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Elise Coop­er

Elise Coop­er lives in Los Ange­les and has writ­ten numer­ous nation­al secu­ri­ty arti­cles sup­port­ing Israel. She writes book reviews and Q and A’s for many dif­fer­ent out­lets includ­ing the Mil­i­tary Press. She has had the plea­sure to inter­view best­selling authors from many dif­fer­ent genres.
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Fic­tion
An Offi­cer and a Spy
Robert Harris
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Non­fic­tion
1941: The Year That Keeps Returning
Slavko Goldstein; Michael Gable, trans.
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Fic­tion
The Exiles Return: A Novel
Elisabeth de Waal; Edmund de Waal, fwd.
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Non­fic­tion
Jews in the Los Ange­les Mosaic
Karen S. Wilson, ed.
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Fic­tion
My Moth­er’s Secret: A Nov­el Based on a True Holo­caust Story
J. L. Witterick
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Fic­tion
Freud’s Mis­tress
Karen Mack and Jennifer Kaufman
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Fic­tion
A Hun­dred Summers
Beatriz Williams
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Fic­tion
Who Will Die Last: Sto­ries of Life in Israel
David Ehrlich; Ken Frieden, ed.; Various Translators

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Inter­view: Rachel Cantor

with Elise Coop­erFans of A High­ly Unlike­ly Sce­nario, or a Neet­sa Piz­za Employ­ee’s Guide to Sav­ing the World: A Nov­el will rec­og­nize Rachel Can­tor’s…
Elise Coop­er
December 29, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Nao­mi Ragen

by Elise Coop­erThe Dev­il in Jerusalem is a ter­ri­fy­ing thriller, but even more upset­ting is that this sto­ry was based on a true event. It explores the hor­rif­ic…
Elise Coop­er
October 15, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Joseph Kanon

by Elise Coop­erLeav­ing Berlin by Joseph Kanon is a grip­ping his­tor­i­cal thriller. The book’s plot takes place in Berlin four years after the end of World War II.…
Elise Coop­er
August 11, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Hana Berg­er Moran and Wendy Holden

by Elise Coop­erBorn Sur­vivors: Three Young Moth­ers and Their Extra­or­di­nary Sto­ry of Courage, Defi­ance, and Hope tells the account of Priska, Rachel, and Anka, three…
Elise Coop­er
July 21, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Jonathan D. Sarna

Lin­coln and the Jews: A His­to­ry by Jonathan D. Sar­na and Ben­jamin Shapell chron­i­cles the extra­or­di­nary rela­tion­ship between Pres­i­dent Abra­ham Lin­coln and…
Elise Coop­er
May 19, 2015
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Inter­view: Tony Schumacher

by Elise Coop­erThe Dark­est Hour is an alter­nate his­to­ry, a psy­cho­log­i­cal study, and a thriller all rolled into one fan­tas­tic book. It begins with Ger­many…
Elise Coop­er
April 28, 2015
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Inter­view: Eric Lichtblau

by Elise Coop­erThe Nazis Next Door by Eric Licht­blau is a com­pelling reminder of how quick­ly man’s inhu­man­i­ty to man has been for­got­ten. Many in the FBI, CIA, the…
Elise Coop­er
April 2, 2015
Interview

Inter­view: Liad Shoham

by Elise Coop­erJew­ish Book Coun­cil recent­ly spoke with Liad Shoham about his new book, Asy­lum City.Elise Coop­er: I didn’t know Israel has an ille­gal…
Elise Coop­er
January 20, 2015
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Inter­view: Daniel Silva

Elise Coop­er
September 5, 2014
Interview

Inter­view: Stephanie Feldman

by Elise Coop­erThe Angel of Loss­es, Stephanie Feldman’s debut nov­el, weaves togeth­er his­to­ry and Jew­ish folk­lore into a mul­ti-gen­er­a­tional fam­i­ly saga. At the…
Elise Coop­er
September 3, 2014
Interview

Inter­view: Susan Jane Gilman

by Elise Coop­erThe Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman is a very enjoy­able and insight­ful book. Span­ning over sev­en­ty years, from the ear­ly 1900s…
Elise Coop­er
August 19, 2014
Interview

Inter­view with Judith Frank

Elise Coop­er recent­ly sat down with Judith Frank to dis­cuss her recent­ly pub­lished nov­el All I Love and Know.Elise Coop­er: Were there auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal parts…
Elise Coop­er
July 1, 2014

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