Janet Wallach

[3] Janet Wallach has written about accomplished but under-recognized, women throughout history and across the world.

[6] Her other books include Chanel: Her Style and Her Life (1998), Seraglio: A Novel (2003), and The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age (2012).

She co-authored, with her husband John Wallach, Arafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder, a biography of Yasser Arafat; The New Palestinians, a look at the leading figures in the West Bank and Gaza; and Still Small Voices, the personal stories of ten Israelis and Palestinians during the first intifada.

[7] Most recently, she released Flirting with Danger (2023), which chronicles the life of American spy Marguerite Harrison.

[8] Janet Wallach is a founding director and President Emerita of Seeds of Peace, which brings together outstanding teenagers from regions in conflict - which includes Indians and Pakistanis and Americans of diverse backgrounds.

A woman in a red dress stands in a bookstore with a stack of books ahead of her.
A picture of the author at the launch of her latest book, Flirting with Danger, at the Corner Bookstore.