About Us

The team behind the Kitaba Marrakech events are two world renowned writers, journalists and media commentators. They will be working with you directly from the moment you sign up to the course, and throughout this unique opportunity to give you a once in a lifetime experience.

Jane Green

Jane Green is the author of twenty one novels, including eighteen New York Times bestsellers. She has over ten million books in print, and is published in over 25 languages. 

A renowned public speaker, she travels all over the world giving keynote speeches. As a cancer survivor, she has a particular focus on cancer charities.

Her last novel, Sister Stardust, was her first foray into biographical historical fiction, telling the story of Talitha Getty in Marrakech in the late sixties, which led to her falling in love with the city which she now calls home.

Jane has recently moved to Marrakech where she is currently writing her latest novel and continuing to write her weekly column for the DailyMail.com where she is the “Dear Jane” agony aunt.

For more information about Jane, please visit her social media profiles on Instagram or Facebook.

Jenna Blum

Jenna Blum is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us, The Stormchasers, and The Lost Family; the novella “The Lucky One” in the collection Grand Central; and memoir Woodrow on the Bench, about her senior black Lab and what his last seven months taught her, now in paperback from Harper Collins.

Jenna is one of Oprah’s Top Thirty Women Writers, with her work published in over 20 countries, and cofounder/CEO of literary social media marketing company A Mighty Blaze.

Jenna’s New York Times and internationally bestselling first novel, Those Who Save Us, won the Ribalow Prize, awarded by Hadassah Magazine and adjudged by Elie Wiesel; Jenna is a public speaker, traveling nationally and internationally.

For more information about Jenna and to share her real-time adventures, please follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.