Workitu’s Passover

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.

Zahava Goshen was born in Ethiopia in 1976. She made Aliya to Israel in 1984. She works at the welfare department and is a graduate with a major in education and parental guidance. Zahava lives in Beit Shemesh with her family.

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

Eden Spivak is a children’s book and editorial illustrator, with a BA in visual communication from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. She is also a design writer and editor. She enjoys working at the intersection of text and image, putting visual concepts into words, and dreaming up imagery to accompany written text.