Judith Teit­el­man has strad­dled the worlds of arts, lit­er­a­ture, and busi­ness since she was a teenag­er and worked her first job as a sales­per­son at a B.Dalton/Pickwick Book­store. Life’s jour­neys took her from book­stores to com­mer­cial fine art gal­leries, to the non­prof­it arts and cul­tur­al sec­tor, in which she has worked as staff con­sul­tant and edu­ca­tor for more than three decades. Through­out this time, Teit­el­man con­tin­ued her pur­suit of all things lit­er­ary. Guest­house for Gane­sha is her debut nov­el. She lives in Los Ange­les with her hus­band and three beloved cats.