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Biography

Dr. Alma Halbert Bond was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received her B.A. from Temple University with Honors in Psychology, and her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Developmental Psychology. She retired from a highly successful Manhattan practice as a psychoanalyst in 1991 to write full time. She belongs to the International Psychoanalytic Association, the American Psychological Association, and is a fellow and former faculty member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. She also is a member of the Dramatists Guild, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Florida Freelance Writers Association, and the Writers Guild. Since her “retirement” Dr. Bond has had thirteen books published. These include Camille Claudel, a Novel, Old Age is a Terminal Illness (Universal Publications), Tales of Psychology: Stories to Make You Wise, published recently by Paragon Press, The Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel (Birch Brook Press, 1998, 2000) which has gone into its third printing), Who Killed Virginia Woolf? A Psychobiography (Human Sciences Press, 1989, a Behavioral Science Book-of-the-Month Club alternate, iuniverse 2000), On Becoming a Grandparent (BridgeWorks Publishing, 1994), Is There Life After Analysis? (Baker Book House, 1993), Dream Portrait (International Universities Press, 1992), and America’s First Woman Warrior: The Courage of Deborah Sampson (with Lucy Freeman)(Paragon Press, 1992). Her 14th book, Margaret Mahler, a Biography of the Psychoanalyst, is presently in publication with McFarland Publishers. Her play Maria (also about Maria Callas) was presented at Ye Waverly Inn Theatre off-off-Broadway last fall. It also was given a staged reading by Waterloo Bridge Theatre in Manhattan, a reading at the Waterfront Theatre in Key West, Florida, and was a winner of the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Festival. She is presently at work on a play about Bella Abzug. Dr. Bond has had many professional articles published in prestigious psychoanalytic journals. She has also written numerous interviews for magazines and newspapers, including "My Memories of Marlon Brando," published in Remember, and "The Romance of the Golden Greeks: Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis," in Greece Travel Magazine. Both articles received awards for fine journalism from the state of Florida, as have many of her articles, interviews, and novel chapters. She was on the faculty of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research for many years, and is now a faculty member of WritersSchool online, where she teaches Psychology and Writing. Her website is http://alma_bond.tripod.com. Her book, The Autobiography of Maria Callas, a Novel was runner-up in the First Novel Contest of Hemingway Days. Her short story, “The Latch That Wouldn't Lock,” was included in Ten Top Short Stories of 1993. Camille Claudel, a Novel was given an award for best novel chapter by Florida State and was chosen Editor’s Pick by Computer Magazine. She is listed in Who's Who in America 2000 and 2001, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, and twenty other biographies. Dr. Bond has a prestigious family, all of whom have published books. She is the widow of the late stage, screen, and TV actor, Rudy Bond, who appeared in the original Broadway production and the film of A Streetcar Named Desire.” His book, I Rode A Streetcar Named Desire, was published posthumously. She is the mother of Zane Bond, Jonathan Bond (CEO and co-founder of the hip advertising agency, Kirshenbaum, Bond, & Partners), and Janet Bond Brill. Jonathan's book, Under the Radar, was published last year by John Wiley and Sons. Zane’s book, A Prophet Operating at a Loss, was published a few years ago by Writers Club Press. Janet is an assistant professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Miami. Her book CholesterolDown, was published recently by Random House. Dr. Bond is the proud grandmother of seven young children, none of whom have published books as yet..

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