Efrem Sigel is the author of two published novels, The Kermanshah Transfer (Macmillan) and The Disappearance (The Permanent Press); the true crime memoir, Juror Number 2: The Story of a Murder, the Agony of a Neighborhood (The Writers' Press); and four nonfiction books about media and technology, published by Crown Books, Prentice-Hall and others. He is also the author of more than 30 short stories, memoirs and essays in magazines and literary journals, e.g., Nimrod, The Jerusalem Post, Midstream, Xavier Review, City Journal, The MacGuffin and others. He grew up in Staten Island, NY, graduated from Curtis High School, received his B.A. from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Frederica Evan, founded and managed two business information companies that published newsletters and market research reports and hosted conferences in the fields of high tech publishing and advertising, and healthcare services.

He is a board member of Futures and Options, a leading youth development nonprofit in New York City. He is also a managing director in the Community Partners program of the Harvard Business School Club of New York, a program that offers pro bono consulting to nonprofits in the NYC area, with all the consulting is done by HBS alums who volunteer their time. Efrem is married to Frederica Evan. Efrem and Frederica have two sons and four grandchildren. They live in New York City. In his spare time, Efrem enjoys walking, hiking and swimming; playing tennis, Scrabble and chess with family; and reading.