Anzia Yezierska

Anzia Yezierska (October 29, 1880 – November 20, 1970) was an American novelist born in Płock, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. She emigrated as a child with her parents to the United States and lived in Manhattan's Lower East Side ghetto. Her depictions of turn-of-the-century Jewish-American life—''Hungry Hearts'', ''Salome of the Tenements'', and ''Bread Givers''—won her acclaim in the 1920s, and she briefly worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Provided by Wikipedia