CHARLES SAMUEL – MEDIA KIT
Charles Samuel – MEDIA KIT
Charles Samuel is the pen name of Shmuel Veffer, a #1 Israeli bestselling novelist who anchors high-stakes suspense in gritty, boots-on-the-ground reality.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The Platform: 5,000 active weekly readers receiving his exclusive “Dispatches from Jerusalem”
- The Track Record: Author of the #1 Israeli Bestseller, The Jerusalem Conspiracy
- The Authority: Ordained Orthodox Rabbi, international lecturer, and trained analyst with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE JERUSALEM CONSPIRACY
- “This superbly crafted thriller will keep you turning pages late into the night. A rare and riveting insider’s view of how extremists think…and act. I loved it.” — Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Times Best-Selling Author
- “A gripping thriller to the very last page. If I were you, I would buy a copy before the Shin Bet (Israeli Secret Service) removes all copies from the shelves.” — The Jerusalem Post
- “This book will shake you up …Riveting from beginning to end.” — Larry King, Media Icon
Book 1: BURIED SECRETS (The Discovery)
A bulldozer in Jerusalem strikes a First Century cave. What it uncovers—an ossuary with a crucified heel and a cobalt goblet—threatens to dismantle two thousand years of history and forces David and Stacey to choose between their careers and the truth
The Jerusalem Conspiracy
When Rachel Stein returns to Jerusalem to track down the terrorist who murdered her fiancé, she unwittingly stumbles into the crosshairs of the most fateful and dangerous conspiracy in the history of the State of Israel.
THE LONG BIO: THE REALITY BEHIND THE FICTION
While many thriller writers rely on research assistants and distant archives, Charles writes from the soil up. He recently discovered and filmed a pristine 1st-century family burial cave near the Beit Zayit reservoir, complete with original kokhim (burial niches)—a real-world experience that directly mirrors the explosive opening of his latest archaeological thriller, Buried Secrets.
He brings unparalleled insider authority to the genre. During his thirteen years teaching deep Torah philosophy in the Old City of Jerusalem, he studied the Talmud with Alan Dershowitz and advised Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir in his private chambers. A veteran of high-stakes activism, he co-founded Honest Reporting Canada to combat media bias and sued the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs in a landmark Supreme Court battle (Veffer v. Canada) to defend his Charter rights and list “Jerusalem, Israel” on his son’s passport.
Bridging the ancient and the modern, he managed the Official Apple dealership in Jerusalem in the 1980s, wiring the first Apple IIe systems to a typesetting machine to bring ancient Torah manuscripts into the digital age. He later founded Kosher Innovations, creating the KosherLamp—a cultural phenomenon featured in The New York Times, on NPR, and on Israeli television.
THE DAVID FOX SERIES
History is not what you find. It’s what changes you, and drives your destiny.
• Book 1: BURIED SECRETS (The Discovery) A bulldozer in Jerusalem strikes a First Century cave. What it uncovers—an ossuary with a crucified heel and a cobalt goblet—threatens to dismantle two thousand years of history and forces David and Stacey to choose between their careers and the truth.
• Book 2: SHADOW OF THE ARK (The Covenant) A rumor of a breach under the Temple Mount triggers a hunt for the Ark of the Covenant. From Jerusalem to Ethiopia, David and Stacey race against a foreign intelligence operation, discovering that some secrets are hidden not to be found, but to be obeyed.
• Book 3: HIDDEN TREASURE (The Legacy) In the mountains of Colombia and the archives of Toledo, Stacey uncovers her own crypto-Jewish past. A hunt for a pirate’s hoard reveals that the greatest treasures are not gold, but the blood running through our veins.