CHAOS & CABERNET: WOMEN BEHAVING BOLDLY – FICTION

ESTHER CHEHEBAR is a contributing writer at Tablet magazine, where she covers Sephardic Jewish tradition and community, and a member of Sephardic Bikur Holim, a nonprofit supporting the growing Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. She holds an MFA from The New School and her work has been featured in Glamour and Man Repeller. Her first book, I Share My Name, is an illustrated children’s book explaining the Sephardic tradition of naming children for their grandparents. She lives in New York with her husband, their kids, their Ori-Pei named Jude, and a couple of fish. Sisters of Fortune: A Novel (Random House) is her debut novel.

LISA F. ROSENBERG has a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley in art history, an M.A. in graduate humanities and an MFA in creative writing from Dominican University of California. Her early professional career was in the blue-chip retail art world as a gallerist for several prominent San Francisco art dealers, including Crown Point Press and John Berggruen Gallery. She was most recently a public guide at SFMOMA and a staff museum educator at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. Her writing up until now has been in her professional life, primarily nonfiction, essays for exhibition catalogs, art criticism, tours, and public talks. Fine, I’m a Terrible Person (Sibylline Digital First), her debut novel, was published in 2025 and has won: a Zibby Award for “Book most likely to make you laugh” and a Pencraft Award for “Best book for fiction – humor.” Her family heritage is Rhodeslis, Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jews from the island of Rhodes. Her deep affection for her cultural legacy is reflected in her novel’s historical accuracy of language, cultural authenticity, and descriptions of mouthwatering cuisine. You can find out more at www.LisaFRosenberg.com.

MARGIE ZABLE FISHER is a co-author of The Cabernet Club (Sibylline Digital First) along with her late mother, Rona S. Zable. Completing and publishing the novel fulfilled a promise she made to her mother before her passing. Zable Fisher ran a P.R. agency for 20 years before becoming a full-time writer and author, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, AARP, Fortune, Next Avenue, and other publications. She is a triathlete after age 50 and an avid pickleball player.