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She has never returned to a settled life on her website she refers to herself as a "modern day nomad", although she temporarily lives in New York City.Rita Golden Gelman is the author of the acclaimed book "Tales of a Female Nomad." I read her book as part of my vagabonding journey these last four years and was absolutely riveted. In 1987, Gelman sold all her possessions and become a citizen of the world. Her son, Mitch, was born in 1962 and her daughter, Jan, was born in 1963. All the author royalties from this anthology are used to send high school graduates from slums in New Delhi to vocational schools via scholarships organized by Rotary International. In June 2010, she wrote Female Nomad and Friends, Breaking Free and Breaking Bread Around the World in which 41 authors, all but two of them women, tell their stories of "connecting across cultures." Gelman has eight stories in the book. In October 2014, it reached 4th in the "Love and Relationships" category of The New York Times Best Seller list.

In the book, she writes about the first 15 years of living in developing countries after selling all of her possessions. Her memoir, Tales of a Female Nomad, Living at Large in the World, was published in 2001 by Crown Publishing Group/ Random House.

Body Battles (1992) about how our bodies fight off viruses and other threats to our health, such as drugs and poisons.

More Spaghetti, I Say! (1993) about Minnie, a monkey who can't stop eating spaghetti.

Rice is Life (2000) about how rice is grown and harvested on the island of Bali.

Body Noises (1983) about noises made by the body including yawns, sneezes, cracking joints and flatulence.

Dumb Joey (1972), her first book, about a group of kids in New York City who had nowhere to play.

anthropology from University of California, Los Angeles.Īfter graduating from college, she moved to New York City and lived in Greenwich Village until 1976, and then in Los Angeles until she began her nomadic life. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in 1958. Gelman attended Beardsley Elementary School, then Warren Harding High School for her freshman year and Bassick High School for her last three years, graduating in 1954. Her favorite part of the job was interacting with immigrant customers. As a teenager, she worked the soda fountain in the store. Gelman's family owned a small pharmacy in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Gelman has delivered keynote speeches for several colleges and organizations. Her organization, Let's Get Global, is dedicated to encouraging and assisting recent high school graduates to have a gap year including international experiences.

Rita Golden Gelman (born July 2, 1937) is an American writer who has written more than 70 children's books and 2 adult books.