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Emily Travels the World
A season of exciting milestones, international recognition, and new beginnings... Signing books with Jean at "Words on Warren". New York, Feb. 2026 It's been al
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It's happening!
Emily is Coming to Town (NYC, and everywhere else in North America) In just over a month, our picture book EMiLY SAW A DOOR will be launching in North America.
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Shedding a bit of Light
Hanukka 2025 How lucky I am to be able to give away my children's book in Hebrew about bacteria that I first wrote many decades ago. Thanks to Prof. Karen Abrah
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The Bacteria Book is Back
After 30 years, my very first children's book (in Hebrew) is back in print! With Prof. Karen Avraham, Dean of The Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences at T
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Emily Saw a Door - Cover Reveal Revealed by Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird!
Yesterday it happened! Betsy Bird revealed the new cover of EMILY SAW A DOOR. New Cover of EMILY SAW A DOOR, LAUNCHING FEB. 24TH, 2026 It seems that Emily is on
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Emily Saw a Door - Acquired by Random House Studio!!
Ever since she was born 14 months ago, Emily has dreamed of being in bookstores around the world. Now, it appears she is on her way. That is, from spring 2026!
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I Am Angeled
As of a week ago, I am represented by the wonderful Liza Royce Agency In the middle of this horrific war, some good personal news that I can share. As of a week
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EMILY SAW A DOOR Chosen as a Picture Book of 2023 by "Israel Today"
Out of the blue, my editor Yotam Shwimmer wrote me that our book EMILY SAW A DOOR was selected as one (of two) 'children's books of the year' by the Israeli new
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Don't Be a Dummy
Dummy books are books that we create to get a better idea of what our book is going to look like Illustrators and author-illustrators make them all the time. Pi
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Kenya Hops Into a Popular Weekend Magazine?
I was very excited when an Israeli newspaper asked me to submit a story for their weekend magazine. The one they chose was the Hebrew version of " Kenya, The Ca
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Emily on Television
I still managed to get a plug in for my new book, during this interview on cleanliness, happiness and health. I spent over thirty years as a microbiologist at T
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Meeting Emily
I went to meet Emily, but would she be there? She sure was! My new children's book, EMILY SAW A DOOR is now in bookstores around Israel. The book is in Hebrew m
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EMILY SAW A DOOR - Going to the Printer
The book is being published here in Hebrew, and hopefully we will find publishers to licence the English and other language translations Next week my first trad
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End of the Sixties
For me, the music of the sixties may be finally ending... Some people think that the end of the sixties was Woodstock. Some think that it was the Stones concert
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Jeff Throws a Breakfast
I met old friends and new, and talked about our experiences in prompting ChatGPT to create picture books It's been a long while since Jeff Pulver and I hosted a
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New Books Network - I meet Caleb Zakarin in New York
I have an important afternoon meeting - with the wonderful Caleb Zakarin from the NBN I have just landed in New York, but have an important afternoon meeting -
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From Waterstones to Berkeley Square, with Dr. Vishal Nangalia
Vishal is a character, a multi-talented physician who loves to sing I land in London and head straight for Picadilly Circus I am about to meet a dear friend fro
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Oh Yes, Chris!
Chris Haughton is right up there with my favorite (or should I say favourite) children's authors and illustrators. Interview with Chris Haughton Oh No, George!
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The Future of Stories in the AI Age
Are we authors doomed? AI can write our stories from a prompt, can come up with 'it's own ideas' for stories, and can generate pictures based on the stories. Ar
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Storystorm, Tara Lazar, Tammi Sauer, Wordy Birdy and New Ideas
I'm perplexed. Before I interviewed the wonderful Tara Lazar two weeks ago, I thought that Storystorm was a rather silly idea. An idea a day for a month? But St
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It's Just Me and My Scrabble
My family knows that I'm a big scrabble fan. Sometimes I'm frustrated when words I think should exist don't, at least currently. So I spend an enormative amount
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I Have So Many Books to Write,I'll Never Get to Bed Tonight
I wrote these lines at the end of my book, Bacteria Galore by Sunday af Four. The cover of "Bacteria Galore by Sunday af Four", illustrated by Tali Niv-Dolinsky
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Today's Writing Journey
I consider myself an idea person, having been a scientist and inventor before becoming a children's author. I even gave a presentation on coming up with ideas l
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It's All About Writing and Words
Now that my careers in science and invention are largely a thing of the past, I am able finally to focus on the passion I've had for half a century - writing fo