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Barbara Rogan is the author of eight novels, including SUSPICION and HINDSIGHT (Simon & Schuster). Her next novel, A DANGEROUS FICTION, is the first in a new mystery series set in the high-stakes world of big publishing. It will be published in July 2013 by Viking/Penguin.

Her books have been translated into a dozen languages, featured by the major book clubs, optioned for movie and television and issued as audio books and ebooks.

Barbara has also worked extensively in publishing. She started as an editor for a large New York publisher. After moving to Israel, she was the founder and, for 12 years, director of the Barbara Rogan Literary Agency. During that period, she served on the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Book Fair.

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Barbara Rogan I was a literary agent for many years, enjoyed it tremendously, and always wanted to return to that world in my fiction. Jo Donovan was my ticket. And…moreI was a literary agent for many years, enjoyed it tremendously, and always wanted to return to that world in my fiction. Jo Donovan was my ticket. And it seemed to me that a literary agent would make an awfully good amateur sleuth. A DANGEROUS FICTION is the first in a mystery series.(less)
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A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery

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Suspicion

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Cafe Nevo

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Hindsight: A Novel of the C...

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Rowing in Eden

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A Heartbeat Away

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A Heartbeat Away: A Novel

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Changing States

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REVISING FICTION 2021

The next Revising Fiction online workshop has been scheduled to begin on Feb. 24, 2021, and is now open for registration. This workshop is my Masterclass. It’s intended for writers with a complete draft of a novel, memoir, or a body of short stories who want help bringing their work to the next level. Revising Fiction is open to as-yet unpublished writers as well as published writers who want t

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Barbara Rogan Barbara Rogan said: " One of those books that prove truth really is stranger than fiction. L. Ron Hubbard was a good sci-fi writer who started believing his own nutty stories; the astonishing thing is that he got millions of followers believing them, too. "Going clear" in ...more "

 
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