This space is where I share stories - both the ones I write, and the ones that unfold around me. I’m the author of The Spoon and the Sea, a sweeping and emotional novel about memory and identity. My second novel relates to October 7th.
Why this space?
I live in Raanana just north of Tel Aviv, but I wasn’t born here. I was raised in Perth, Western Australia. This gives me a lens I’ve come to value: I’m a bit Israeli and a bit not, and sometimes neither. I can see this place with fresh eyes - the things people here take for granted and people abroad might not be close enough to see and connect with.
What else?
I am married to Eitan and together we have three daughters under six. I’m an executive in a tech company, deep in the chaos and magic of the Start-Up Nation. I work closely with some of the world’s leading thinkers in AI, and the more the technology evolves, the more I believe that storytelling is the most valuable skill we have. It’s how we make sense of our lives, how we teach and lead and remember. It’s the work that stays. I believe that the way our world tilted on its axis from October 7 needs to be told not only through nonfiction and testimony, but also through story - fiction that can travel into book clubs, across oceans, into people’s hearts. Fiction that carries truth differently. That’s the work I’m doing now.
What you’ll find here
I don’t post too often, and I try to make it worth your time when I do.
Updates on my books (published and in-progress)
Scenes from daily life in Israel - stories from the street corner, not the headlines
Thanks for reading, really.
– Rachel
