Ronit Matalon is a bestselling writer and novelist in Israel. She was born in 1959 to a family of Egyptian-Jewish descent. She studied literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University. Ms. Matalon has worked as a journalist for Israel television and for the daily Haaretz, covering Gaza and the West Bank during the First Intifada. She has also worked as a critic and book reviewer for Haaretz. At present, she is senior lecturer in Hebrew and comparative literature at Haifa University. Her children`s book; A Story that Begins with a Snake's Funeral has been made into a movie. Ms. Matalon has been awarded the prestigious Bernstein Prize (2009) for The Sounds of Our Steps. She is the author of the U.S. published novels Bliss and The One Facing Us.
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