I’m Ari Goelman. I write fantasy novels. Stories, too.
My latest novel, The Innocent Treatment, came out in October, 2017. Lauren Fielding is a sixteen-year-old high school student with a cognitive disability – she believes everything her friends tell her, and she believes that everyone is her friend. A cutting edge medical treatment helps Lauren, but after the treatment her mental condition soon veers into paranoia. Or does it?
My first novel, The Path of Names came out a few years ago. It’s a middle grade fantasy / murder mystery / ghost story. You can read lots more about it here. Or you could just read the book. Honestly, that’s probably a better idea.
Here’s my blog and here’s a list of the short stories I’ve published, many of which you can read online for free.
Ari B. Goelman 
Ari, kol ha kavod on the novel. I hope you’ll sign my copy!
Hello Ari from New Haven CT! Congrads on you book! I will be sure to purchase copies for the New Haven Free Public Library where I am a librarian. So,..Bennett and I were out at our local farmers market today chatting with our neighbor Simon Allentuch. We told him that our daughter Shoshana is planning to attend the New College of Florida in the fall, and he said that you are a graduate! Funny enough, our daughter is also is a budding writer, and will be a madricha at Naaleh this summer. Any words of wisdom for her? All the best,
Sharon and Bennett Lovett-Graff
Hi Sharon,
Thanks for your message! (And apologies for my delayed response — words of wisdom are hard to come by…). Fun to hear that your daughter is going to New College next fall. I had a great experience there. All the best,
-Ari
Ari, I live in Nashville and have met you at your cousins bar mitzvahs.. Didn’t know you were a writer! Can’t wait to read more of your work!
Thanks Ellen!
Can’t wait to read it, Ari, and then propose it for the children’s book club I run for the Jewish Journey Project at JCC/NYC. I wrote a weird camp book mystery (with Jewish characters, but no Kabbalah) currently “shopping” it around. So will add to my summer list, glad I found your info. Good luck! Sheila
Hi Ari,
Just finished reading your book and really enjoyed it. I am sure reading this book will become a tradition at Galil (and, hopefully, many other camps)!
Best of luck, Joe Freudenberg
Thanks Joe!
Hi! I am a middle school Judaic Studies teacher at a community day school in Brooklyn and I am really enjoying your book. Any chance you’re ever in New York and would want to come talk to our students? They would LOVE it!
Best,
Jessica
Hi Jessica! I’ll respond to your comment via e-mail, but the short answer is I’d love to visit your students. If not in person, via Skype or some other electronic means.
Hello Goelman i have just finished your book “The Path of Names” and would like to know if there is a secound book of it this may not be the right place to ask this but if it is not can you tell me where?
Hi Cole,
I somehow missed this comment when you made it. No, there is currently no sequel, but I’m working hard on the draft of another novel entirely.
Best,
Ari
Hi, I was reading your book to my sister…and one of the characters literally has my name, Abby Simkin! So weird! 🙂
Hi Abby, Thanks for letting me know! I’ve also heard from someone who’s name is actually Dahlia Sherman (the main character). I’m a little jealous — no one ever names a character ‘Ari Goelman.’
Ari
hey ari your book is already published in Spanish, and if it is what the title?
Hi Luis,
Thanks for the question (and apologies for the long delay in my response.) I’m not positive, but I think the answer is no, it’s not published in Spanish. I’ve asked my agent, and I will get back to you if it turns out the answer is yes.
Cheers,
Ari
I’m 14 and Jewish. I don’t read a lot but The Path of Names was the first book in a long time that i couldn’t put down. It was extremely uniqe and I loved the suspense of switching storylines so suddenly. The best part was when they figured out that the caretaker was a golem. I’m patiently waiting for another novel. I looked on amazon and then here desperately looking. I hope you write many more novels for kids just like me.
Hi there! I’m so pleased you enjoyed The Path of Names. I haven’t published any other novels (yet!) I’ve written them, and hopefully sometime soon a publisher will decide to publish another one! All the best, Ari