Jean Meltzer
Author Interview - Jean Meltzer
Author of THE MATZAH BALL
Chronically-ill Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a "nice Jewish girl" with a secret: she loves Christmas. As the best-selling author of over twenty Christmas romance novels, and four made-for-TV movie spin-offs, she's kept her stellar career hidden from her observant Jewish family for over a decade. But when Rachel's publishing house tells her they won't renew her contract unless she writes them a Hanukkah romance, she's desperate for inspiration. She finds it in the form of The Matzah Ball, a high-end Jewish music celebration scheduled for the last night of Hanukkah. There is only one problem: tickets are sold out and the only way to get one if direct from the ball's creator, who just happens to be Jacob Greenberg, her summer camp arch enemy.
Author Interview - Jean Meltzer
Author I draw inspiration from: Debbie Macomber
Author Interview - Jean Meltzer | Author I Draw Inspiration From
Favorite place to read a book: Bathtub
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Oh, gosh. Too many to pick one! (Also, some of the characters I fall in love with are probably not the best to be stuck in an elevator with... #vampireproblems)
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: I wrote my first story in third grade and never stopped.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Paperback
The last book I read: The Twelve Dates of Christmas, Jenny Bayless
Author Interview - Jean Meltzer | The Last Book I Read
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Can anyone really decide!?!
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Rabbi... though, in my heart and soul, I missed my calling as a Real Housewife of NJ.
Favorite decade in fashion history: No idea!
Place I’d most like to travel: Gosh, everywhere -- providing there is good food and friendly people!
My signature drink: Gibson
Favorite artist: Changes on my mood, honestly.
Number one on my bucket list: Leave the world a little bit better than how I found it.
Anything else you'd like to add: I'm excited to be here!
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Author Bio: Jean Meltzer studied dramatic writing at NYU Tisch and has earned numerous awards for her work in television, including a Daytime Emmy. She spent five years in rabbinical school before her chronic illness forced her to withdraw and her father told her she should write a book--just not a Jewish one because no one reads those. The Matzah Ball is her first novel.
