Great news for the Press: an excerpt of Black Elephants by Karol Nielsen (due out in Fall 2011) has been selected as a notable essay by The Best American Essays 2010!  The Best American Series is a collection of the best literature in North America, edited by a respected author in their particular field, and published on a yearly basis.  
Black Elephants is Nielsen’s story of romance and reality, war and peace.  As a young journalist, her quest for adventure and a story led her to backpack through South America, where she fell in love with an Israeli soldier.  Nielsen moved to Israel to continue their relationship, but the young couple’s plans were changed when the first Gulf war began shortly after their arrival.  Nielsen, granddaughter of a WWII pilot and daughter of a Vietnam veteran, and the Israeli soldier, son of survivors of the Holocaust, were forced into their own war, and were forced to reconsider their futures.  Black Elephants reveals the hidden impacts of war, and of course, the terrifying and expected consequences of war.   
Look for Black Elephants soon from the Press.