently the capital of Belarus. Fishman immigrated to the U.S. in 1988 with his family. He holds a BA in Russian literature from Princeton University and has written works of non-fiction and literary criticism.

Fishman lives in New York City and teaches writing at Princeton University.

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References
  1. Moody, Elyse. "Lost in Translation: PW Talks with Boris Fishman". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  2. "Boris Fishman: Believable lies". Bookanista. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2019-03-18.


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