Born in Tel Aviv in 1967, Etgar Keret is one of the leading voiced in Israeli literature and cinema. In the last twelve years he has published four books of short stories and novellas, two comic books and two feature screenplays . His story collections, bestsellers in Israel, have been published in fifteen different languages. His movie, Maika Red Heart, won the Israeli Oscar, as well as acclaim at several International film festivals. Keret lectures at Tel Aviv University's school of Film