Ben Hagai

Maayan Ben Hagai was born in Kibbutz Degania Bet in 1970. She is a social worker and owns a bookstore in a mobile truck, Astronautit, which she takes to various communities on the weekends. She has published two novels, short stories and a book for youth, Gudai, which she wrote with Zahava Goshen. She lives in Jerusalem with her three daughters.

In 2016, Maayan received the Minister of Education's Award for Children's Literature for Gudai.