Ayelet Shamir

Ayelet Shamir was born in Israel in 1964 and grew up in various parts of the country as well as in Africa. She received her Ph.D in Hebrew literature from the University of Haifa, where she also taught. At present, she is head of the Department of Literature and Creative Arts at Oranim College. Shamir has published fiction and non-fiction. She was awarded the Wiener Prize for a debut novel (2007), the Prime Minister’s Prize (2009) and the Ramat Gan Prize for The Bed You Make (2014).