Adults

Please join us for the Jewish Community Center’s Annual Book Festival Luncheon

Presented by
Sheila & Alec Engelstein and Northern Trust

Featuring Bestselling Author: Faye Kellerman
Interviewed by Barbara Kay, Host of  the Federation sponsored television program MOSAIC

Registration begins at 11 a.m.
Seating begins at 11:30 a.m.
Luncheon promptly at noon.

 
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All proceeds benefit Cultural Arts Programming at the Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches. 

Complimentary self-parking -Valet service available for $10
 

Faye Kellerman

New York Times bestseller, Faye Kellerman, is the master of suspense, with more than 5 million books in print. She has written 15 thrillers including 13 Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novels. Faye shares the development of the Decker/Lazarus characters and how they reflect some of life’s experiences as Orthodox Jews. Her presentation combines humor and intelligence as she discusses juggling home, family, religion and career, tailoring her talks to her vast and varied audiences.

Faye Kellerman’s groundbreaking first novel, The Ritual Bath, was published in 1986 to wide critical and commercial acclaim and won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Readers of America. 

Kellerman’s critically-acclaimed novels include: Sacred and Profane, Milk and Honey, Day of Atonement, False Prophet, Grievous Sin, The Quality of Mercy, Prayers For The Dead, Sanctuary, Bones, Stalker, The Forgotten and Stone Kiss. Her highly praised short stories and reviews have been anthologized in several collections including two volumes of the notable Sisters in Crime series. 

Kellerman’s protagonists, Rina and Peter Decker, bear a striking resemblance to her real family. She, too, is a dedicated mother of four children. She was trained as a dentist but abandoned her career to begin snooping around prison’s and police stations to research her grisly novels. Inspired by both the enormous success of her husband, Jonathan Kellerman, a psychologist turned best-selling thriller writer of the Alex Delaware series, and the complexity of Los Angeles, Kellerman decided to become a full-time mystery writer.

Faye Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She earned a BA in mathematics, and a doctorate in dentistry at UCLA, where she conducted research in oral biology and radiology, and received a University Fellowship. A great supporter of adult literacy, Children’s Hospital and many Jewish charities, Kellerman currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Mystery Writers of America, South California Chapter.

The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights is Kellerman’s new novel.
 

Committee 

Zelda Mason
Sandra Rosen
Luncheon Chairs
Sheila Engelstein
Honorary Chair
Barbara Ackerman
Karen Bagdan
Nancy Beren
Helen Bix
Gwen Boykin
Debby Brass
Staci Brenner
Sue Cohn
Sheryl Davidoff
Georgia Duber
Beth Eisenman
Sue Freedland
Rosemary Gensler
Susan Goldstein
Carol Greenbaum
Marilyn Klion
Marjorie Konigsberg
Donna Kramer
Terri Kurit
Gaby Kuvin
Marilyn Lampert
Lorraine Malasky
Amy Mauser
Shirley Mullen
Traci Pincourt-Braun
Shelley Platt
Marilyn Platzner
Debbie Shapiro
Erika Simon
Nancy Sims
Barbara Sommers
Carol Weller

A very special thank you to Sheila and Alec Engelstein for their years of hardwork, dedication and support.