Ofir Touché Gafla, the author of five novels, is Israel’s finest writer of fantasy and science fiction.  THE WORLD OF THE END received the 2005 Geffen Award for best sci-fi-fantasy book of the year and the Kugel Award for Hebrew Literature in 2006. His books have become cult novels both locally and internationally. Touché teaches creative writing in the Sam Spiegel School of TV and Cinema in Jerusalem.

“It’s been a while since I encountered a young author with a style so unique, brilliant, fiercely imaginative and complex”—Omri Herzog, Ha’aretz