Tami Shem-Tov

Tami Shem-Tov was born in Kiryat Ono, Israel, in 1969, and lives in Tel Aviv. After working as a journalist for a number of years, she now teaches creative writing at the University of Haifa and holds meetings with children. Shem-Tov has written several books for children and youth and a children’s play. Her first book, Just for Milli, was awarded the Ze’ev Prize (1999); her second, Matti’s Orange Revolution, has been adapted for the stage. Letters from Nowhere received the Yad Vashem Prize (2007), the Ze’ev Prize (2008) and the German Children’s Literature Award (2010). She also received the Prime Minister’s Prize (2011). Shem-Tov’s latest book for youth, I’m not a Thief, was awarded the DafDaf Prize (2012), the Lea Goldberg Prize (2013), an Andersen Honor Citation (2014) the Public Libraries Award (2014) and the Bialik Prize (2014).

Photo by: Emilie Quzen