Rakefet Ziv-Li was
born in Jerusalem in 1968 and lives in Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra in the Western
Galilee. She studied musicology and psychology at Bar-Ilan University, and has an
MA in Hebrew literature from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as well as a
graduate degree in music therapy. She works as a music therapist for children
and youth at risk.
Ziv-Li has published
a novel and a book for children. In 2005, she won the Haaretz
Short Story Competition for her story "Rachamei Zion" ("Zion's
Mercy").