Edeet Rav­el is an award-win­ning author of books for both young read­ers and adults. Her YA nov­el, Held, was nom­i­nat­ed for the CLA Young Adult Book Award and the Arthur Ellis Crime Award, and her YA nov­el, The Saver, has been adapt­ed for film and received awards around the world. Her nov­els for adults have won the Hugh MacLen­nan Prize and the Jew­ish Book Award and have been nom­i­nat­ed for the Gov­er­nor General’s Award and the Giller Prize. Edeet was born on an Israeli kib­butz and holds a PhD in Jew­ish Stud­ies from McGill University.