Emu­na Elon is an inter­na­tion­al­ly best­selling, crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed nov­el­ist, jour­nal­ist, and women’s activist. Born to a fam­i­ly of promi­nent rab­bis and schol­ars, she was raised in Jerusalem and New York. She teach­es Judaism, Hasidism, and Hebrew lit­er­a­ture. Her first nov­el trans­lat­ed into Eng­lish, If You Awak­en Love, was a Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award finalist.