Josiane Chriqui is a San Francisco based writer, author of two best selling sales books, and fellowship recipient from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work has appeared in Oldster Magazine, Ageist, and other publications. 

As an active literary citizen she has read submissions for Hunger Mountain, and Eastern Iowa Review. 

Before turning to creative writing Josiane founded TeleSmart Communications Inc., a global sales training company. She has trained over 50,000 salespeople and managers who consider her one of the pioneers of the inside sales industry.

Josiane holds a BA from San Francisco State and an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She regularly swims the San Francisco Bay.