Jonathan Fein, a writer and translator, was born in 1984 in Tel Aviv. He is the winner of the Harry Hershon Literature Award awarded by the Hebrew University, where he graduated with a master’s degree in Italian Literature summa cum laude. He published literary critiques in Haaretz newspaper and ynet website and works as an editor and news editor. His first book, a collection of short stories, Honorably Discharged, was published in 2013.