Alexy, Trudi 1927–

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Alexy, Trudi 1927–

(Trudi Alexy Sternlicht)

PERSONAL: Born October 25, 1927, in Czernovitz, Romania; naturalized U.S. citizen; daughter of Georg (an engineer and inventor) and Norma (a designer; maiden name, Brad) Alexy; married Irwin Sternlicht (a psychologist; divorced, 1970); children: Peter, Debra Sternlicht Rozanski. Ethnicity: "Ashkenazi." Education: Attended Manhattanville College, 1944–47; Antioch University, M.A., 1979. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Painting, sculpture, sewing, jewelry making, world travel, classical music.

ADDRESSES: Agent—Julie Popkin, J. Popkin Literary Agency, 15340 Albright, Ste. 204, Pacific Palisades, CA 90207. E-mail—[email protected]

CAREER: Writer. Crislu Corp., El Segundo, CA, head designer, c. 1965; freelance jewelry designer in San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO, 1957–80; psychotherapist in private practice, Los Angeles, 1970–. Lecturer and writer, 1988–; member of United Jewish Communities Speakers Bureau, 1994–, and Israel Bonds Speakers Bureau, 1995–.

MEMBER: International PEN.

AWARDS, HONORS: Jewish Book Council Award, memoir-autobiography category, 1994, for The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Oral Histories Exploring 500 Years in the Paradoxical Relationship of Spain and the Jews.

WRITINGS:

The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Oral Histories Exploring 500 Years in the Paradoxical Relationship of Spain and the Jews (memoir), Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1993, published as The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews—A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage, HarperSanFrancisco (San Francisco, CA), 1994.

The Marrano Legacy: A Contemporary Crypto-Jewish Priest Reveals Secrets of His Double Life, University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, NM), 2003.

Work represented in anthologies, including Celebrating the Lives of Jewish Women: Patterns in a Feminist Sampler, edited by Rachel Josefowitz Siegel and Ellen Cole, Harrington Park Press (New York, NY), 1997.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Outtakes: Banished Segments of a Full Life, a memoir.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Alexy, Trudi, The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Oral Histories Exploring 500 Years in the Paradoxical Relationship of Spain and the Jews, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1993, published as The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Marranos and Other Secret Jews—A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage, HarperSanFrancisco (San Francisco, CA), 1994.