About the Author
About the Author
Alan Gartenhaus is the author of short stories appearing in more than twenty literary journals and magazines. His first novel, Balsamic Moon, is a suspenseful historical novel set in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina strikes. Formerly, a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art, an education specialist for the Smithsonian Institution, and a director at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Alan Gartenhaus authored several non-fiction texts including Minds in Motion and Questioning Art, and was the publishing editor of The Docent Educator. He currently lives and writes on the island of Hawaii.
Alan Gartenhaus is the author of short stories appearing in more than twenty literary journals and magazines. His first novel, Balsamic Moon, is a suspenseful historical novel set in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina strikes. Formerly, a curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art, an education specialist for the Smithsonian Institution, and a director at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Alan Gartenhaus authored several non-fiction texts including Minds in Motion and Questioning Art, and was the publishing editor of The Docent Educator. He currently lives and writes on the island of Hawaii.
Awards
Literary Award
The Outing” — Winner, Stories Through the Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2022 International Short Story Contest
The Outing” — Winner, Stories Through the Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2022 International Short Story Contest
The Outing” — Winner, Stories Through the Ages Baby Boomers Plus 2022 International Short Story Contest
Editor’s Choice
Counting the Ways” — Editor’s Choice, Ignatian Literary Magazine, University of San Francisco
Counting the Ways” — Editor’s Choice, Ignatian Literary Magazine, University of San Francisco
Counting the Ways” — Editor’s Choice, Ignatian Literary Magazine, University of San Francisco
Social Media
© 2026 Alan Gartenhaus
© 2026 Alan Gartenhaus
Social Media
Social Media