Janet Wallach, author portrait
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Janet Wallach

Janet Wallach is the author of The Richest Woman in America: Hetty Green in the Gilded Age, as well as Seraglio and Chanel: Her Style and Her Life. She is also coauthor, with her husband John Wallach, of three previous books on the Middle East: The New PalestiniansArafat: In the Eyes of the Beholder; and Still Small Voices: The Real Heroes of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. She lives in New York City.

Janet Wallach is represented by the Knopf Speakers Bureau (http://www.knopfspeakersbureau.com).

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Get Inspired! Books for After-School Clubs & Activities

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