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Jud Nirenberg is the recipient of the 2017 Baxt Award, presented by the Romani Media Initiative.  See the other tabs for synopses of his books and keep eyes open for a new book in 2023.

When not writing, Jud is a consultant on refugee law and a business development and marketing consultant. In the past, he has worked for the US government, adjudicating asylum cases, has managed democratization and human rights projects and worked in more than a dozen countries, including Afghanistan, Libya, India, the United States and across Europe. He has been CEO of Europe’s largest Romani political organization, the European Roma and Travellers Forum, overseen grant-making and training for Romani human rights groups at George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, been Director of Government Relations for Dr. Jane Goodall’s Jane Goodall Institute and more. He has been a guest lecturer at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute, an advisor to US Army Airborne and an interpreter for various intelligence and law enforcement agencies as well as for NGOs.

Please come back from time to time and see what’s new with his writing.

This is a good place to see what new publications are out and how adroitly Jud promotes himself in the third person.