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 I draw inspiration from: Debbie Macomber
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
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.