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Welcome to Host-a-Jewish-Book-Author.com, an independent site created by literary agent Anna Olswanger, where you can contact Jewish book authors by name, location, or genre. Host-a-Jewish-Book-Author.com lists only authors who have agreed to participate, with authors themselves providing their contact information, book titles, lecture topics, and areas of travel.

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Hava Ben-Zvi (Eva's Journey: A Young Girl's True Story and The Bride Who Argued with God: Tales from the Treasury of Jewish Folklore) lives in San Marino, California. A former director of the Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles and recipient of the Ezra Award, she gives programs about her books to both adults and children. For Eva's Journey, she describes her life as a Jewish adolescent and teenager in German-occupied Poland during World War II, and for The Bride Who Argued with God, she retells Jewish folktales and discusses their unique attributes and meaning. Ben-Zvi is willing to travel anywhere in California and possibly to other states within the U.S. To arrange a program, email her at e.benzvi@worldnet.att.net or visit her website http://e.benzvi.home.att.net.

Haggai Carmon (The Red Syndrome: A Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller and Triple Identity: A Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller) lives in Long Island, New York, where he is an international attorney representing the U.S. Department of Justice in its Israeli litigation. On assignment by several federal agencies, Carmon has gathered legal intelligence around the world in complex, multimillion dollar cases, most involving money laundering. In his talks, he describes his real-life adventures that have inspired his intelligence thrillers. Carmon is willing to travel anywhere within the Tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; he is willing to travel elsewhere as long as his travel expenses are paid. To arrange a program, contact him at haggai@carmonlaw.com, phone 212-751-0406, or visit his websites www.tripleidentity.com and www.carmonlaw.com.

Janice Eidus (The War of the Rosens), a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and writing coach, lives in Brooklyn, New York, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She has twice won the O.Henry Prize for her short stories, a Pushcart Prize and a Redbook Prize. Eidus gives talks throughout the U.S., Europe, and Central America on "Reading and Writing Jewish: Literary Heritage from a Writer's Perspective," "The Multiracial Jewish Family: Transformation and Creativity," and "Growing Up As a Secular Jew and Writing About It." In her talks, she includes readings from her fiction and nonfiction about Jewish identity. To arrange a program, email Eidus at janice@janiceeidus.com or visit her website www.janiceeidus.com.

David Evanier (The Great Kisser, Red Love, and The One-Star Jew) lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he teaches and writes full time. Winner of the Aga Khan Fiction Prize, Evanier gives talks on "Jewish Fiction in a Post-Holocaust World," "Turning Life Experience into Fiction," "Why I Write," and "Mentors and Friends: A Writer's Journey." He is willing to travel anywhere. To arrange a program, email Evanier at devanier@earthlink.net or visit his website www.davidevanier.com.

Rebecca Kohn (The Gilded Chamber and Seven Days to the Sea) lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she writes full time. Kohn gives talks on "How the Stories of Biblical Heroines Can Inspire Us Today," "The Importance of Jewish History to Contemporary Jews," and "How to Make Torah More Meaningful in Our Lives," along with a seminar on character development for novice fiction writers. She is willing to travel anywhere as long as her expenses are paid. Email Kohn at rebecca.kohn@valley.net or visit her website rebeccakohn.com.

Lesléa Newman (Runaway Dreidl!, Matzo Ball Moon, The Eight Nights of Chanukkah, and A Letter to Harvey Milk: Short Stories) lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. Winner of a Gemini Award, she gives a talk for adults entitled "How Can You Be a Lesbian—You're Jewish!" Newman reads from her poetry and from her short story collection A Letter to Harvey Milk while exploring themes of Jewish and lesbian identity: where the two intersect and where the two collide. She is willing to travel anywhere. To arrange a program, email Newman at lezel@aol.com or visit her website www.lesleanewman.com.

Cynthia Polansky (Far Above Rubies), a freelance writer, lives in Annapolis, Maryland. She gives talks to teens and adults on "Why a Holocaust Novel? The Far Above Rubies Journey" in which she discusses the true story behind her novel about a Dutch woman who voluntarily accompanied her six stepdaughters to Auschwitz. Polansky is willing to travel at her own expense up to 100 miles from the Baltimore-Washington corridor, and will travel outside that area if her expenses are reimbursed. To arrange a program, email her at author40@verizon.net or visit her website www.cynthiapolansky.com.

Steve Sheinkin (The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey, and Rabbi Harvey Rides Again) is a writer/illustrator in Brooklyn, New York. Sheinkin gives talks around the country about the stories behind his comics, specifically about the traditional Jewish sources behind Harvey's adventures and the process of adapting them into comics set in the Wild West. He also gives an interactive workshop for kids ages 10-12 called "Making Your Own Graphic Novels," in which he shows sample stories, visual sources, and steps in the process of making comics. Sheinkin is willing to travel anywhere in the U.S. Email him at steve@rabbiharvey.com or visit his website www.rabbiharvey.com .

Myra Sklarew (Lithuania: New & Selected Poems, From the Backyard of the Diaspora, Like a Field Riddled by Ants (Lost Roads), and Over the Rooftops of Time: Jewish Stories, Essays, Poems) lives in Bethesda, Maryland, where she is Professor Emerita of literature at the American University. Winner of a National Jewish Book Award and Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award, Sklarew gives readings of her poetry and talks on Israeli and Yiddish poetry, and the impact of trauma on memory with regard to Holocaust survivors. She is willing to travel anywhere. Email Sklarew at msklarew@american.edu.

Leora Skolkin-Smith (Edges: O Israel, O Jerusalem) is a full-time writer in New York City. Nominated by Grace Paley for a PEN Ernest Hemingway Award, Skolkin-Smith gives talks on "Gender Issues and Mother/Daughter Relationships in Jewish Fiction," "Writing About War in Fiction," "Israel and Palestine in Fiction," and "From Novel to Feature Film" (the last about her novel's acquisition by Triboro Pictures). Skolkin-Smith is willing to travel anywhere. To arrange a program, email her at skolkin@nyc.rr.com or visit her website www.leoraskolkinsmith.com.

Eliezer Sobel (Minyan: Ten Jewish Men in a World That is Heartbroken, The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics and Other Consciousness-Raising Experiments, and Mordecai's Book) lives in Richmond, Virginia. Winner of he Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel and the New Millennium Award for Fiction, Sobel offers programs that include a sing-along to Jewish melodies, interspersed with stories and personal tales. He includes Holocaust-oriented material when talking about Minyan. Sobel is willing to travel anywhere if airfare is provided. Email him at eliezering@comcast.net or phone him at 804-303-8872.

Michele Zackheim (Einstein's Daughter: The Search for Lieserl and Violette's Embrace) lives in New York City where she teaches a master's class at the School of Visual Arts on writing from a visual perspective. When Zackheim gives talks about the Jewish aspect of her books, she describes growing up in a little town in California with no Jews and making Einstein her idol and reason for withstanding the ugliness she experienced as a Jew. She also describes how the memoir part of Violette's Embrace reflects what she knew about life as a Jew in a small town. Zackheim will travel anywhere as long as her expenses are covered. Email her at michelezackheim@mac.com or visit her website www.MicheleZackheim.com.

Victoria Zackheim (The Bone Weaver) lives in San Francisco, California, where she edits anthologies and teaches writing in the UCLA Writers Program. Zackheim gives workshops and talks on "The Women Who Came Before Us: Jewish Women in Literature," "Turning Our Family History into Fiction," and "The Importance of Memoir Writing: Preserving Our Family's Heritage." She is willing to travel throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and France. To arrange a program, email Zackheim at vdzack@aol.com or visit her website www.victoriazackheim.com.

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