Nitza Agam has been writing since childhood. Her first memoir, Scent of Jasmine, centers on the death of her fiancé in the Yom Kippur War when Agam was twenty-two years old. Her latest Too Much Love, examines the complex and complicated relationships of becoming a mother and about being a daughter while The Lemon Tree was Inspired by her late friend who hid much of her art. The Lemon Tree explores what  drives women writers and artists to express their creativity. Agam conducts regular readings around Northern California.

 

Her writing has also appeared in educational magazines, literary magazines, the San Francisco Chronicle, and in Momentum, the magazine of the National MS Society. ("The Purple Parachute.") 

 

Agam has a BA from Hebrew University in Jerusalem as well as two master's degrees in literature from San Francisco State. She also holds a teaching credential in secondary English and has taught at various independent schools and workshops. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, Ofer; together they have two adult sons, David and Or. 

 

Nitza continues to believe in the importance of the stories we all have to tell and the power they impart when shared.