Jan Pottker

Jan Pottker is the author of nine books. She is an investigatory writer who specializes in biographies that narrate authentic stories, based on skillful research, as she explores the contradictions between the popular perceptions of people and events versus the realities of what occurred.

She is an accomplished public speaker who has talked at such venues as the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, the National Archives and the Smithsonian Institution. She has been invited to talk about her books on more than 40 cruises, including Cunard, Princess, Celebrity and Royal Caribbean lines. Jan Pottker has been featured on dozens of television shows, including Inside Edition, 60 Minutes, and the History channel. She has been a guest on many hundreds of radio and podcast programs.

Jan Pottker worked for thirty years as a research chief and policy analyst in the Office for Civil Rights, in both the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare and the U.S. Department of Education. Her positions allowed her to assist in alleviating discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex and disability in health care and education services. She has two Masters degrees, as well as a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her writings have been published in three languages and have been widely reviewed in the media, including in People magazine and the New York Time's Sunday Book Review.