Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is a practicing clinical psychologist, has been a news editor on Israel’s leading newspaper, and has worked for the Israeli civil rights movement. One Night, Markovitch, her first novel, won the Sapir Prize for best debut. Her novel Waking Lions was a New York Times Book of the Year and won the Wingate Prize, and her novel Liar was Editor’s Choice in People magazine. Her most recent novel, The Wolf Hunt, is set in Palo Alto and explores the racial and religious fault lines of a local community from the perspective of an Israeli expat. She joins the Taube Center as a lecturer and artist-in-residence for the Autumn 2024 quarter.