Galya Gerstman

Galya Gerstman, author of Texting Olivia (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2021), taught French Literature at Tel Aviv University before relocating to Costa Rica to raise a family. She possesses a PhD in French Literature from Columbia University and a BA in Creative Writing from Barnard College. Galya, originally from New Jersey, is fluent in Hebrew and visits Tel Aviv annually, where her mother and brother still live.

Galya Gerstman, author of Texting Olivia (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2021), taught French Literature at Tel Aviv University before relocating to Costa Rica to raise a family. She possesses a PhD in French Literature from Columbia University and a BA in Creative Writing from Barnard College. Galya, originally from New Jersey, is fluent in Hebrew and visits Tel Aviv annually, where her mother and brother still live. See less