Assaf Gavron is an acclaimed Israeli writer, author of seven novels—Ice, Moving, Almost Dead, Hydromania, The Hilltop, Eighteen Lashes, and Don't You Want Me—as well as the novella Hamelet: The Cement, the short story collection Sex in the Cemetery, and a nonfiction book of Jerusalem falafel-joint reviews, Eating Standing Up. His work has been translated into 16 languages, adapted for the stage at Israel’s national theater, and optioned for film. He has received literary awards in Israel, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.