Mira Magen

Magen was born in Kfar Saba, Israel to an orthodox Jewish family.[1]

She served in Nahal, Israel Defense Forces, and there she met her husband, Shayke Magen.[2]

She worked as a teacher for a couple of years.[3] She studied psychology and sociology in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.[3] Worked some years at Bituah Leumi - Israel's national social security agency.[3] Afterwards she learned nursing and worked as a nurse in Hadassah Medical Center in Mount Scopus, Jerusalem.[3] In the early 1990s, while still working as a nurse, she began writing short stories.[3]

Her first book, Well Buttoned-Up - a collection of her short stories, was published in 1994. The book was translated from Hebrew to German on 1997.[1] In 1998 she won Olschwung Foundation Award for this book.[4]

Her second book, Do Not Strike the Wall, was published in Hebrew in 1997, and a translation to German was published in 2001.[1]

Her third book, Love, After All, was published in Hebrew in 2000, and translated to German in 2004.[1]

Her fourth book, Brother and Sister, was published in Hebrew in 2000.[1]

Her fifth book, Her Angels Have All Fallen Asleep, was published in Hebrew in 2003, and translated to German in 2006.[1]

In 2005 she was awarded the Israeli Prime Minister's Prize.[1]

Her sixth book, The Glass Butterfly, was published in 2005 in Hebrew, in 2007 in German and in 2008 in French.[1]

Her seventh book, Time Will Tell, was published in 2008 in Hebrew, in 2010 in German and French and in 2015 in Italian.[1]

Her eighth book, Vodka and Bread, was published in Hebrew in 2010, and in German in 2012.[1]

Her ninth book, The Bluest Eyes, was published in Hebrew in 2012, and in German in 2017.[1]

Her tenth book, The Carpenter's Sister, was published in 2015 in Hebrew, in 2017 in French and in 2018 in German.[1]

Her eleventh book, Michaela, was published in 2018 in Hebrew.