American journalist Greta Beigel is the author of "Kvetch: One Bitch of a Life," a memoir about growing up an Orthodox Jew and gifted pianist in South Africa at the height of apartheid. She has published the satirical "Mewsings: My Life as a Jewish Cat" (also an audio CD, with Michael Hoppe, piano), and "A Jew from Riga," a short story about her Dad's mysterious past. Beigel worked for many years as both staff writer and arts editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has contributed to the New York Times, Oregon Jewish Life, Cat Fancy magazine, among other publications. Her recording, "Scholarship recital, piano," featuring works by Bach and Glazunov and recorded in South Africa, is an Amazon MP3.
