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Joseph Amiel is an internationally best-selling novelist, screenwriter, web series creator, and lawyer. His most recent fiction is a small collection of short stories entitled Death Can Delight: A Trio of Mysteries. He is the author of the novels Stalking the Sky, Birthright, Deeds, Star Time, and A Question of Proof. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages. He wrote the cult horror-film classic Daughters of Darkness. His comedy screenplay "Games" has been honored at film festivals, as has his comedy-mystery web series "Ain't That Life." A graduate of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Amherst College and Yale Law School, he is married and lives in New York City.

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	A Question of Proof 3.69 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birthright 3.82 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deeds 3.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalking the Sky 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star Time 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Can Delight: A Trio of Mysteries 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Meeting a Business Rival and Future Lover

In my historical novel Birthright or Birthright (Kindle), I wanted to create a scene that would show the tempestuous nature of Deborah's first meeting with David Holtz, whose family has long held grudges against the Kronengolds and who wants to take over the same company Deborah is intent on taking over; I wanted to show, too, how well-matched they are and how attracted they are to each other.

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Published on May 04, 2014 04:36 • Tags: banking-family, birthright, britain, finance, historical-fiction, investment-banking, jewish-family, london, love-story, new-york, romance

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