Jean Naggar’s poetry has appeared in The Listener and Athanor and she has been published in The New York Times, the Village Voice, Publishers Weekly, and Writers Digest. Her memoir of an unusual childhood, Sipping from the Nile, My Exodus From Egypt was published by Stony Creek Press in 2008. It has just been published as an e-book. Both print copies and e-books can be accessed from this link: www.sippingfromthenile.com

Before establishing the Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc., in New York City in 1978 she worked as a book reviewer, writer, translator and editor. Her eclectic, broad-ranging taste in fiction and nonfiction has led to many award-winning titles and numerous best-sellers. She is considered an ace strategist by her clients, and has sold a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. Naggar is the agent for Jean Auel's Earth's Children series as well as the works of Phillip Margolin, Mary McGarry Morris, Nancy Willard, Sarah Waters, Susan Fromberg Schaeffer, Carl Safina, Linda Pastan and others.

Jean Naggar has been the keynote speaker at many writers conferences throughout the US. She is a member of the International Women's Forum, the Women's Media Group, PEN, and the AAR (Association of Authors' Representatives). A former president of the AAR, she served on its board for many years and continues to be active in various committees. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Serge. She has three children, two children-in-law, and seven grandchildren.

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