Janine Schloss was born in South Africa and immi­grat­ed to Aus­tralia in 1981 with her par­ents and broth­er. She has an Hon­ours degree in Eng­lish. She lived in Tel Aviv for three years, between 2005 and 2008, dur­ing which time her chil­dren were born. She is cur­rent­ly under­tak­ing a PhD in Jew­ish cul­tur­al prac­tice via the Aus­tralian Cen­tre for Jew­ish Civil­i­sa­tion at Monash Uni­ver­si­ty. She is also a Pro­gram Man­ag­er for Mel­bourne Jew­ish Book Week. She lives in Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia with her part­ner and two children.