Individual Author Record
Illinois Connection
Paula lived in Chicago.
Biographical and Professional Information
Paula Peterson graduated from Brandeis University and from the University of Michigan with an M.A. in English Literature. Her short fiction has appeared in The Iowa Review, Nimrod, Carolina Quarterly, The Greensboro Review, and other journals, and both her stories and essays have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Her book, ''Penitent with Roses'', a memoir of her life as an HIV-positive mother, continues to explore the ramifications of AIDS. It is a collection of essays by a white, middle-class, heterosexual Jewish mother describes the birth of her son, her diagnosis with AIDS when he was eleven-months-old, and her experiences as an AIDS activist and hotline volunteer.Peterson currently lives and writes in San Francisco, where she is involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy work.
Published Works 
Penitent, with Roses: An HIV+ Mother Reflects, Middlebury, 2001Women in the Grove: Stories, Beacon Press, 2005
Titles At Your Library
Awards
Penitent, with Roses
Speaking Engagements
Speaking Engagement Availability (No)