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While Gosia Nealon is a proud New Yorker, she was born and raised in Poland. Her journey to the Big Apple revealed a wealth of cultural differences, but also the values that connect us all. Like the fierce desire to protect family, find love, and ultimately, discover who we are and why we’re here.

Gosia’s award-winning short stories have always delved into life’s biggest questions, but it was the drama, sacrifice, and tragedy of WWII that led her to pen her debut novel, "The Last Sketch."
Growing up in Poland, Gosia heard many firsthand accounts of the war, told from a perspective rarely captured in mainstream literature. She was compelled to breathe life into Wanda and Finn, two young people falling in love in the midst of the most terrif
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“My world is like broken glass while I’m dancing on its sharpest particles. Still, everything goes on. Another minute passes, the birds sing, somewhere people go about their business.”
Gosia Nealon, The German Next Door

“me. He keeps introducing me to his work friends as his beloved wife causing my stomach to twist every time he does it. But I pretend because I know how dangerous he is. It seems he’s had more to drink tonight than”
Gosia Nealon, The Polish Wife

“I know from my own experience that being a strong woman brings a lot of loneliness. Everyone around you assumes you are self-sufficient and can bear every load that life throws at you. But like everyone else, even the strongest woman needs warmth and compassion.”
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