Orly Castel-Bloomwas born in TelAviv in 1960 andis a leading voicein contemporaryHebrew literature.She is the author of eleven booksand was twice the recipient of thePrime Minister's Prize.
Dalya Bilu lives in Jerusalem andhas been awarded a number ofprizes for her translation work,including the Israeli Ministry ofCulture Prize for Translation, andthe Jewish Book Council Award forHebrew-English Translation.