A teacher, tele­vi­sion host, news­cast­er and writer, Edna Noy was born in Jaf­fa in 1950, the only child of Holo­caust sur­vivors. Her first nov­el, All Those Who She Loved, was pub­lished in 2008 and was trans­lat­ed into French by the acclaimed Fayard pub­lish­ing house. Her sec­ond nov­el, The Cher­ished Daugh­ter, was pub­lished in Octo­ber 2022 and has received many acco­lades. Edna is present­ly active in the protest move­ment against the judi­cial reform in Israel. She is a moth­er of three and grand­moth­er of nine.