HarperCollins Speakers Bureau
HARPERCOLLINS SPEAKERS BUREAU
THE PREMIER LECTURE AGENCY FOR AUTHORS

Jewish Interest

Michael Bar-Zohar speaker
MICHAEL BAR-ZOHAR
Michael Bar-Zohar is a writer, public speaker, and former lawmaker. Author of many novels and books of non-fiction, he was a Member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament,...

Michael Bar-Zohar

Israel’s Foremost Expert on Espionage

Yousef Bashir speaker
YOUSEF BASHIR
Yousef Bashir is a Palestinian-American activist, speaker, and author of the memoir, The Words of My Father . In this moving, candid, and transformative memoir,...

Yousef Bashir

Peace Activist & Author of The Words of My Father

Lauren Belfer speaker
LAUREN BELFER
Lauren Belfer’s debut novel, City of Light, was a New York Times bestseller as well as a New York Times Notable Book, a Library Journal Best Book, and a Main Selection...

Lauren Belfer

New York Times Bestselling Author of City of Light, A Fierce Radiance, & And After the Fire, a 2016 National Jewish Book Award Winner

Marilyn Berger speaker
MARILYN BERGER
Marilyn Berger has been a journalist for more than 40 years, during which she covered some of the major news stories of our time, from the Cultural Revolution in China...

Marilyn Berger

Legendary Journalist and Biographer

Marion Blumenthal Lazan speaker
MARION BLUMENTHAL LAZAN
Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s unforgettable memoir Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story (Greenwillow Books) recalls the devastating years that shaped her childhood.

Marion Blumenthal Lazan

Holocaust survivor and co-author of Four Perfect Pebbles

Talia Carner speaker
TALIA CARNER
Before turning to fiction writing, Talia Carner worked for Redbook magazine and served as the publisher of Savvy Woman magazine. An adjunct professor of marketing at...

Talia Carner

Author of Jerusalem Maiden and Hotel Moscow; Speaker on Worldwide Women’s Issues

Poopa Dweck speaker
POOPA DWECK
Poopa Dweck is the preeminent authority on the food, ways, and customs of the Jews of Aleppo, the world’s largest and most flourishing community of Sephardic Jews....

Poopa Dweck

Expert on Aleppian Jewish Cookery; Winner National Jewish Book Award

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie speaker
LESLIE GILBERT-LURIE
Leslie Gilbert-Lurie, a writer, lawyer, teacher, and child advocate, is a board member and Immediate Past President of the Los Angeles County Board of Education. She...

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Author, Educator, Lawyer, Child Advocate

Elaine Hall speaker
ELAINE HALL
Elaine Hall has worn many hats in her multi-faceted and accomplished life including: the child whisperer, educator, writer, consultant, performer, international speaker,...

Elaine Hall

Coach E, Internationally Recognized Autism Educator and Advocate, The Child Whisperer, and Founder of The Miracle Project

Meredith Jacobs speaker
MEREDITH JACOBS
Meredith Jacobs, author of The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat, is editor of www.modernjewishmom.com, a dynamic and popular new website, and co-founder and CEO...

Meredith Jacobs

Jewish Family Columnist and Parenting Expert

Pam Jenoff speaker
PAM JENOFF
Pam Jenoff is the international bestselling author of several novels, including The Kommandant’s Girl (MIRA), a finalist for the Quill awards and shortlisted for the...

Pam Jenoff

Internationally Bestselling Novelist

Mollie Katzen speaker
MOLLIE KATZEN
Mollie Katzen, with over 6 million books in print, is listed by the New York Times as one of the best-selling cookbook authors of all time. A 2007 inductee into the prestigious...

Mollie Katzen

James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame Inductee & Moosewood Cookbook Creator

Ann Kirschner speaker
ANN KIRSCHNER
Ann Kirschner, acclaimed historian, author, and internationally recognized expert on technology and education, knows how to dig deep into history to find the untold...

Ann Kirschner

Acclaimed Historian and Author of Sala’s Gift and Lady at the O.K. Corral

Lucette Lagnado speaker
LUCETTE LAGNADO
Lucette Lagnado, an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was born in Cairo, Egypt. She and her family left Egypt as refugees when she was a small child,...

Lucette Lagnado

Investigative Reporter & Best-Selling Author

Lois Leveen speaker
LOIS LEVEEN
Award-winning author Lois Leveen dwells in the spaces where literature and history meet. Her stunning debut novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser (William Morrow), is based...

Lois Leveen

Historian, Education Expert, and Author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser

Gail Levin speaker
GAIL LEVIN
An accomplished curator and authoritative biographer, Gail Levin currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women's Studies at...

Gail Levin

Acclaimed Art Historian and Biographer

Suzanne Loebl speaker
SUZANNE LOEBL
Suzanne Loebl, prolific writer and avid lecturer, was born in Germany and grew up in Belgium. Inspired by her father, a pharmaceutical chemist, she decided to study chemistry,...

Suzanne Loebl

Author of America’s Medicis: The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy

Esther Perel speaker
ESTHER PEREL
Esther Perel is a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence. She has spent half her life treating patients...

Esther Perel

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Gilad Sharon speaker
GILAD SHARON
Gilad Sharon is the youngest son of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and was a trusted advisor before and during his term in office. Sharon holds a master's...

Gilad Sharon

Close Confidant & Youngest Son of Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

Nina Willner speaker
NINA WILLNER
Nina Willner, a former US Army captain, ran intelligence operations on Soviet territory in East Berlin during the Cold War. Following a career in intelligence working...

Nina Willner

Author, Historian, Former Intelligence Officer, Eastern Europe Specialist & Pro-Democracy Advocate