Gloria Oren has been honing her craft since she graduated
from the Long Ridge Writer's Group's "Breaking Into Print"
course. Gloria is an active member of several online writer's
groups and her local group the Redmond Association of
Spokenword (RASP) where she often participates in open
mike gatherings.

 

"In every conceivable manner, the family is the link to our past,
the bridge to our future." - Alex Haley

Hi! My name is Gloria. It was given to me by my adoptive parents, Anya
and Zindel Oxenhorn (AKA Hannah and Sidney), may they rest in peace.

Before that I had a "what I would have called you name." My birth
mother would have named me Elizabeth after Elizabeth Taylor whom
she found appealing.

I grew up in both the Crown Heights and Flatbush areas of Brooklyn,
New York, and attended both public and private schools. At the age of
fifteen I moved to Tel Aviv, Israel with my adoptive mother where she
passed away in 1979. Two months later I married. My two sons are
Sabras, both born in Israel; my daughter is American born and bred,
like her mother.

In July 1990 I battled Hodgkin's Disease. Since radiation therapy ended
in Oct 1990 I have been cancer free. Now, life can't be that dull, so in
Dec 2005 I was diagnosed with T-2 Diabetes which is being kept under
control with diet and exercise alone, at least for now.

I currently live in Washington state with my husband and our eldest son.
Another son lives and works in San Francisco, CA. Our daughter, the youngest,
married in March 2009 and is living in Washington not far from us.