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Helga Harris
Helga Harris was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved with her family to New York City in 1938. As a young child she dreamed of being a fashion designer. She attended Brooklyn Colleg...view moreHelga Harris was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved with her family to New York City in 1938. As a young child she dreamed of being a fashion designer. She attended Brooklyn College and graduated from Pratt Institute. Helga achieved her goal and designed in the fashion industry for forty years.
She moved to Miami in 1973, where she had her own fashion label. Helga taught fashion design at the University of Miami, and Bauder Fashion College. After moving to Sarasota in 1990, she was a design instructor at The Sarasota Vocational Technical School. Throughout her life Helga painted and has had numerous art exhibits in New York, Pennsylvania, Miami and Sarasota.
For the past fifteen years writing has been her first love. Her memoir, Dear Helga, Dear Ruth, was published, as well as several articles in The St.Petersburg Times, The Sarasota Herald Tribune and The Tampa Tribune. Harris has contributed stories to anthologies, including Doorways, Dolls Remembered, and various magazines. Her most recent collection, We Were There, was published by the St.Petersburg Holocaust Museum.
Helga Harris is a Co-Leader in a writing program at The Lifelong Learning Academy. (USF) She lives in Sarasota, Florida.view less
Books by Helga Harris
Susie . . . Wait!: A Journal of Family, Love, Friendship, Love, Anguish, Love, Guilt, Love, Empathy, Love, Betrayal