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    Lavie Tid­har

    Lavie Tid­har (A Man Lies Dream­ing, Unholy Land) is an acclaimed author of lit­er­a­ture, sci­ence fic­tion, fan­ta­sy, graph­ic nov­els, and mid­dle grade fic­tion. Tid­har received the Camp­bell and Neukom Lit­er­ary awards for his break­out nov­el Cen­tral Sta­tion, which has been trans­lat­ed into more than ten lan­guages. He has also received the British Sci­ence Fic­tion, British Fan­ta­sy, and World Fan­ta­sy Awards. Tid­har’s recent books include the Arthuri­an satire By Force Alone, and the series Adler. He is a book colum­nist for the Wash­ing­ton Post, and recent­ly edit­ed the Best of World SF anthol­o­gy. Tid­har has lived all over the world, includ­ing Israel, Van­u­atu, Laos, and South Africa, and he cur­rent­ly resides with his fam­i­ly in London. 

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    Essay

    The Jew­ish Roots of ​‘The Escapement’

    Lavie Tid­har
    November 1, 2021
    Interview

    ‘A More Per­son­al Slice of Sci­ence Fiction/​Fan­ta­sy’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Lavie Tid­har and Sil­via Moreno-Garcia

    Lavie Tid­har, Sil­via Moreno-Garcia
    July 19, 2021
    Essay

    Jews in Narnia

    Ear­li­er this week, Lavie Tid­har wrote about his fix­a­tion on his­tor­i­cal fig­ures and being com­pared to Philip K. Dick. He has been blog­ging here all week for JBC and…
    Lavie Tid­har
    December 16, 2011
    Essay

    Being Com­pared to Philip K. Dick

    Ear­li­er this week, Lavie Tid­har wrote about his fix­a­tion on his­tor­i­cal fig­ures. He will be blog­ging all week for JBC and MJL.Being com­pared to Philip K. Dick is great,…
    Lavie Tid­har
    December 14, 2011
    Essay

    His­tor­i­cal Fig­ure Fixation

    Lavie Tid­har​’s most recent nov­el is Osama (PS Pub­lish­ing). He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.I might be obsessed with…
    Lavie Tid­har
    December 12, 2011
    Essay

    Remem­ber­ing How to be a Jew

    Ear­li­er this week, Lavie Tid­har wrote about Jew­ish vam­pires and Hebrew punks and search­ing for Osama. His new nov­el, An Occu­pa­tion of Angels, is now…
    Lavie Tid­har
    November 12, 2010
    Essay

    Search­ing for Osama

    On Mon­day, Lavie Tid­har wrote about Jew­ish vam­pires and Hebrew punks. His new nov­el, An Occu­pa­tion of Angels, is now available.It can be ter­ri­bly…
    Lavie Tid­har
    November 10, 2010
    Essay

    Thrilling Hebrew Tales! On Jew­ish Vam­pires, Golems, Tzad­diks, and HebrewPunk

    Lavie Tid­har​’s most recent book, An Occu­pa­tion of Angels, is now avail­able. He will be blog­ging all week for the Jew­ish Book…
    Lavie Tid­har
    November 8, 2010
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    Fic­tion
    Neom: A Nov­el from the World of Cen­tral Station
    Lavie Tid­har
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    Fic­tion
    Jews vs Aliens (Vol­ume 1)
    Lavie Tidhar and Rebecca Levene, eds.
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    Fic­tion
    Jews vs Zom­bies (Vol­ume 2)
    Lavie Tidhar and Rebecca Levene, eds.
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    Fic­tion
    A Man Lies Dreaming
    Lavie Tid­har

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