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A Short Biography of Ashleigh Brilliant

Author Name:

Ashleigh Brilliant

Born As:

Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

Other Names:

Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

Born:

9 Dec 1933

Died:





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Author and cartoonist                          
Selected Works:

I May Not Be Totally Perfect, but Parts of Me Are Excellent, and Other Brilliant Thoughts - 1979
I Have Abandoned My Search for Truth, and Am Now Looking for a Good Fantasy: More Brilliant Thoughts - 1980
Appreciate Me Now, and Avoid the Rush: Yet More Brilliant Thoughts - 1981
I Feel Much Better, Now That I've Given Up Hope: And Even More Brilliant Thoughts - 1984
All I Want Is a Warm Bed and a Kind Word and Unlimited Power: Even More Brilliant Thoughts - 1985
I Try to Take One Day at a Time, but Sometimes Several Days Attack Me at Once: More Brilliant Thoughts Than Ever - 1987
The Great Car Craze: How Southern California Collided with the Automobile in the 1920's - 1989
We've Been Through So Much Together, and Most of It Was Your Fault: More and More Brilliant Thoughts - 1990
Be a Good Neighbor, and Leave Me Alone: And Other Wry and Riotous Writings - 1992
I Want to Reach Your Mind... Where Is It Currently Located?: More Incredibly Brilliant Thoughts - 1994
I'm Just Moving Clouds Today, Tomorrow I'll Try Mountains: And Other More or Less Blissfully Brilliant Thoughts - 1998.                          
Parents Amelia and Victor Brilliant, two children, Ashleigh and Myrna.                          
                          
As far as I know, the name Brilliant is of Russian/Polish/Jewish origin, and is akin to other Jewish names related to precious metals and jewels, e.g. Gold, Silver, Diamond, Ruby, Pearl. (One meaning of brilliant is a kind of diamond.) These in turn relate to the kinds of trades in which many European Jews were engaged when, in the time of Napoleon, they were first required to take surnames.