Gail Hochman

Gail is President of Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc., where she has worked since 1983. She was for 20 years the President of the Association of American Literary Agents  (the AALA) ,the one professional organization of literary agents in the U.S.  You can always find her with her nose in a book (or a manuscript). In 2006, she was awarded NCJW NY’s Jane Strauss Award for her dedication to bringing authors to speak at various Council programs. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Her son Jacob has a phD in Comparative  Literature, and her daughter Elena works in a nonprofit which supports artists with an Israeli background, from all religions. Gail is the daughter of long-time Board member Estelle Hochman, and  she has been on the NCJW NY Board  since 2009.