Memoir/History

The British Museum

Barrels

The Tube

Tanzanian Market

Portuguese Staircase

Biography

Sharing the spotlight in her New York City home with the family dog, Abby, Andrea Simon is a writer and photographer. She has worked as an editor, writer, and manager on diverse projects, and was the co-owner of an editorial/production company that specialized in health-related educational materials. For the past several years, she has devoted her efforts to fiction and literary nonfiction, including her memoir/history, Bashert: A Granddaughter’s Holocaust Quest. Several of Andrea’s stories and essays have also been published; and she has been the recipient of prestigious literary honors, including first place in the Ernest Hemingway First Novel Contest and Authors in the Park Short Story Writing Contest. Specializing in archival black-and-white printing, Andrea’s photographs have been featured at numerous venues.

Fruit at market

Riverside Park

London on the Thames

Overwhelmed by News

Objects on Glass Table

Selected Work

Memoir/History
Bashert: A Granddaughter’s Holocaust Quest
New York Jew makes poignant post-Holocaust pilgrimage. “A loving eulogy to her lost family.”
—George Cohen, Booklist
Visual Images
Trailer, Documentary
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro: Women of Courage
Tanzanian women accomplish remarkable humanitarian missions.
Art/Editorial Photo Books
Times Square Underground
New! The massive subterranean complex.
Is There Mud in America?
Evocative photos and essays of volunteer experience in Tanzania.
My World in Black and White
Images of people and places, spanning more than 20 years.
Snow Views
Litchfield County, Connecticut.