Fredricka R. Maister is a New York City-based freelance writer whose work has appeared in a variety of print and online publications, such as New York Jewish Week, The Forward, Baltimore Jewish Times, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, Na'amat Woman magazine, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Huffington Post. Her essays have also been published in several anthologies, including Poetica: Reflections of Jewish Thought.