Sadia Shepard

Sadia Shepard is the author of THE GIRL FROM FOREIGN. She received a BA from Wesleyan University, an MA from the Graduate Program in Documentary Film and Video at Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar to India in 2001. Shepard's writing has appeared in The Washington Post and The New York Times. Her film IN SEARCH OF THE BENE ISRAEL screened at the 2009 New York Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center and is currently touring Jewish film festivals around the world. She also produced THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE, a documentary portrait of the making of Vogue, which won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and will screen in theaters fall of 2009. She teaches creative non-fiction writing at Columbia University and lectures widely about growing up in a multi-faith home.